Everyone has been talking about “Deadpool 3” for a few weeks now, as it has been confirmed that Hugh Jackman will reprise his role as Wolverine here. Not in the mix will be T.J. Miller, who thinks Ryan Reynolds hates him.
It was suspiciously quiet about “Deadpool 3” for a long time until Ryan Reynolds recently dropped the bombshell via Twitter: Not only was it announced that the comic book thriller directed by Shawn Levy (“Free Guy”) is to start in cinemas in September 2024. Hugh Jackman will also reprise his iconic role of Wolverine. So the anticipation is correspondingly great. T.J. Miller (“Silicon Valley”), who you know as the bartender Weasel from the previous “Deadpool” actioners, on the other hand, is not at all well disposed towards Ryan Reynolds.
Ryan Reynolds opens up about Hugh Jackman’s Return as Wolverine in ‘DEADPOOL 3’ pic.twitter.com/POUQpyAtKV
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Those who have seen “Deadpool” and “Deadpool 2” know that Weasel, while not an extremely important character for either film, was good for a laugh or two as Wade Wilson’s aka Deadpool’s best friend in the role of the wisecracking sidekick. T.J. Miller was now a guest on Adam Corolla’s show podcast and spoke about his relationship with Ryan Reynolds. According to Miller, the superstar has changed extremely since the success of “Deadpool”:
“I got along with him a lot better on the first ‘Deadpool’ because he wasn’t a big movie star. Would I work with him again? No. But that’s what I said about Michael Bay, and now we’re friends and I would work with him again. But I think Michael Bay is different. “
In conversation with Adam Corolla, T.J. Miller describes a moment on the set of “Deadpool 2” that is arguably instrumental in the rift between the two actors, “We had a very strange moment when we were shooting ‘Deadpool 2’. Ryan Reynolds said to me, ‘Let’s do another take,’ only to be incredibly mean to me as Deadpool, as if I were actually Weasel. He said, ‘You know what’s great about you, Weasel? You’re not the star, but you just provide enough exposition that it’s funny, and then after that we can move on to the real movie.'”
Deadpool 2 had already teased Hugh Jackman will return as Wolverine in Deadpool 3 back in 2018. pic.twitter.com/WCtjE7I6C4
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This must have been Ryan Reynolds’ way of making it clear to T.J. Miller that he’s not the main character, just their fun appendage. What may have been intended as a harmless attempt at another meta-gag seems to have hit Miller hard. Because of this bad experience, the actor does not want to return to Shawn Levy’s “Deadpool 3” – but he also added that there have been no requests so far. Miller also commented: “I find it strange that he hates me. […] I’m at the point in my life where I’m not doing ‘Deadpool 3’ anymore. “
That T.J. Miller himself doesn’t seem to be an overly affable personality either has been no secret for a few years now. In 2018, he left the HBO series “Silicon Valley” after four seasons. His colleague at the time, Alice Wetterlund, described T.J. Miller as “cruel” and a “quick-tempered brat”. Most recently, Miller, who is also a comedian, starred alongside Kristen Stewart in the underwater monster movie “Underwater. “
