Once Upon a Deadpool—the PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 thats hitting theaters on December 12—is getting a little help from Fred Savage. In a new trailer for the muted rerelease of the typically rated-R superhero flick, Deadpool pays a visit to the former child star, parodying his role in the classic 80s comedy The Princess Bride. Because “nobody does childlike innocence like you, Fred,” Deadpool notes. Even though, you know, Savage is not a child anymore.
In a statement to Deadline, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds explained the re-release in part by saying the studio “has been asking for a PG-13 basically since the start in 2006. Ive said no since 2006. Now, this one time, I said Yes on two conditions. First, a portion of the proceeds had to go to charity. Second, I wanted to kidnap Fred Savage. The second condition took some explaining . . .”
In a statement of his own, Savage said, “While my participation in this film was anything but voluntary, I am happy to learn that Fudge Cancer will be the beneficiary of this shameless cash grab.” One dollar of every ticket sold will indeed go toward the charity Fuck Cancer (er, Fudge Cancer, as the company rebranded itself for this PG-13 oppo). The Deadpool movies have been box-office gold, despite some harsh reviews for the sequel; Deadpool 2 made $734.2 million worldwide this year.
A PG-13 version of Deadpool seems like an oxymoron in and of itself, but the studio seems to have found a way around that by muting the films rated-R scenes and adding new ones, like this framing spoof of The Princess Bride. (An idea tinged with sadness in the wake of screenwriter William Goldmans death.) In the original film, Savage played a little boy whose grandfather read him a fantastical story. In the Once Upon a Deadpool trailer, Savage is forced to hear Deadpool tell the story, because hes been forcibly taped to his bed. Adding insult to injury, Savage says hes more of a Marvel guy, not a “Marvel-licensed-by-Fox” guy: “Its like if the Beatles were produced by Nickelback,” the actor quips. “Its music, but it sucks.”
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Million Dollar Baby
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Bend It Like Beckham
A tomboy classic if there ever was one. Parminder Nagra plays Jess, a young British Indian girl who idolizes David Beckham, but must tone down her soccer obsession around her traditional parents. Bonus points for featuring a delightful cast that includes Archie Panjabi, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and Keira Knightley.Photo: From Everett Collection.
Love and Basketball
Gina Prince-Bythewoods 2000 romance was both a tribute to ambitious female athletes and an ode to childhood sweethearts. Sanaa Lathan plays the ambitious Monica, a basketball-obsessed hothead who slowly falls in love with Quincy (Omar Epps), her cocky next-door neighbor.Photo: From New Line Cinema/Everett Collection.
Whip It
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Bring It On
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Girlfight
No one casts a vicious glare quite like Michelle Rodriguez in Girlfight. In 2000, the future Fast and Furious star played a wayward teen who turns to boxing, fine-tuning her character and knocking out sexist perception in this perfectly titled Karyn Kusama drama.Photo: From Everett Collection.
A League of Their Own
Ah, the movie that taught us theres no crying in baseball—though there is a magical quality to bringing stars like Rosie ODonnell, Geena Davis, Madonna, and Tom Hanks together for a Penny Marshall flick about a World War II-era womens baseball league.Photo: From Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection.PreviousNext
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwoods 2004 drama about an underdog boxer (played by Hillary Swank) and her trainer (Morgan Freeman) is the rare prestige sports film that managed to floor Academy voters. It picked up four Oscars that year, including one for Swank, one for Freeman, one for Eastwood, and the most coveted statuette of all: best picture.From Warner Brothers/Everett Collection.
Bend It Like Beckham
A tomboy classic if there ever was one. Parminder Nagra plays Jess, a young British Indian girl who idolizes David Beckham, but must tone down her soccer obsession around her traditional parents. Bonus points for featuring a delightful cast that includes Archie Panjabi, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and Keira Knightley.From Everett Collection.
Love and Basketball
Gina Prince-Bythewoods 2000 romance was both a tribute to ambitious female athletes and an ode to childhood sweethearts. Sanaa Lathan plays the ambitious Monica, a basketball-obsessed hothead who slowly falls in love with Quincy (Omar Epps), her cocky next-door neighbor.From New Line Cinema/Everett Collection.
Whip It
Drew Barrymores directorial debut was predictably idiosyncratic, and became a deeply underappreciated cult hit. The dramedy about a fearsome roller-derby league stars Ellen Page as a soft-spoken Texan who gets taken in by a cadre of ruthless women.From Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo.
The Fits
The quiet indie drama about a young girl (newcomer Royalty Hightower, a too-good-to-be-true movie star name) who aspires to be both a boxer and a dancer, is a powerful meditation on youth and aspiration, tossing in a jagged, surreal subplot about dancers coming down with mysterious seizures.By Paul Yes/Oscilloscope Laboratories/Everett Collection.
Personal Best
The 1982 Mariel Hemingway vehicle centered on a pair of track stars left hanging when the United States pulled itself out of that years Olympics. Hemingway plays Chris, an ambitious young athlete who gets romantically involved with an older track star named Tory (played by real-life athlete Patrice Donnelly).From Everett Collection.
Bring It On
This isnt a democracy, its a cheerocracy. Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union play warring captains in this cheerleader comedy, which has since spawned a million terrible sequels.From Everett Collection.
Girlfight
No one casts a vicious glare quite like Michelle Rodriguez in Girlfight. In 2000, the future Fast and Furious star played a wayward teen who turns to boxing, fine-tuning her character and knocking out sexist perception in this perfectly titled Karyn Kusama drama.From Everett Collection.
A League of Their Own
Ah, the movie that taught us theres no crying in baseball—though there is a magical quality to bringing stars like Rosie ODonnell, Geena Davis, Madonna, and Tom Hanks together for a Penny Marshall flick about a World War II-era womens baseball league.From Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection.
Yohana DestaYohana Desta is a Hollywood writer for VanityFair.com.
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