Ryan Reynolds "Let Go Of Getting Paid" On "Deadpool" And Used His "Little Salary" To Pay His Writers

Back in 2016, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick revealed that they'd been working on the Deadpool script alongside Ryan for at least six years prior. "It was really a core creative team of us, Ryan, and the director Tim Miller. Fox, interestingly, wouldn’t pay for us to be on set. Ryan Reynolds paid out of his own money, out of his own pocket," they said. And even though Ryan was a co-collaborator on that first film, he didn't receive a writing credit until Deadpool 2.