--- title: Watch Deadpool's 'For Your Consideration' Oscars Pitch VIDEO description: Deadpool himself, Ryan Reynolds, took to Twitter to release a "For Your Consideration" video pitch for the Academy Awards. canonical: https://time.com/4634365/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-oscar-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-13T16:05:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:08.990Z og:title: Watch Ryan Reynolds on Every Reason Deadpool Deserves the Oscar og:description: It clearly deserves to win og:url: https://time.com/4634365/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-oscar-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ryan Reynolds on Every Reason Deadpool Deserves the Oscar twitter:description: It clearly deserves to win twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ryan Reynolds List Every Reason _Deadpool_ Deserved the Oscar > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 13, 2017 4:05 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 13, 2017 4:05 PM UTC _Deadpool_ may have lost the [Golden Globe](http://time.com/4622027/golden-globes-2017-winners/) for Best Musical or Comedy to [_La La Land_ ](http://time.com/4587682/la-la-land-review/), but [_Deadpool_ ](http://time.com/4219431/review-ryan-reynolds-deadpool/)is still gunning for an Oscar. The Merc With the Mouth himself, [Ryan Reynolds](http://time.com/4621986/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-deadpool-anxiety/), took to Twitter early Friday morning to release a “For Your Consideration” video pitch for the Academy Awards. The 30-second montage of movie footage features a dramatic voiceover by Reynolds, who lists all the hilarious things that went into making the antihero flick, including 600 pounds of chimichangas, seven magical unicorns, and three good walls and a fourth that’s broken. Watch the full video below. > [](https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/819750725651611650) UPDATE: After _Deadpool_ ultimately [failed to snag an Oscar nomination](http://time.com/4645144/deadpool-suicide-squad-oscars/?iid=sr-link1), Reynolds again took to Twitter to express his alternative plans for the evening in a typically funny and gracious manner. Foiled again. > [](https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/823909731811131393) > [](https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/819750725651611650) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4634365/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-oscar-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4634365/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-oscar-video/"},"headline":"Watch Ryan Reynolds List Every Reason Deadpool Deserved the Oscar","datePublished":"2017-01-13T16:05:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:08.990Z","description":"It clearly deserves to win","url":"https://time.com/4634365/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-oscar-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Ryan Reynolds","Deadpool","awards season","Oscars 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4634365/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-oscar-video/","name":"Watch Ryan Reynolds List Every Reason Deadpool Deserved the Oscar"}}]}] ```