It’s no surprise to anyone that 2016’s Deadpool was a hit. The film’s success helped Logan receive the R-rating it garnered from the MPAA. Speaking to Fandango, director James Mangold talked about how much of a role Deadpool played in the film receiving the rating.
“I was already writing this movie before Deadpool came out, but I will say that what Deadpool did is it made the studio feel a lot better about taking the risk I was asking them to take. They saw there was a marketplace reward for being different. Ya know, I can’t please everybody because there are so many aspirations people want for these movies. But I think the one that I share and that is universal is the desire to see the intensity, the darkness and the adult nature of the Wolverine character. Much of the Marvel library is full of adult characters with adult themes that don’t always get to be explored because they’re making four-box movies for children as well. I think we’re making it very clear that we’re making a grown-up movie.”
Logan stars Hugh Jackman in his final appearance as Logan, Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce, Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, Dafne Keen as Laura Kinney/X-23.
Logan hits theaters on March 3, 2017.
