David Leitch

Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders. ”

While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in action sequences in a more dynamic way. ”

You learn tricks to make action look more dynamic - having the fight come toward you or shooting on a longer lens to compress the speed. ”

As a director, just to be able to jump in to do something that's different, and to explore comedy and be challenged by that, is great. Some directors never get that opportunity. ”

All film, at the end of the day, has wish-fulfillment. ”

The DNA of 'Deadpool' shouldn't change. ”

I find fight scenes actually more interesting, in a way, than chase scenes because you're watching your character go through this problem-solving process and fight the antagonist mano-a-mano. It's more powerful, more emotional. ”

Part of the problem is that many directors treat female characters too often as precious. Or they want to live in a fantasy world where they just do spinning hook kicks and knock out guys who are six foot four, and that doesn't work either. ”

You can sometimes break rules in comics that you can't necessarily break in cinema. It's fun to find something cool in a comic and then try and find a way to break the same rule in another medium. ”