Easily my favorite character from the Marvel Universe of comics, is a relatively unknown character, Deadpool (compared to Spider-Man, X-Men). If you’ve read any of his comics, you’d know why there’s such a cult following for him.

He’s kind of a spoof of comic books. Not that he himself is a spoof, but his stories and his character tend to make fun of the morally saturated plots found in most books. Deadpool himself is an enigma, with an interesting multi-dimensional characterization. He’s a very torn person, as Wade Wilson, who really puts on a whole new personality as Deadpool. As Deadpool, he’s a wise cracking, very dark comedic assassin. One of the great things found in the Deadpool comic is he continually broke the fourth wall and does so in a way that made the series very unique.

Ryan Reynolds is playing Deadpool, in the new Wolverine: Origins movie. When I first saw the trailer, I like many others were shocked at his inclusion. What was even more shocking is that it looked like the character of Deadpool would be portrayed without his costume. Which I don’t understand, considering his costume is such an important facet of his character. Unlike Wolverine who is often showed without his yellow/blue tights, Deadpool is only really ‘Deadpool’ with his costume on.

A lot of my fears about the character were put to bed, by this recent Ryan Reynolds interview. I came away impressed by Reynold’s dissection of the character, and the fact this movie would be about Deadpool’s origins as well makes sense. Since Deadpool comes from the Weapon X program, showing him opposite of Wolverine is a must. If they do a Deadpool movie however, his costume has to be included. I think Reynolds agrees.

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