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INTERVIEW: The Creators and Stars of the Deadpool Webseries

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AP2HYC: So are you still filming?

Chris: Yes. We have not given up yet. We’re still filming episodes 3, 4, and 5 right now. We’re almost done with episode 3.

Andrea: We’re taking a mid-season hiatus because of this, so we’re gonna finish up to episode 5 and then we’re gonna call it quits for a month, kinda give everyone time to recoup. We’ll see how this blows over before we continue. Ultimately we’re gonna have ten episodes in the season.

Chris: After episode 5 we kinda pulled a Friday the 13th with like, a “new beginning”. So episode 5 completes the first arc of the story. Starting with episode 6, we wrap up episode 5 and then we move into a new portion in which the characters go in different directions, we introduce some new characters and a new bad guy, and we end the series with, of course, a bit of a cliffhanger to keep you wanting a season 2.

AP2HYC: Chris, you’ve made a lot of fan films in the past and just generally a lot of short films. Was there any particular reason why you wanted to do Deadpool as a webseries?

Chris: It’s funny. Every time I put out a fan film, everyone’s like “When is there going to be a part 2? When is there going to be a part 2?” And I’m like “Crap! Now I gotta conceive that.” So I said, “Alright, something tells me if I do Deadpool, they’re going to want more.” I can’t just wrap-up Deadpool in a ten minute short, I have to do something more with that. I figured this might kill two birds with one stone. So I decided to do a long story format and do a ten episode season. That way, people will get their fix and they’ll come back for more. All I hear now is “When’s episode 3 or 4 or 5 coming out, I can’t wait!” But I know it’s coming.

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David Molofsky

David is the Founder & Editor-in-Cape of AP2HYC.