James Gunn Explains the Real Lesson of Deadpool‘s Success

Clueless Hollywood remains clueless, even when it succeeds. You may have noticed that several outlets, including entertainment industry trade publications like Deadline Hollywood are reporting on the fact that it’s so surprising that Deadpool did so well and, like, they don’t know how it happened.  Guardians of the Galaxy director, James Gunn had a few choice words for those who don’t seem to get it.

Seriously, Hollywood – audiences actually really like originality! Rather than trying to give us clones of things we liked in the past (that more than likely get whatever we liked in the first place wrong), keep trying to surprise us!

What did you think, folks? If you saw Deadpool this weekend, what do you think made it so successful? Tell us in the comments!

(via HitFix, image via Marvel Entertainment)

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Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.

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