Ryan Reynolds just confirmed the worst-kept secret regarding Deadpool, and fans are happy to know it! However, in 2014, test footage leaked online of a short action sequence with Reynolds as Deadpool fighting guys in a car. The buzz was enough to convince 20th Century Fox to go for a Deadpool movie with Reynolds, directed by Tim Miller. Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. "I'd shot test footage for it a couple years before, and the studio just didn't want anything to do with it.