For those unfamiliar with Poolgate—a term I just coined and am already regretting—in 2014, someone leaked a two-minute action scene starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool to the internet.
Turns out Fox bankrolled the test footage in 2012 and then, for reasons unknown, did absolutely nothing with it. Fast forward two years, and the leaked footage whips Deadpool fans into a frenzy Fox can’t ignore. The studio immediately green lights a Deadpool, and the rest is history.
Chances are the revelation is as shocking to you as Ben Folds admitting the song “Brick” was about abortion. Even so, this is technically the first time Ryan Reynolds has officially copped to leaking the footage that resulted in Fox greenlighting the first Deadpool. Probably because, technically, what he did was super illegal.
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