Ryan Reynolds Pitched an R-Rated ‘Star Wars’ Movie to Disney, but Not for Him to Star: ‘That Would Be a Bad Fit’
Ryan Reynolds Pitched an R-Rated ‘Star Wars’ Movie to Disney, but Not for Him to Star: ‘That Would Be a Bad Fit’
Ryan Reynolds pitched an R-rated 'Star Wars' movie, but not for him to star in.
I feel like I don't really need an R-rated Star Wars movie. Andor is pretty damn mature thematically, and what else would an R rating add? Violence and nudity? We already have a lot of decapitation and impaling, I feel it gets the point across.
Even TCW, you see ahsoka dealing with some exceptionally mature issues like the morality of war, trust and betrayal, corruption. grief, loss and PTSD... there's more there.
Yes, it's packaged as a kids show, but it goes pretty hard at times.
And Rebels hits even harder. It's difficult to imagine what value being R-rated adds. It's not like we can't find twilek cosplay porn at the drop of a hat; and gratuitous violence simply for the gratuitous violence tends to ruin movies.
morality of war, trust and betrayal, corruption. grief, loss and PTSD
So did the last airbender on Nickelodeon
it's packaged as a kids show
Which is why it feels so soft. Bladerunner 2049 could have easily been smoothed over to be pg13. Its nice when media is just made how it wants to be instead of conforming to ancient Puritan prudish censorship in order to sell more.
But that's what the star wars franchise is, sell as much as possible. It was never about telling a story, its about selling media for mass consumption.
I mean, none of these things you're mentioning are comedic in nature, which I think is what Reynolds excels with. I think there's definitely more room for comedic moments in a Star Wars setting. Especially if you get away from the political and societal drama.
In fact, I'd say it's a very good way to expand the Star Wars universe in a much more down to earth (so to speak) way. Focus on something or somewhere that isn't intrinsically linked to the big players, kind of like how the first Deadpool movie dealt with much more personal issues and really only had bit players from elsewhere in the X-Men/Marvel universe.
Deadpool works because it’s a parody of the super hero genre. What’s fun about those movies is that he’s deliberately doing things that are out of place in the Marvel universe - which includes going far more violent than usually allowed in the Marvel films. That’s kind of his challenge.
I’m not sure an equivalent in the Star Wars universe would work.
An R-Rated film, where a Sith Lord goes around killing Jedi in the most gruesome ways like he's Michael Myers would be something different. People would still bring their younglings and don't think it would be a good time, Star Wars brand could lose that "family image" and appeal. Disney says no, can't blame them.
I'd be down for some R rated Star Wars...as long as Ryan Reynolds has nothing to do with it...