Ryan Reynolds Thinks ‘Star Wars’ Is Ready to Be R-Rated

After Andor, people want Star Wars to take more creative or thematic swings. And according to Ryan Reynolds, a real big swing for the series would be a foray into R-rated material. In a recent episode of The Box Office podcast, the star of Marvel’s Deadpool movies revealed he had pitched such a thing to Disney not too long ago, saying, “Why don’t we do an R-rated Star Wars property?” The way he describes it, this was more of a soft pitch for anything rather than a specific idea, but he suggested it wouldn’t need “A+ characters” or that it be “vulgar. [I mean] R-rated as a Trojan horse for emotion. I always wonder why studios don’t want to just gamble on something like that.” Most importantly, this isn’t something he’s suggesting himself to star in. He doesn’t think he’s a good fit for the franchise, but he’d be open to producing or writing such a project. To Reynolds’ point, Star Wars has generally existed in a family-friendly capacity its whole life, to the point its first PG-13 mo ... Read full article.