‘Deadpool 3’ has started filming—and Ryan Reynolds isn't legally allowed to improvise, since he's a member of the WGA & co-wrote the film

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[u/gknight702]

Remember the 2008-9 strike? We got wolverine origins

[u/Nack_the_Weasel → u/gknight702]

And Ryan Reynolds just happened to be portraying Deadpool in that movie. Should we be worried?

[u/SnooAvocados4581 → u/Nack_the_Weasel]

They literally took off his mouth in that one to stop him improvising

[u/Badloss → u/SnooAvocados4581]

If the strike goes long enough I bet we 100% get a scene of this in the movie to reference the strike

[u/zags → u/Badloss]

Not if they didnt write it already!

[u/Ganonchad → u/zags]

Asking Reynolds to not improvise sounds like asking a dog not to eat the fresh steak you just laid in front of it. Tenfold for Deadpool.

[u/BridgeBuildah → u/Ganonchad]

Cherry on top: The dog cooked the steak he can’t eat…

[u/cleeder → u/BridgeBuildah]

The dog didn’t just cook the steak. The dog raised the cow from a calf, butchered it and aged it before finally grilling it.

[u/RizzMustbolt → u/zags]

Would zero Deadpool dialog constitute improvising?

[u/GODDESS_OF_CRINGE__ → u/RizzMustbolt]

No, but it would constitute new writing, the reason improvising isn't allowed.

[u/BandOfDonkeys → u/Badloss]

Short enough, it'd have to end before the filming wraps to slide it in there.

[u/thalasa → u/BandOfDonkeys]

I figure the SAG strike that is about to start will delay completion of filming anyway

[u/AutoMoberater → u/Badloss]

Something tells me you're not fully grasping the strike

[u/MyAltimateIsCharging → u/Badloss]

Why in the world does this comment have so many upvotes? Do y'all not even read the title of the article?

[u/MustacheKid → u/Badloss]

Is the word "writers" or the word "strike" confusing you?

They can't write any new jokes or scenes because the writers are on strike...

[u/Optimus_Prime_Day → u/Nack_the_Weasel]

Not "just happened", he had to play that role in order to get a solo opportunity to fix the bad writing, whoch took years to fulfill.

[u/DICK-PARKINSONS → u/Optimus_Prime_Day]

Years and an intentionally leaked mockup scene to pressure the studio

[u/HilariousMax → u/DICK-PARKINSONS]

never would've happened if sOmEoNe didn't leak that test footage

"I know that one of us did it. There’s four of us. There’s me, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Tim Miller, the director. One of us did it. We all sort of said at the beginning, 'Someone should leak it. Someone should leak it.'"

[u/WornInShoes → u/HilariousMax]

It was Tim Miller it’s obvious; not only was he the director of Deadpool, his VFX company he founded did the work on the leak footage and film

[u/crimson117 → u/HilariousMax]

What was the goal of the leak? Was it to generate interest so they'd release the movie or something?

[u/BurntPunk → u/crimson117]

That was exactly the point of it, yes.

The studio felt that Deadpool as a character would be unpalatable to general audiences, and didn’t want to touch it.

The leak went so viral so quickly and created such an uproar that it disproved the fear.

[u/mootallica → u/BurntPunk]

It didn't disprove it, but it pushed them to reconsider. They still only gave them $50m to make the movie in case it bombed.

I would say the $750m box office is what disproved the fear.

[u/AVestedInterest → u/crimson117]

Pretty much yeah. To pressure execs into allowing production to go forward.

[u/Available_Mountain → u/crimson117]

The test footage leaked was a scene made as proof of concept for the studio that the team behind was pretty sure the studio was going to pass on, they leaked it to the public so the studio would see the response and green light making the full movie.

[u/HilariousMax → u/crimson117]

I could write up a whole thing but essentially, yes.

The goal of the leak was to put pressure on Fox to secure the green light to start production.

Everyone knew Ryan Reynolds wanted to play Deadpool and knew that he could play the part but no one was sure they could pull it off when it came time to put thought to film. Fox was wary due to the bath DC/Warner took on Green Lantern. Also the insistence of "Rated R" when all superhero movies at that point had been a paint-by-numbers PG-13. Lot of risk that Fox wasn't certain about.

That leak riled up the fan boys which got the attention of bigger heads in the film media and lead to questions of "why hasn't this happened yet?"

[u/SnooblesIRL → u/DICK-PARKINSONS]

Do you have a link to the leaked mock scene ?

[u/gidonfire → u/SnooblesIRL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moWcDX0u1XY

[u/SnooblesIRL → u/gidonfire]

Awesome !

[u/YouAndMeToo → u/gidonfire]

I love the talking head part. Thanks for the share

[u/MeatyOkraPuns → u/YouAndMeToo]

Man the "have you seen this man" part while flipping over him was so much better in the rough draft. You could feel the confusion coming from the motorcycle rider even without seeing a face. It was perfect.

[u/KillerOs13 → u/SnooblesIRL]

It was the highway battle from the first movie, just a bit rough due to not being final edits

[u/ThelVluffin → u/KillerOs13]

Sort of. It was a fully CGI concept version of the highway battle. Which they then recreated in live action for the movie.

[u/The12Ball → u/SnooblesIRL]

It's basically the opening bit where he jumps off the bridge into the van of bad guys and kills them

[u/HeyCarpy → u/DICK-PARKINSONS]

Oh my god I remember the hype so well

[u/cenorexia → u/Nack_the_Weasel]

Wasn't he technically only portraying Wade Wilson, with Scott Adkins taking over once he became Weapon XI / Deadpool?

[u/Milk_A_Pikachu → u/cenorexia]

Sort of. it gets weird

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Adkins was the stunt/fight double. I forget if Ryan ever wore The Suit (I want to say no?) but it is comparable to how Pedro Pascal is still The Mandalorian even when he is just doing the voice or any power ranger.

It is just that there was no voice so...

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But technically it is no different than Hugh Jackman or The Rock having a stunt double.

​

I feel like if it were a good movie and a good performance there might be more discussion to it. But Ryan is pretty much open to accepting the "blame" for it and Adkins usually only refers to it as "look, we had a really okay fight choreography that was edited to hell. Moving on"

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[edit] Apparently they actually had separate billing. Not the role I would want, but good for Adkins[/edit]

[u/cenorexia → u/Milk_A_Pikachu]

Hm, I had a quick look at the credits and Ryan Reynolds is credited as "Wade Wilson" while Scott Adkins has his own character credit further down the list as "Weapon XI" (so he's not just listed as stunt double for Reynolds but as a "real" character).

[u/Milk_A_Pikachu → u/cenorexia]

Fair enough. Good for Adkins... I guess?

[u/StarWarsPlusDrWho → u/gknight702]

And now Wolverine is playing in Deadpool’s movie in the new strike. Kind of a beautiful full circle moment really

[u/huxley75 → u/gknight702]

And Dr Horrible

[u/offshore1100 → u/huxley75]

I literally made a long term friend by quoting that line. I was taking a random EMS course and for some reason said "I'm gunna show that horse" and the instructor started giggling. We've been friends ever since.

[u/ryosen → u/offshore1100]

“Gonna show Bad Horse” was the line

It's a brand new me

I've got no remorse

Now the water's rising, but I know the course

I'm gonna shock the world

Gonna show Bad Horse

It's a Brand New Day

[u/offshore1100 → u/ryosen]

well fuck me, I've been misquoting it for the past decade

[u/capincus → u/offshore1100]

Your friendship is built on a lie.

[u/GoodbyeBlueMonday → u/capincus]

If it's any consolation, I think Bad Horse would approve.

[u/chrissesky13 → u/huxley75]

The hammer... is my penis.

[u/Rossta42 → u/huxley75]

Yeah but Dr Horrible was actually good

[u/obsterwankenobster → u/huxley75]

Laundry day

[u/weed_blazepot → u/obsterwankenobster]

Love your hair.

[u/anonymous_identifier → u/huxley75]

Can we get part 4 this time? Please

[u/TPJchief87 → u/gknight702]

Hmmm is that what fucked Heroes too? The first season was so good, then everything else…

[u/caniuserealname → u/TPJchief87]

Pretty much anything that you feel went to shit in tv and movies 2008-2009 can probably be traced to the strike.

[u/EffectiveSpeech4373 → u/caniuserealname]

we can also thank the strike for saving jesse pinkman

[u/Rayhush → u/EffectiveSpeech4373]

And Hank.

[u/ManWithASquareHead → u/Rayhush]

ASAC Schrader

[u/whalesonginthedeep → u/ManWithASquareHead]

His name is Hank!

[u/Thefrayedends → u/EffectiveSpeech4373]

I only just started breaking bad', can you elaborate?

[u/EffectiveSpeech4373 → u/Thefrayedends]

S1 spoilers ahead -

the writers originally intended a 14 episode first season, but the strike cut that in half. the intended ending had jesse dying at the (longer) season finale. the crew were so impressed with aaron paul that they decided to keep him around for longer, leading to several emmy wins from him.

how much longer does he stick around? you should really watch to find out. and then watch better call saul.

[u/aphidman → u/EffectiveSpeech4373]

It was actually only 9 episodes. So the last 2 episodes of the season were dropped.

[u/EffectiveSpeech4373 → u/aphidman]

yeah looking at those articles i mentioned in another reply you're spot on

[u/oregondete81 → u/Thefrayedends]

Jessie wasnt originally supposed to part of the full saga, idk if he was going to be killed or just something but because of the writers strike they made some changes and kept him as a full lead for the series and its so much better with that decision. Same with hank and mike I think.

[u/btveron → u/oregondete81]

Mike was the result of Bob Odenkirk being unavailable for filming when they were going to shoot the first scene he was in. Originally it was supposed to be Saul who shows up at Jesse and Jane's apartment. I don't think the strike had anything to do with Mike's character.

[u/bob_muellers_jawline → u/btveron]

I'm glad Bob Odenkirk was unavailable because Jonathan Banks was fantastic.

[u/squishsquack → u/Thefrayedends]

Quick google search gives you an article talking about this. TL;DR there were a lot of changes to the script as a result of the writers strike. Various characters were initially planned to be killed off in the first season of the show, it's fascinating.

[u/Frankie_T9000 → u/caniuserealname]

Second or subsequent series in the past often went to shit when they tightened the financial screws and the good writers left.

Pet hate of mine.

[u/RousingRabble → u/caniuserealname]

Second season of tng started after (maybe during) a writers strike. They had to dust off unused scripts from the 60s. Those scripts were unused for a reason.

[u/hellakevin → u/caniuserealname]

One word "Lost".

[u/NemesisRouge → u/TPJchief87]

What the excuse for the last two seasons?

I think its main problem was that its reach exceeded its grasp. It was doing X-Men powers on a Seinfeld budget, so whenever they built up to these climactic fights they either didn't happen at all or happened behind a closed door.

[u/RealJohnGillman → u/TPJchief87]

I mean the issue with that was more that they had no plans for the characters beyond the first season: that it was intended to be an anthology series, following new characters each season, only the network forced them to pivot to keep the same characters around.

[u/Badloss → u/TPJchief87]

Heroes was meant to be an anthology series with new characters every season. The first season was great because that was the plan, and then between the strike and execs deciding the cast needed to stay it went off the rails

[u/GreyFoxNinjaFan → u/TPJchief87]

Everything was OK in Heroes until everyone collectively found out it wasn't really going anywhere.. a bit like Lost. No rhyme or reason to a nything. No rules or boundaries for the universe that the characters inhabited. Powers that seemed to yo-yo all over the place.

[u/sparrowhawk73 → u/gknight702]

The leaked version of that film without CGI is pure comedy and is a more complete product than what we got

[u/Personal-Move-8274 → u/sparrowhawk73]

Was that what happened lol I remember watching that on my windows vista laptop and wondering wtf was going on when it would jump to an autocad drawing every 15 mins

[u/Bullrooster → u/gknight702]

X-Men oranges: Tangerine

[u/nebachadnezzar → u/gknight702]

I played the videogame first, which was awesome. Probably one of the best movie tie-ins ever (being developed by a veteran studio certainly helped).

Imagine my disappointment when I finally watched the movie.

[u/OverdosedOnPenguins → u/gknight702]

Compare Casino Royal and Quantum of Solace also, one film got multiple script re-writes, one had to film off a first draft.

[u/CELTICPRED → u/gknight702]

I mean....we did get to watch that hilarious work print

[u/Overrated_22 → u/gknight702]

Hot take. I loved Wolverine Origins and have watched it several times

[u/mikehatesthis → u/Overrated_22]

For me it's a fun "so bad it's good movie." Very '80s actionsploitation. Wolverine jumps from a plane and bounces on water. Barakapool! 10/10, amazing schlock.

[u/CitizenTony → u/Overrated_22]

I'm sure it's unpopular opinion but me too. In fact, first I love it because it was the return of Hugh Jackman (and he was in great shape better than X-men 1/2/3), because of Liev Schreiber and Ryan Reynolds and because of certain scenes (the intro for fuck sake, adamantium + fight scenes and the end)

[u/yanmagno → u/CitizenTony]

Liev Schreiber was so fucking cool in that movie. Made me a fan, started watching Ray Donovan just bc he was in it

[u/Rasputin_mad_monk → u/CitizenTony]

The farmhouse scene with the chopper is a great scene. He cuts the chopper blades. Uses his new knife hands to make a quick u-turn on the bike.

Sure, they fucked up dead pool but that movie was pretty good.

[u/wafflepantsblue → u/Rasputin_mad_monk]

The cgi was fucking unbearable though. His claws look like an Instagram filter and when the helicopter crashes its literally just a png dragged along the screen with a bunch of explosions and smoke over it.

Movie isn't that bad though, I think it's fun to watch. The montage at the start is really good.

[u/TechnicallyHuman → u/CitizenTony]

The intro was super cool.

[u/SillyMoose90210 → u/CitizenTony]

The back-to-back fight scene against Weapon XI (A force-grown clone of Wade Wilson, says my headcanon) was superb. There's a lot that can be said against the movie, but I really enjoyed it.

[u/oanazaks]

Sounds not ideal..

[u/Snuggle__Monster → u/oanazaks]

It's probably going to delay things or lead to reshoots if the strike isn't resolved in the next couple of months.

[u/f-ingsteveglansberg → u/Snuggle__Monster]

He wears a mask most of the film. It will be pretty easy to add lines after filming.

[u/JustASt0ry → u/f-ingsteveglansberg]

Very true but there’s also the issue of body language and mannerisms to match the dialogue.

[u/BetaOscarBeta → u/JustASt0ry]

Easily fixed with a throwaway line about the writers strike. This is Deadpool, after all.

[u/Curse3242 → u/BetaOscarBeta]

Oh the movie is definitely gonna have tons of writers strike jokes

[u/u_creative_username → u/Curse3242]

But nobody can write the jokes

[u/vonmonologue → u/u_creative_username]

The studio execs will form a committee and hold a writers room and get together and write prompts to feed into ChatGPT to write the jokes.

And then give themselves million raises and handjobs for putting in an honest days work, not like those pathetic writers who think they deserve to be able to pay rent.

[u/Bluelegs → u/vonmonologue]

"Looks like those clowns in congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns."

[u/goat_penis_souffle → u/Curse3242]

“Hey! Fanfic scab! Gimme a line! And none of that sparkly vampire bullshit!”

[u/sonic_butthole_music → u/Curse3242]

But who is gonna write them

[u/peon2 → u/sonic_butthole_music]

Idk, coast guard?

[u/f-ingsteveglansberg → u/JustASt0ry]

Hi Ryan, do the same dialogue again while happy. Now excited. Now sad. Angry, funny, disgusted funny.

Great, next take.

[u/keanuereevesbeard → u/JustASt0ry]

Or they just break the fourth wall and go “if it seems like my voice doesn’t match my body it’s because of the strike”

[u/Snuggle__Monster → u/f-ingsteveglansberg]

That all depends on what's in the script. He did scenes with no mask in the first 2 movies and this one is alongside Hugh Jackman. Reynolds improvises a lot, so Jackman will need to do the same to play off that.

[u/arealhumannotabot → u/oanazaks]

I’ll make a bet: they’re gambling that the strike will be over before it’s locked. Maybe hoping they can do reshoots for a few scenes at the tail end

If he co-wrote it then presumably it’s already got a lot of his style in the dialog

[u/zoned_off → u/arealhumannotabot]

I watched the David Letterman interview with him and in it he said for previous Deadpool movies, they end up doing a lot of voiceover work closer to the release of the movie anyway since so much of it is related to pop culture. So they're probably just going to lean harder into that. The nice thing for them is when he's wearing the mask. You don't actually need a reshoot. Just a voiceover.

[u/JJMcGee83 → u/zoned_off]

Yeah that's the bonus of having Deadpool wear a mask, you don't have to match his lip movements at all he can say whatever.

[u/colemon1991 → u/oanazaks]

Best case is they start reshoots ASAP to get those ideas filmed the moment the strike ends.

Or, hear me out, you delay production like all the others and tell the studios to grow up and pay people.

[u/A_wild_fusa_appeared → u/colemon1991]

Many other production staff can’t stop, some companies have even told writers that despite the strikes they are required to perform non-writing duties or be fired.

[u/sir_richard_head → u/A_wild_fusa_appeared]

Also, the production staff doesn't get paid if they aren't working. If you pause production you pause paychecks for the people who aren't represented at the negotiating table.

[u/Steveosizzle → u/sir_richard_head]

That’s one of the things the producers are counting on. Kill solidarity between the unions to isolate the writers from crew.

[u/notasci → u/sir_richard_head]

Guess they should just agree to the demands now instead of doing shitty things like filming now or not paying those people.

[u/sonic_tower]

Would be hilarious and in character if he literally just reads the script notes.

Look at the camera and say "improvised response"

[u/reddit_is_cruel → u/sonic_tower]

I want this movie to happen just like this.

[u/Thetacoseer → u/reddit_is_cruel]

They could do this, film and release the entire movie, then after the strike is over, reshoot those scenes and release it as Deadpool 3.5, and I'd pay to see both versions in theaters

[u/PossiblyTrustworthy → u/Thetacoseer]

you just reminded me of when our teachers on a school trip took us to see "Meet the Spartans" thinking it was a relaunch of 300, i.e. somewhat of a possible learning experience

[u/amir_s89 → u/Thetacoseer]

I wound definitely pay to watch both. The creative team would figure something out, this could be hilarious.

[u/XxcAPPin_f00lzxX → u/amir_s89]

I remember one Christmas when i worked at the theatre, they re released deadpool 1 as a family-friendly cut where it had everything censored.

[u/realpudding → u/sonic_tower]

yes. but he also can't do that if it's not already in the script...

[u/upghr5187 → u/sonic_tower]

Headline: not allowed to improvise

Reddit: he should improvise this way

[u/coItmanfraco → u/upghr5187]

My favorite part of Reddit Deadpool discussion is always the least funny people in the world writing lines for Deadpool in the comments.

[u/MaxDickpower → u/coItmanfraco]

oMG ThIs SHoUld ToTaLLY Be In THe moViE!1!!

[u/zedd31416 → u/sonic_tower]

I could definitely see that being a recurring joke throughout the movie. It's exactly the kind of joke Reynolds would make.

[u/Temporarily__Alone → u/zedd31416]

If that’s not already in the script, it would be considered writing by saying that and making it a joke

[u/lucck3x → u/Temporarily__Alone]

A lot of people in this thread have zero clue what the strike actually implies

[u/Karcinogene → u/lucck3x]

I got all the information I need to understand the strike completely from reading the title of this reddit post

[u/All_Your_Base]

That's like telling Robin Williams to stick to the script.

[u/SomniumOv → u/All_Your_Base]

"- we're going to have a problem starting from page 3"

"- Why is that Robin ?"

"- All my lines say "Do Your Thing"".

[u/Blue_water_dreams → u/SomniumOv]

I can see and hear him when I read that.

Edit: a word

[u/the_stormcrow → u/Blue_water_dreams]

Try some oil tin man

[u/MyManD → u/SomniumOv]

Actually now I’m wondering if the technicalities of it in a finished script prior to the strike if it said, “Improvise here,” throughout them would that allow for them to adlib?

[u/impy695 → u/MyManD]

Something like that would be decided in court (or settled prior to reaching court). I don't see them wanting to do that.

[u/majornerd → u/All_Your_Base]

There were scripts written for Robin that said “Robin vamps”. They knew he would improvise, so why no lean into it. I believe that was Mork and Mindy.

[u/VeggiePorkchop3 → u/[deleted]]

Brilliant. Tried to find a clip, but couldn't quickly. If anyone finds it please link it!

[u/BarRoomBully → u/majornerd]

Exactly. Why waste time writing lines when he's going to come up with stuff that's 5 times better on the spot anyway?

[u/majornerd → u/BarRoomBully]

And he will do it 5x as many times. For Aladin he would do the genies lines over and over again, with a different line each time. I seem to remember Disney said they have enough Robin to make 3 more movies. He just didn’t quit on set. Must have been amazing to work with.

[u/numberonebuddy → u/majornerd]

Fuck I miss him, definitely the celebrity death that hit me the hardest. He was such a genuinely amazing person, effortlessly funny and yet put in the most effort to make everyone smile, and good to the core. Growing up with Mrs Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting, Aladdin obviously, crying laughing at his appearance on Whose Line Is It Anyway - just an all time great human.

[u/Crash_Bandicock → u/All_Your_Base]

I know Reddit is a massive circlejerk for both, but don’t you think it’s a bit of a stretch to compare the improve skills of Ryan Reynolds to Robin Williams?

[u/All_Your_Base → u/Crash_Bandicock]

I do not. And while I consider Robins to have been better by quite a stretch, they are both so far above average that I stand by my comparison.

[u/arielzao150 → u/All_Your_Base]

That is an interesting point of comparison. Instead of comparing how different they are from each other, show how different they are from the usual. Makes both stand out for different reasons. I never thought of that.

[u/ensiferum888 → u/arielzao150]

The way I see this is like asking myself (a 38 year old who's been doing kickboxing for only 5 years) who I would have a tougher time against: Israel Adesanya or the 50th ranked guy. From where I stand both would knock me out like I'm a training dummy.

[u/drjadco]

Fortunately deadpool wears a suit and you can voice over dialogue later when the strike is over if you need to.

[u/LostInCa45]

Good thing he has a mask on he can change it in editing. Lol

[u/filthysize → u/LostInCa45]

This was the case in the previous movies. That's how the first movie could have a Jared Fogel joke in it even though it came out in theaters less than 2 months after his arrest. They added a bunch of Deadpool's lines in ADR.

[u/OhIamNotADoctor → u/filthysize]

ADR = After da recording

Fun fact

[u/Bittah-Commander → u/filthysize]

Thats crazy that Jared Fogel’s arrest was only 2 months before the first Deadpool movie. The movie feels kinda recent while it feels like Fogel has been known as a pedo for forever

[u/niankaki → u/filthysize]

The ADR in Deadpool 2 was atrocious. It felt like half the time his jaw movements didnt match his words.

[u/ViolentInbredPelican → u/LostInCa45]

This is going to be the most ADRed movie since The Lost City.

[u/LordDusty]

Is there going to be a line in the film where he improvises a line about not being able to improvise a line about improvising?

[u/[deleted] → u/LordDusty]

I bet they will go hard meta on this.

[u/Villain_of_Brandon → u/[deleted]]

"If you didn't catch it, that was the the part in the movie where the Writer's strike ended, so now we can Improvise again"

[u/meltedlaundry → u/Villain_of_Brandon]

And then Deadpool will make a fairly lame improvised joke, and we'll get a third wall break where they cut to the director and he's like "hey Ryan, maybe stick to the script"

[u/GregSays → u/[deleted]]

Only if they wrote it that way before the strike.

[u/Galactic → u/LordDusty]

I know that is a joke, but actually no, unless he wrote that part in before the writer's strike.

[u/18randomcharacters → u/LordDusty]

How?

He can't improvise and he can't write or adjust the script either right, because of the strike?

[u/Rysler]

That sounds like something Deadpool would joke about

[u/MoseSchruteJunior]

Why did you add "legally" to the headline? It's not against the law for him to improvise, he'd just be breaking the strike and face WGA action.

Edit: Holy shit people, YES, if he breaches his contract, he CAN be sued (because anyone can be sued for anything, really), making it a legal matter, but it is not INHERENTLY against any law for him to do so. Murder is illegal. There are LAWS against it. There is no law against improvising new dialogue during a WGA strike. Do you get the difference?

[u/ZegoggleZeydonothing → u/MoseSchruteJunior]

Holy shit, this comment led to an instant semantic circle jerk

[u/GCC_Pluribus_Anus → u/ZegoggleZeydonothing]

Hey now, there's no need to get anti-semantic

[u/NikkoE82 → u/GCC_Pluribus_Anus]

I see what Jew did there.

[u/Doom_Eagles → u/ZegoggleZeydonothing]

The internet just loves to become incensed over petty pedantic nonsense. One wonders how people have the time and energy to devote to such inane nonsense.

[u/AUniqueUsername666 → u/Doom_Eagles]

Reminds me of the concept of "bikeshedding"; get a bunch of folks together to build a bikeshed, and the majority of the arguments won't be about the size/material to use, but about what color the bikeshed should be

[u/samurai_squirrel_ → u/AUniqueUsername666]

That's so stupid. like what's even the point of arguing about that when it's obvious that the shed should be red

[u/snooggums → u/samurai_squirrel_]

What is this, some kind of tiny barn?

[u/FriendlyBadger1428 → u/samurai_squirrel_]

Doesn't that depend on where the shed is located? What's around it? You want something that will really complement the land it's on. In other words: it should always be blue.

[u/AUniqueUsername666 → u/FriendlyBadger1428]

I don't know where you are but blue would stick out like a sore thumb. The correct color is obviously grey (and damp)

[u/Zefirus → u/AUniqueUsername666]

This is a major problem in programming. If you show a manager or client something to see if the program is accuratel doing what they want, the only thing they care about is the obviously placeholder layout.

[u/Designer_Disk5620 → u/ZegoggleZeydonothing]

Jesus Christ you weren't kidding

[u/HomChkn → u/ZegoggleZeydonothing]

This is the kind of thing I look for while drinking my coffee. Thanks to everyone here.

[u/thebugman10 → u/MoseSchruteJunior]

This was my first thought when reading the headline. Wouldn't he just be a scab if he did it?

[u/MrFluffyhead80 → u/MoseSchruteJunior]

I love when people say something is illegal without being able to cite the law. I think only thing better is when people say something a private company does is unconstitutional

[u/EnterPlayerTwo → u/MrFluffyhead80]

I love when people say something is illegal without being able to cite the law.

Then they just say "well it depends on the state" without any additional followup.

[u/philliesphan89 → u/MoseSchruteJunior]

It’s illegal for you to ask me that

[u/MoseSchruteJunior → u/philliesphan89]

Don't do the voice!

[u/ins0mnyteq → u/MoseSchruteJunior]

Reminds me of my girlfriend saying it's illegal to watch porn

[u/Jamie_FindThatVideo → u/MoseSchruteJunior]

Believe it or not? Jail.

[u/HardcoreKaraoke]

And Reynolds is, indeed, officially a writer on Deadpool 3, having previously picked up a writing credit on Deadpool 2—basically on the strength of how much of his own dialogue he improvises. Which means that, at least hypothetically, any deviations from the movie’s script by him could constitute strike-breaking under the rules of the Guild. If he gets reported, he could hypothetically try to argue that he’s only fulfilling his roles on the film as an actor or producer—although multi-hyphenate writer-producers have been specifically asked not to do anything even remotely writer-ly on their projects right now—but that “written by” credit is going to be a tricky obstacle to get around.

I like how the author protects themselves with "basically," "hypothetically” (twice) and "could."

If Reynolds improvises is someone really going to report him? The crew is already crossing picket lines. If Reynolds changes his mind on a line will someone really report him to the WGA?

Also at that point what happens to him? He gets kicked out? He's still probably in the SAG.

Again they already broke picket lines. The article is very clickbaity.

[u/schreibeheimer → u/HardcoreKaraoke]

The crew is already crossing picket lines.

I don't think that's how picket lines work; the crew's union isn't on strike.

[u/MrFluffyhead80]

What law would he be breaking?

[u/_eosphoros_ → u/MrFluffyhead80]

Apparently, he wouldnt be breaking any law, which means its not illegal, making the title a clickbait.

But since he is a part of WGA and under a contract, he could get sued for improvising.

Take my comments with a grain of salt, though. Thats just how I understood it.

[u/dabobbo → u/MrFluffyhead80]

None. Either OP added the word "legally" or the linked article removed it, I'll bet the latter.

And the article is clickbait garbage anyways - a lot of "hypothetically" and "if he's reported to the guild" - nobody related to the production has said Reynolds can't improvise. Maybe he can't, but the article is some writer making shit up.

[u/AlanZero → u/dabobbo]

some writer making shit up.

He can’t do that - that’s illegal!

[u/ZP4L]

I’m really glad redditors in here are not responsible for writing the script, because apparently all you guys want is non-stop meta jokes about improvising lines and the writers strike in the Deadpool movie.

[u/lotjzeromus → u/ZP4L]

Really speaks to the value of the Writer’s Guild.

[u/Tyrone-Rugen → u/ZP4L]

That's what makes a movie timeless! Meta jokes about a current event that people will forget about in 5 years!

[u/ChooseACoolName]

Bit of a stretch...

[u/kdtd2137]

"legally not allowed to improvise" lmao

[u/uptrendco]

"legally" isn't quite correct, he may be in violation of the wga but not the actual law. It's like posting your return policies on the wall, not the law, just policy.

[u/SnooTigers7028]

So why are we filming

[u/Fearless_Chipmunk_45 → u/SnooTigers7028]

If you read the article, actors are allowed to improvise, but writers can not rewrite. So, as long as he doesn't write anything down, he can improvise lines all he wants. The heading for this post is more than misleading.

[u/SnooTigers7028 → u/Fearless_Chipmunk_45]

Thank you for reading for me as I the idiot just overreact to headlines haha.

[u/Fearless_Chipmunk_45 → u/SnooTigers7028]

The whole article was dumb. It discusses how "hypothetically" "it could be interpreted as". It's just a click bait article.

[u/Funmachine → u/SnooTigers7028]

Because production is already planned, actors have been scheduled, crew is hired, locations are rented, set is built, equipment have been leased, costume has been transported to location etc. If you don't film now you cost the film millions.

[u/littletoyboat]

I don't think this is correct. The reporter doesn't interview anyone and doesn't cite the WGA Minimum Basic Agreement.

I know it sounds silly, but you actually have to write something down to be covered by the WGA. Otherwise, any actor who changed a line on set could try and fight for screen credit.

[u/atticdoor]

But can he legally get his lines wrong? If he has a memory lapse and accidentally says the wrong thing, does that break his agreement with the WGA?

[u/dulberf → u/atticdoor]

He can do that, they will just remind him of the line and reshoot.

[u/Fearless_Chipmunk_45 → u/atticdoor]

Actors are allowed to improvise lines. It says so right in the article. Writers just aren't allowed to do any rewrites on set. So unless he sits down and writes his improvise lines, he isn't violating the strike. Writing improvise lines is impossible since that is the opposite of improvise. So the headline for the post is just misleading.

[u/Kvakkerakk → u/atticdoor]

I'm hazarding a guess that such a scene could be reshot or simply not put in the movie.

[u/GeekFurious]

Oh, this thing is going to have sooooooooo many reshoots once the strike is over.

[u/jack-o-licious]

Instead of being officially credited as a "writer" he would need to be credited as a "person who writes". Problem solved.

[u/Helldiver_of_Mars]

"Legally" and contractually obligated are two different things.

[u/Lord_Stabbington]

Pretty easy to manage with Deadpool- a lot of ad libs can be ADR’d over silent shots, at least with the mask- they can just shoot him doing like 20 extra head-moving-as-if-speaking shots and choose which one suits the ADR adlib later on

[u/BadDreamFactory]

I may be the lone person thinking this, but they really don't have to make a movie if conditions aren't ideal.