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It Cost $10,000 to Show Bea Arthur's Face in 'Deadpool'
3. Wade’s Bea Arthur t-shirt cost $10,000
In the original Marvel comics, Deadpool has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with classic 1980s US sitcom The Golden Girls – and specifically, that show’s key actress, Bea Arthur. In a blink-and-you-’ll-miss-it nod to this bizarre character trait, a pre-mutation Wade Wilson can be seen wearing a Bea Arthur t-shirt. Reynolds says on the commentary that the rights for Bea Arthur’s likeness in the film cost an eye-watering $10,000 (taking the form of a donation to her estate’s chosen charity).
Reynolds admits with a chuckle that it is “potentially cinema’s most expensive Easter Egg ever”, especially for a reference that only dedicated comic book fans are likely to get, and he admits “as a producer, I had to approve that $10,000,” on a production where budgets were tight. But there was never any debate. “You can’t have a Deadpool movie without Bea Arthur.”
In the original Marvel comics, Deadpool has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with classic 1980s US sitcom The Golden Girls – and specifically, that show’s key actress, Bea Arthur. In a blink-and-you-’ll-miss-it nod to this bizarre character trait, a pre-mutation Wade Wilson can be seen wearing a Bea Arthur t-shirt. Reynolds says on the commentary that the rights for Bea Arthur’s likeness in the film cost an eye-watering $10,000 (taking the form of a donation to her estate’s chosen charity).
Reynolds admits with a chuckle that it is “potentially cinema’s most expensive Easter Egg ever”, especially for a reference that only dedicated comic book fans are likely to get, and he admits “as a producer, I had to approve that $10,000,” on a production where budgets were tight. But there was never any debate. “You can’t have a Deadpool movie without Bea Arthur.”
Via Deadpool: 11 things we learned from the DVD commentary
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/deadpool-commentary/
