EXCLUSIVE: Armed with a four -
minute test reel and a passionate 20 - minute pitch, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia co-creator and co-star Rob McElhenney has closed a significant deal at Legendary Pictures to make his feature directorial and screenwriting debut.
His love for Deadpool is so deep, that he went forth and accepted, but years later with a strong word of mouth of a three -
minute test reel on YouTube, gave the execs an immediate green light and even taking a pay cut to play the titular role, his dream finally came true.
Not exact matches
Screen
tests for Tobey Maguire (in which he goes Bruce Lee (okay, maybe more like Bruce Li) on a band of thugs bleeped as often as Ozzy Osbourne on MTV), JK Simmons, the CGI Spider - Man (phenomenal — trust me), and key make - up and costumes and a lame 3 -
minute gag
reel finish off the serviceable package, not counting ROM - enabled weblinks, videogame promos, «comic to film comparison,» and a nifty option to scratch your very own commentary track for Spider - Man.
The DVD features commentary by director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, 11 deleted scenes with optional commentary, gag
reel, and 22
minutes of screen
test among its supplements.