Director Tim Miller may be in “director jail” for Terminator: Dark Fate now, but he was the talk of the town back when the first Deadpool came out in cinemas.
Though Deadpool was considered to be Miller’s big break, he reveals that he actually didn’t get paid as much as a director should be for a movie that successful. Talking during a panel at CCXP (via Collider), Miller reveals:
“You guys might not know, but it’s not really a profitable thing to be a first-time director in Hollywood, and I’ll tell you exactly… I got $225,000 to direct Deadpool. I know it sounds like a lot of money, but for two years of work, that’s not a ton of money.”
Regardless of the low salary, Miller still says that he was grateful for the experience, but he was paid more working on a series like The Walking Dead. He continues, “Not that I’m not grateful, I’m fucking grateful, that’s the way it is because you’re supposed to when you’re a first-time director. My agent said ‘Dude, you make more on an episode of The Walking Dead!‘”
Miller was originally set to direct the sequel, but apparently he was having creative differences with Ryan Reynolds who really wanted to take over the franchise. After he stepped away though, Miller was able to work on well-acclaimed VFX projects like Love, Death and Robots as well as the lucrative Sonic the Hedgehog movies.
It is a shame that Miller was treated the way he was, but as it stands, a lot of people consider the first Deadpool to be the best film in the franchise. We don’t know what the future holds in store for the character, but some fans online are starting to turn on Deadpool and Wolverine now that the nostalgia is wearing off.
