Getting Madonna to let you use her music is no easy feat, even if you’re Ryan Reynolds.
As they recounted the story at Hugh’s request, Ryan offered his recollection of the “personal meeting,” noting that the Queen of Pop is notoriously selective when it comes to granting use of her music, particularly that song, which spent three weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
“Madonna doesn’t just license the song, and that particular song hasn’t been licensed. So it was a big deal to ask for it, and it was certainly a big deal to use it,” Ryan said, recalling that he and Shawn “met with her and showed her how it was being used, where and why.”
Fortunately, Madonna gave up the rights to the song, but not before giving her input on how it would be used in the film.
“She gave an excellent grade,” Ryan said. “Oh my God, she saw it, and I’m not kidding, she just said, ‘You need to do this, this and this right now,’ and damn if she wasn’t right and correct.”
Luckily, the odds were in her favor because one of Madonna’s sons was already a fan of the singer. Dead pool film franchise, which began with the first film in 2016 and a second in 2018.
Of course, if there’s one thing we know about Ryan, it’s that he’s certainly very dedicated when it comes to Dead pool.
“I even stopped getting paid to make the movie just to get it back on screen – they wouldn’t let my co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on set, so I took what little salary I had left and paid them to be on set with me so we could form a de facto writers’ room,” he explained, recalling that it was “a lesson in a couple of ways.”
Deadpool and Wolverine Hits theaters July 26.