Ryan Reynolds pitched "R-rated" Star Wars movie to Disney
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Ryan Reynolds
Nathanred — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 09:20 AM)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/ryan-reynolds-star-wars-r-rated-movie-1236408294/
The “Deadpool” star revealed on Friday’s episode of “The Box Office” podcast with host Scott Mendelson that he has pitched an R-rated movie set in a galaxy far, far away.
“I pitched to Disney, I said, ‘Why don’t we do an R-rated “Star Wars” property? It doesn’t have to be overt, A+ characters. There’s a wide range of characters you could use,'” he said. “And I don’t mean R-rated to be vulgar. R-rated as a Trojan horse for emotion. I always wonder why studios don’t want to just gamble on something like that.”
There has never been an R-rated “Star Wars” movie or TV show before. The closest thing the franchise has would be its more mature “Andor” TV series, which just finished its two-season run earlier this month and dealt with some heavy themes.
As for his R-rated pitch, Reynolds says it would not be for him to star in.
“I’m not saying I want to be in it. That would be a bad fit,” he said. “I’d want to produce and write or be a part of behind the scenes. Those kinds of IP subsist really well on scarcity and surprise. We don’t get scarcity really with ‘Star Wars’ because of Disney+, but you can certainly still surprise people.”
Full podcast here:
https://scottmendelson.substack.com/p/an-hour-with-ryan-reynolds