Ryan Reynolds Pitched an R-Rated ‘Star Wars’ Movie to Disney, but Not for Him to Star: ‘That Would Be a Bad Fit’
Ryan Reynolds Pitched an R-Rated ‘Star Wars’ Movie to Disney, but Not for Him to Star: ‘That Would Be a Bad Fit’
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Ryan Reynolds Pitched an R-Rated ‘Star Wars’ Movie to Disney, but Not for Him to Star: ‘That Would Be a Bad Fit’
I feel like I don't really need an R-rated Star Wars movie. Andor is pretty damn mature thematically, and what else would an R rating add? Violence and nudity? We already have a lot of decapitation and impaling, I feel it gets the point across.
Even TCW, you see ahsoka dealing with some exceptionally mature issues like the morality of war, trust and betrayal, corruption. grief, loss and PTSD... there's more there.
Yes, it's packaged as a kids show, but it goes pretty hard at times.
And Rebels hits even harder. It's difficult to imagine what value being R-rated adds. It's not like we can't find twilek cosplay porn at the drop of a hat; and gratuitous violence simply for the gratuitous violence tends to ruin movies.
So did the last airbender on Nickelodeon
Which is why it feels so soft. Bladerunner 2049 could have easily been smoothed over to be pg13. Its nice when media is just made how it wants to be instead of conforming to ancient Puritan prudish censorship in order to sell more.
But that's what the star wars franchise is, sell as much as possible. It was never about telling a story, its about selling media for mass consumption.
I mean, none of these things you're mentioning are comedic in nature, which I think is what Reynolds excels with. I think there's definitely more room for comedic moments in a Star Wars setting. Especially if you get away from the political and societal drama.
In fact, I'd say it's a very good way to expand the Star Wars universe in a much more down to earth (so to speak) way. Focus on something or somewhere that isn't intrinsically linked to the big players, kind of like how the first Deadpool movie dealt with much more personal issues and really only had bit players from elsewhere in the X-Men/Marvel universe.