--- description: Deadpool stays true to character in this April Fools' video title: Ryan Reynolds Says Deadpool Will 'Of Course' Be Rated R image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ryan Reynolds Says Deadpool Will 'of Course' Be Rated R by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 8:08 PM CUT by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 8:08 PM CUT Since superhero movies began their reign at the box office, almost every one of them has been rated PG-13\. They can push the limits, but only so much so that the widest audience possible has the chance to see them. But that’s a problem when it comes to _Deadpool_. The titular Merc with a Mouth is foul and violent, and any proper incarnation of him on the big screen would need to keep his darkly comedic spirit intact. To ease fans’ worries that a sanitized _Deadpool_ is on the way, Ryan Reynolds appeared in a video addressing the film’s potential rating in a mock _Extra_ interview with A.C. Slater himself, Mario Lopez. The two discuss the “decision” to shoot for a PG-13 rating on the film, which is currently shooting—but the movie’s star comes in at the end with a promise that the cast and crew are not holding back with the adaptation. See Lopez gets what’s coming to him for suggesting _Deadpool_ would be made better by an all-ages rating in the clip below, which premiered at JoBlo.com_._ It’s important to remember that, as the film is nowhere near complete, it’s not _actually_ rated R yet. Still, this should come as some relief to fans of the character; clearly, Reynolds and the team behind the film have no intention of toning down Deadpool’s penchant for mayhem when the film releases sometime next year. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/02/deadpool-ryan-reynolds-talks-r-pg-13-rating?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3769703/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rated-r/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3769703/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rated-r/"},"headline":"Ryan Reynolds Says Deadpool Will 'of Course' Be Rated R","datePublished":"2015-04-02T20:08:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:40:16.581Z","description":"Deadpool stays true to character in this April Fools' video","url":"https://time.com/3769703/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rated-r/","keywords":["movies","Ryan Reynolds","Deadpool"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3769703/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rated-r/","name":"Ryan Reynolds Says Deadpool Will 'of Course' Be Rated R"}}]}] ```