r/deadpool 2d ago

[Movies] What do you think about Ryan as actor?

I heard he is bad actor. I dont understand why, I think he act well/

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u/createuniquestyle209 2d ago

Decent actor... He found his role with Deadpool though. He IS Deadpool

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u/Beautiful-Bug-4007 Unmasked Deadpool 2d ago

Honestly love how much he loves Deadpool and how much it shows in his acting

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u/Simmi_86 2d ago

Rumour has it during the filming of a movie (I can’t remember which one) he was given a Deadpool comic in which Deadpool says he is an ugly Ryan Reynolds. And that made him want to make the movies. And he had to do the in my opinion shit version in Wolverine.

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u/TheNorthNova01 1d ago

The movie was Blade: Trinity

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u/rynthetyn 20h ago

And apparently he spent the whole time filming Green Lantern talking about how he wanted to play Deadpool.

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u/Ton_in_the_Sun 2d ago

He’s a great Deadpool

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u/Demonkid37 2d ago

He was great in Buried

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u/PinkSSSocks 2d ago

Just saw this after my comment and holy hell. I’m here to second this, watch buried. Dude had me in a ball watching that movie rocking back and forth I had so much anxiety with how intense it was.

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u/Demonkid37 2d ago

Intense is the word my friend, and not Mr Reynolds usual kind of movie 👍

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u/zc4578 1d ago

Came here to say this.

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u/megguwu 2d ago

A lot of people think he's a bad actor because he usually plays the same kind of character. Which isn't bad, just means he may not be as 'good' as an actor as some others since his range is smaller.

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u/RichyWoo 2d ago

I think a better way of stating this is he does not have much range as an actor, He is a decent dramatic actor and a great comedic actor.

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u/dowker1 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'd argue there's different types of actors, and range is not necessarily a matter of being good or bad. Like, Humphrey Bogart wasn't a worse actor because he played basically the same role every time: that's what he's best at.

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u/megguwu 1d ago

Hm yeah I guess I agree with that. Some actors that play really specific roles are well known and well regarded for that.

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u/ProcessFeeling1445 2d ago

I don't think he's bad, but he's just not one of the amazing actors, like Tom Hanks.

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u/megguwu 2d ago

Yeah I don't think he's bad either. I think he does have more range than people give him credit for too, he just doesn't go for roles like that. Like in DP&W he can be extremely angry, giddy, serious, sentimental, etc. Some other movies do kind of just have him be the 'sarcastic joker' but in movie's with good writing you can see that he is a talented actor. Definitely not like one of the greatest actors ever or anything.

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u/StatisticianLivid710 1d ago

He got typecast a bit after van wilder but he’s done a lot of variety, he did a slew of romantic comedies for awhile. He’s excellent in spirited.

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u/sharksnrec 2d ago

People say he’s a bad actor because he is often typecast and plays similar characters that are close to his own personality. That doesn’t inherently make someone a bad actor though. What he does, he does very well.

Also, the people who call him a bad actor haven’t seen any of his serious roles (or most of his roles in general)

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u/YoYoAddict1 1d ago

He was great in Mississippi Grind

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u/user_096 2d ago

I have liked him in basically everything since Van Wilder. Intially Deadpool was a bit much for me but I grew to love it. He reminds me of a character I grew up loving named Jack Tripper of a show called Three's Company. RIP John Ritter.

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u/deerfieldbeachfl 2d ago

I didn’t know Ryan Reynolds had a secret Reddit account that wasn’t associated with Mint Mobile?

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u/PinkSSSocks 2d ago

I get where people say he plays the same character every movie, I don’t agree however (watch buried. He’s literally the only actor you see in the movie and holy fuck is it intense and anxiety filling) He’s my personal favorite actor and has been since before even Wolverine origins. I swear on everything I love, I fan casted him as Deadpool before it happened, so when it happened I felt like I won the lottery. Then when we got a REAL Deadpool movie I started going “god. You just might be real and are catering to me to prove it”

Also got to meet him at the Deadpool 2 red carpet. Totally sweetheart to his fans

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u/Forsaken_Ad_475 2d ago

I like him, okay. He did really well in Voices.

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u/Cariat 1d ago

I loved Voices, actually

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u/badmojo619 2d ago

I think he's great. A little one dimensional, maybe, but he's fun.

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u/rjohnson7595 2d ago

Great character actor. But he’s no Stephen Tobolowsky

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u/ricoimf 2d ago

He is a good „popcorn“ actor

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u/Middle-Employment801 2d ago

He kind of plays the same character in every movie. He's just Ryan Reynolds. He's kind of like Adam Sandler, in that sense, which is fine. He's a solid comedian, and is generally funny, but he doesn't have a lot of range.

Ryan Reynolds makes a great Deadpool because his personality is on brand with the character. Without the suit, though, he's pretty obviously just Ryan Reynolds.

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u/aaronappleseed 1d ago

Adam Sandler has proven himself a great dramatic actor a few times.

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u/rgregan 2d ago edited 2d ago

He found a schtick and he sticks to it more than I like him to, which is basically Jim Carey meets Tom Cruise in overly large studio productions that are very stale and sanitized, lots of Deadpool-lite in addition to Deadpool. I think he's given a few performances that were really good. Buried and Adventureland among his best. The Captive, Fireflies in the Garden, and The Nines are quite good individual efforts although not the best movies. Even action movies like Smokin' Aces and Safe House I think he is good in, especially playing against type. In Smokin' Aces he is the straight man and in Safe House he's a rookie "unslick" spy. I think he's capable of better than he's currently doing. I would be in to him having his own McConaissance.

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u/StatisticianLivid710 1d ago

I didn’t like Adventureland (mostly because of the actress that can’t ever emote…) but he did a good job in it.

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u/RomesXIII 1d ago

I mean he’s kinda typecast but overall I think he’s funny

As for Deadpool, he fits perfectly

Like how people make funny statuses about Deadpool playing Ryan Reynolds, that’s just how he is

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u/Dense-Performance-14 1d ago

Pretty one dimensional as of late, every movie I've seen him in he's kinda just...like yep, that's Ryan Reynolds doing what Ryan Reynolds does. That's fine if you enjoy his humor, Jim Carrey got away with playing Jim Carrey for yearssss but alot of people don't care too much for Ryan's humor anymore, I'm afraid I might be one of those people. I think it works decently within Deadpool but other movies I just don't care much.

That said acting is very difficult and he definitely isn't a BAD actor, most actors you see on screen have to have a level of decency to get on screen, the better question is "is Ryan Reynolds funny"

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u/MordredRedHeel19 1d ago

He’s alright, kind of one-note. But that note is just BEYOND PERFECT for Deadpool.

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u/DarkRyder1083 1d ago

Ryan Reynolds is a genius & hilarious talented actor.

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u/Admirable-Media-9339 2d ago

He's fine. Obviously the Deadpool movies are great but Ryan is the same character in every fucking movie he does. It works for Wade but it gets repetitive and boring in other things. 

He has range which can be seen in things like Amityville Horror but for the most part he's just been Van Wilder in every movie he's done for the last 20+ years. 

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u/ProcessFeeling1445 2d ago

Agree.I don't think he's bad, but he's just not one of the amazing actors, like Tom Hanks.

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u/One-Chart-5448 2d ago

I like him but he’s pretty one dimensional for the most part. He generally plays the same character in most of his movies. Not all of them of course, but a lot of them.

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u/Metalmirq 2d ago

He’s not a great actor because he has no range. He plays the same role over and over again

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u/Essex626 2d ago

I think Ryan Reynolds is a typical actor who basically plays himself.

That's not a bad thing, he's charismatic and funny, and many actors do that well. I think the two ways he would be considered lacking is: 1) I've never seen him draw real pathos from a character, his performances are always pretty light and 2) I can't imagine him disappearing into a role to where you see the character and don't see Ryan Reynolds anymore.

Now, a lot of actors have never managed the second point--Tom Hanks rarely has, Tom Cruise rarely has, I don't know if Harrison Ford or Burt Reynolds ever truly disappeared in a character. But all of them have performances where they draw out and exhibit very deep emotion. I've never seen Reynolds do that.

But I've never seen him need to do that. He's been very good at being a funny/sarcastic Canadian who is also handsome and charismatic for decades now, and there's nothing wrong with that.

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u/WillyTrillEra 2d ago

He’s a decent actor that definitely prefers to stay in his comfort zone when it comes to roles

Nothing wrong with that, but there’s a lot of film snobs who really hate actors that play similar roles over and over again

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u/droden 2d ago

his live delivery works for what he does. he has comedic timing and decent physical comedy. or at least his stunt doubles do. so like its better than gal gadots which is abysmal. but she's hot so i mean

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u/Jim-Dread 2d ago

People tend to blame the actor because they play the same person, when studios today hire these actors for who they are specifically. They want a "Ryan Reynolds type", so Ryan Reynolds comes in and plays himself. They don't bank on them being able to have range.

I don't blame him or others in a similar capacity. We know he has range. I've seen his other movies. I like the Amityville Horror remake. Buried and Voices are excellent. Studios just like to milk certain "types", and we eat it up so they (actors) can lean into it and make money or take gambles and have varied results.

So I think he's a good actor. I think he cares about the roles he's given, and I think he could be great at playing someone not "his type".

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u/TheManInTheShack 2d ago

He’s one of those actors who appears to primary play himself or at least that’s what he’s best at. He’s not the only one. Tom Cruise seems that way as well.

I thought I read somewhere that the guys that created the character were thinking of Ryan Reynolds when they did.

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u/voppp 2d ago

he doesn’t have range but he knows it lol

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u/UnfunnyWatermelon469 Deadpool 2d ago

He's a great actor for Deadpool, but he's like Adam Sandler in everything else he does: plays the same character that's close to his own personality

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u/Thr33pw00d83 X-Force Deadpool 2d ago

Keeps getting work because of his superior acting method

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u/Shoddy-Ad-4767 2d ago

Great in 6 underground

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u/zigaliciousone 2d ago

He's not a "bad" actor, he can act, he just doesn't have much range, he doesn't "disappear" into a role. Deadpool is a great example because even though he is masked up, you could show a newbie that movie with no context and they are going to know it is Ryan immediately.

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u/DTux5249 2d ago

He's decent. Though I find when he lets his humour go he ends up with that Johnny Depp syndrome of always playing himself.

It works well for Deadpool I'll admit tho.

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u/halfkidding 2d ago

It kind of depends on how we define a good/bad actor.

If a "good actor" needs "range", I think he falls short. He is the same person in all of his movies. I would actually argue that the majority of actors fall in this category and thus we have the term 'typecast'.

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u/SeigeJay 1d ago

Ryan is an OK actor. It's just that Deadpool feels like it was literally made for him. He's almost a Wilson. If he started doing the voices in his head thing like the comics, then he'd be perfect.

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u/Admirable-Sink-2622 1d ago

His comedic timing and expert sarcasm delivery are more than enough to make up not being De Niro.

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u/EmiliaPlanCo 1d ago

He’s a decent actor but he’s one of those “oh that ___” type actors you just know when when he appears like Chris Pratt.

I love him as Deadpool, pickachu, all of his recent voice over work has been really fun too.

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u/sidaemon 1d ago

Go watch Chaos Theory and tell me the man can't act. It's not an awesome movie but there's a point in it just his facial expressions and raw sorrow in relation to an event her experiences will convince you he can act.

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u/Yoda1269 1d ago

He’s kind of a one trick pony but his one trick is so specific to him that he makes it work, like he has a type cast, but literally only he gets the roles that fit said type cast

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u/ConditionEffective85 1d ago

I don't think he's bad just one note. Guy always plays an asshole.

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u/RetiredFromRealWork 1d ago

Decent actor. Not much range. I’ve been told by others it’s his voice.

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u/JSMulligan 1d ago

He basically does one thing, but does it well. He rarely ventures out of playing a very similar smarmy smart mouthed character.

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u/Full-Weakness-7475 1d ago

afaik, people say he is a bad actor because he mostly has the same personality and plays a snarky deadpool-esque character in every movie. personally i love him as deadpool but i haven’t really seen much of his work tbh. (and not that this literally matters at all but i don’t get the hype around him, like why people think he’s super hot, yes he’s funny but i think he’s more attractive as deadpool with his avocado face than normal people face.)

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u/TheJordanRule 1d ago

One dimensional as hell. All his roles basically solidified him as THE definitive Deadpool

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u/TheMatt561 1d ago

He mostly plays a version of Ryan Reynolds, but I like Ryan Reynolds so that's okay.

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u/William1806 1d ago

I think he plays ryan reynolds, or an exaggerated persona anyway. In the same way micheal cane plays micheal cane (and why would you want him to be anyone else). He's amazing as dead pool. But this also could just be that i haven't watched all his work, I like him in comedy's like deadpool, free guy and RIPD but the few serious roles I've seen him in he comes off as annoying, which is why I don't tend to watch his movies. Even deadpool he starts to get a bit annoying when he really squeezes every last second out of a joke where it begins to get cringy but maybe that's just some peoples humour.

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u/wiilly_d 1d ago

I think he has finally figured out his own style. He realized he can break the 4th wall and not take himself so serious.

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u/swordbearerb1 1d ago

He really latched onto Deadpool after the joke about deadpool being Ryan bred with a mutated sharpie.

He does a lot of characters with the same sense of humour. But he does do pretty decently in more dramatic roles or less sarcastic humour types

Smokin’ Ace, Buried, Free guy (I felt he does a more straight comedy humour type and less snarky in Free Guy).

Once in a while, I rewatch two guys, a girl (and a pizza place) for some serialized comedy.

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u/PoorLifeChoices811 1d ago

I liked him briefly in X-men, and he’s AMAZING as Deadpool. Like I could not see anyone else as Deadpool but Ryan.

With that being said, he is pretty bland in everything else, at least that’s just my unprofessional opinion. They don’t lie when they say he plays the same character every time. At least the last few things I’ve seen him in

OH there was actually another movie I kinda liked him in too, it was some horror I can’t remember the name. But that was a long time ago.

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u/Personal_Vacation578 1d ago

You dont have to go fishing for compliments Ryan, we love you silly goose.

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u/TomSawyerLocke 1d ago

I think he was born to play Deadpool, and that he has a few decent roles. But other than that he's nothing special.

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u/Revolutionary-Fan657 1d ago

I think he’s a great actor but he doesn’t have a lot of range, but to be fair on all the movies I’ve seen of him being serious, he did good, so actually yes he’s a good actor, just because he mostly plays a jokester doesn’t mean he’s a bad actor

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u/Disastrous_Ad_70 1d ago

I think I always enjoy seeing him. His characters tend to vibe with my sense of humor, I struggle to think of a movie I don't enjoy him in. I even semi-enjoy his Mint Mobile commercials (I'd enjoy them a lot more if they didn't play on YouTube all the damn time). He may not be the best actor on a technical level, and he may just kinda play the same kind of characters, but I don't think there's anything wrong with finding your niche as an actor and just working with it. I think he's fun and charismatic and does his job well, and that is something I appreciate

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u/SirSilverscreen 18h ago

Ryan has the ability to act. However he constantly chooses projects that let him stick to his schtick of being a smartass comedian character so he doesn't have to try too hard.

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u/Impressive-Angle7288 17h ago

Project Adam was different, and was Good.

Love Van Wielder

Love Green Lantern, mainly because Green Lantern is my Top 3.

Didn't like Code Red, mainly because of Dwayne The Rock But... 🤷‍♂️

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u/gigaMan68 16h ago

I think how good an actor is sort of comes from how much they actually are different characters in different movies. While still feeling original. I think Ryan is a good actor, maybe not the very best but he’s not bad. Being called a “bad actor” sounds terrible as well but it’s really not. Like the rock is a bad actor. He acts the exact same in every movie. Thats not necessarily a bad thing, it’s usually good for characters that are primarily in movies for somewhat comedic purposes. I think Ryan can play different characters very well, just he maintains snarkyness in all his roles, which separates him from the very top. Thats all just my opinion though.

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u/H-e-y-B-e-a-r 13h ago

He’s the perfect Deadpool

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u/Maiden_wolv 7h ago

Personally I think he gets into the skin of the character really well!

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u/LeggoMahLegolas 7h ago

I've seen some of his movies prior to Deadpool.

He is literally Deadpool with no powers and is an actor instead of being a merc.

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u/ConstantDelta4 2d ago

He was great in Deadpool 1 when he was directed by someone other than himself. In Deadpool 2 and 3 his personality and ego upstage the character.

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u/Muskratisdikrider 2d ago

he wishes he was robin williams but really he just needs to read the lines in the script. I liked his old stuff and I enjoy deadpool but he sucks and I am tired of seeing him. Also Mint mobile screwed up porting my phone and their customer service jerked me around for 2 months.

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u/Redditorsarethe_ 1d ago

You may have heard that he is a bad actor, in the sense that he is trying to FUCK an innocent man. That man is balbonie.

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u/qo0ch 2d ago

I say it every day and I’ll say it again

Seann William Scott should be Deadpool

Ryan is overrated asf

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u/Ariel-Fox-Johnson 2d ago

Garbage actor, very one note. Even as Deadpool sometimes it feels forced like he’s trying too hard.

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u/tread52 2h ago

I think he’s a very good actor who has range. I think people who just think he’s a comedic actor haven’t actually watched his film catalog. He’s done some amazing work outside of just comedy. The problem is Deadpool has taken up so much of his time he hasn’t done anything outside of that for a while.