Director Tim Miller and star Reynolds confirm that Deadpool hero’s sexuality will be fluid and give headsup over movie’s high sexual content

Tim Miller, the director of Marvel’s forthcoming Deadpool movie, has confirmed that the film will not deviate from the bisexual, “hypersexualised” creation of the original comic books.

Speaking to Collider, Miller said that the hero – played by Ryan Reynolds in the film and set for spring release – will be “pansexual. I want that quoted. Pansexual Deadpool.”

Reynolds said he had been impressed at the lack of studio censorship over the movie’s considerable sexual content. “You kinda think you have moments when you’re shooting where you think: ‘This is, uh, a little excessive. This is a comic book movie. Are we gonna get away with this?’ But so far, so good.”

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Reynolds also spoke of the film’s influences, including Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, and its scope, including “some unicorn fucking”.

Deadpool first appeared in comic books in 1991 and was played by Reynolds in the 2009 movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine. An erratic, disfigured mercenary in a tight red suit, Deadpool is a wise-cracking antihero who often breaks the fourth wall and whose super-ability is an accelerated capacity for healing. The comics show the character propositioning Spider-Man and flirting with both genders; recent trailers and a fireside promotional further suggest the movie will follow suit.

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In August 2015, the character’s co-creator, Fabian Nicieza said: “Deadpool is whatever sexual inclination his brain tells him he is in that moment. And then the moment passes.”

Nicieza also suggested that fans’ feelings of ownership of the character led them to try to pigeonhole his orientation. “I’ve been dogged with the DP sexuality questions for years. It is a bit tiring. He is NO sex and ALL sexes. He is yours and everyone else’s. So not dismissive, but rather the epitome of inclusive.”