The "Deadpool" movie's success may have been caused by fans' positive reaction to the test footage leak.
"Deadpool" movie writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick admitted to Variety that, aside from the leak, there are other factors that made the film a reality such as Simon Kinberg. However, the fans' reception of the clip did help.
"I think it was a combination of a few things," Reese said. "We got the right regime at the right time at Fox, which was crucial. The few times things leaked, the script and the test footage, it really got a wonderful, passionate reaction among fans."
He described the fans' reaction as "almost angry."
"And the third element was Simon Kinberg, he's the keeper of the superhero flame at Fox," the "Deadpool" movie writer added. "Simon helped out and reasoned the executives through why it might be smart to make with an R rating. He was very much an angel on our shoulders."
Paul Wernick also revealed that they were "absolutely thrilled" when the "Deadpool" movie's test footage was leaked.
"If you go back and look at our emails after the test footage was made in 2012, we had said back and forth, 'How do we leak this? How do we get the groundswell support from our fans?'" he said.
"This is confirmation we are not crazy to be passionate about this. There's a whole fanbase of people clamoring for this movie. Had it not gotten that reaction, it would have been a disaster and the project would have been dead. We knew it in our bones this would be the reaction. We were thrilled and still to this day don't know who did it. there is a very short list of suspects."
It was previously reported that the "Deadpool" movie garnered $12 million globally on its opening day.
The "Deadpool" movie got $3.4 million on its opening day in the U.K.. It went to No. 1 in the market and is considered the biggest Fox opening day ever for a 15-rated film.
