For nearly a decade, the world of comic book movies had one lingering mystery: who leaked the Deadpool test footage that launched the franchise? It stumped even Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige . Now, the franchise’s star, Ryan Reynolds , has confirmed what fans long suspected—he leaked the video in 2014, a move that kick-started one of the unlikeliest superhero movie franchises in modern film history, paving the way for the Merc with a Mouth to join the MCU officially . And Reynolds' explanation was worth the wait.

Reynolds made the admission during TIFF’s “In Conversation With…” series, via Entertainment Weekly . He framed the leak as a calculated risk that changed the character’s fate, and his own. As he put it:

Yes, I cheated a little, but I think I was onto something that

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