Speaking to IGN at Comic-Con 2015, British actor Ed Skrein told us a bit more about the new Deadpool movie, his character Ajax, and why Ryan Reynold's Deadpool is a bit like Muhammad Ali.
"The film runs in kind of two halves, like a soccer game," Skrein told us. "The first-half is me attacking; the second-half is more him attacking in some ways. But it's not that simple.
"It's a great relationship Ajax and Deadpool have – it's a wonderful dynamic. A lot of the time we talked in terms of the great boxers: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman or Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier. Muhammad Ali is dancing around, whispering in his ear, trying to get to him, get under his skin, which is what Wade Wilson (Deadpool) and Ryan do so brilliantly. Ajax is that juggernaut, just like Joe Frazier, just focussed on this job and hunting him down and pounding away, like a bulldozer."
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You can watch the full interview with Skrein in the video above.
"The film runs in kind of two halves, like a soccer game," Skrein told us. "The first-half is me attacking; the second-half is more him attacking in some ways. But it's not that simple.
"It's a great relationship Ajax and Deadpool have – it's a wonderful dynamic. A lot of the time we talked in terms of the great boxers: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman or Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier. Muhammad Ali is dancing around, whispering in his ear, trying to get to him, get under his skin, which is what Wade Wilson (Deadpool) and Ryan do so brilliantly. Ajax is that juggernaut, just like Joe Frazier, just focussed on this job and hunting him down and pounding away, like a bulldozer."
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