Co-star relationships in Hollywood are often just as emotional and erratic as the characters they play on film.
One of the best examples of this was when actor and comedian TJ Miller—well known for playing Weasel in the Deadpool series—made headlines by declaring out loud that he would never collaborate with Ryan Reynolds again.
Fans and the media both took notice of Miller’s comments, with many wondering just what the exact source of the animosity between the two was.
One fan pens: “He should’ve pulled him to the side and talked to him like an adult instead of gossiping.”
A second adds: “After hearing about all the things the dude has done, I’m sure Reynolds does in fact hate him, and for a good reason.”
“That’s not cool of Ryan tbh he should know better,” says a third.
Meanwhile, a fourth writes: “They’re both unbearably obnoxious. I wouldn’t want to work with either of them if I was either of them.”
Recently, Reynolds and his spouse Blake Lively have been at the heart of yet another major internet drama.
Rumors are going around regarding the couple’s and Justin Baldoni’s behind-the-scenes activities on the set of the movie It Ends with Us, which is an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s book.
There were rumors of problems on site after the cast, including Lively and her husband, allegedly unfollowed Baldoni on Instagram and refrained from talking about him during the press tour.
Social media users have conjectured that Lively might be afraid for her career because of the negative response; some have even said that she and Reynolds stole the movie’s creative direction.
There have been rumors that Baldoni made the actress feel uneasy and that, amid the controversy, he employed a public relations manager.
These conflicts might have put the preparations for a sequel in jeopardy, even with the movie’s popularity.
Industry insiders claim that none of the cast members loved working with Baldoni, which led to a tense atmosphere in production. Lively has not publicly addressed the rumors.
An insider told Life & Style: “The sheer level of ambition between [Lively and Reynolds] is blatantly obvious, but what people in the industry are whispering about is their ruthlessness in achieving their goals.”
“It hasn’t gone unnoticed that they’re willing to throw their weight around when it comes to getting what they want. People are genuinely afraid of going against them, which of course only adds to their power,” the source continued.
Concluding the discussion, the insider noted, “They might come across as being sweet as apple pie, but make no mistake, anyone that tries to stand in their way is almost guaranteed to get steamrolled.”
However, this is not the first controversy Miller has faced in his professional life.
Miller was the target of severe allegations of sexual assault in 2017, according to The Daily Beast.
A lady claimed that Miller had hit and choked her without getting her permission during a s**ual encounter.
She described the experience, stating: “He just tried a lot of things without asking me, and at no point asked me if I was all right.”
Miller has refuted these claims.
There are further charges against Miller’s conduct in addition to these.
In addition, he lost his job at Silicon Valley, the HBO series that greatly advanced his career.
Miller’s abrupt exit from the program was hinted at by his character being written off-screen.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, showrunner Mike Judge discussed Miller’s departure and the difficulties of working with someone who no longer wants to be involved in a project.
Judge explained: “There are a lot of different ways you can find out somebody doesn’t want to do the show anymore.”
“And it’s not fun to work with someone who doesn’t want to be there, [especially when] they’re one of the main people and you’ve got however many crewmembers and extras and people who are [not paid as well] and they’re all showing up before 7 am, and then are just like, ‘Oh, OK, we’re not shooting today.”
In 2022, TJ Miller made his first public criticism of Ryan Reynolds on a podcast.
On the set of Deadpool 2, he accused Ryan Reynolds of being “horrifically mean” to him, even going so far as to compare Reynolds’ demeanor to that of Jekyll and Hyde.
“As the character, he was, like, horrifically mean to me. But to me. As if I’m Weasel,” Miller explained on The Adam Carolla Show.
“He was like, ‘You know what’s great about you, Weasel? You’re not the star, but you do just enough exposition that it’s funny, and then we can leave and get back to the real movie.'”
Miller claimed that Reynolds would alter when he played Deadpool, demeaning him in the process.
The actor believed that Reynolds had made him feel uncomfortable and degraded by taking their characters’ snarky banter personally during the filming of the film.
“Would I work with him again? No. I would not work with him again,” he said, adding, “I sorta wish him well because he’s so good at Deadpool, and I think it’s weird that he hates me.”
Many were taken aback by Miller’s remarks, considering the apparent chemistry and friendship between the two actors in the Deadpool movies.
They appeared to have a cordial off-screen connection because of their funny banter and pleasant jibes during their on-screen interactions.
Miller’s disclosures, however, gave a different impression and implied that things were not going well behind the scenes.
Speaking on an episode of the Help! made things worse! Miller claimed in an interview with Natalie Cuomo podcast that Reynolds had transformed while making the first and second Deadpool films and that his notoriety predated the first one.
He said: “When something becomes super successful, people get really famous and things get really weird – that’s what happened from Deadpool 1 to Deadpool 2.”
“You first had Ryan Reynolds, everyone knew who he was but he had a lot of movies that were failures or just didn’t do that well.”
“Deadpool was a real long shot for him and so Deadpool 2 he was a different person. That’s just a different guy.”
“A guy that’s become that famous in a movie that is that funny, it just changes people,” he said, before adding, conversely: “I don’t think it really changed me at all.”
Shortly after making his first remarks, TJ Miller appeared to retract them.
Miller clarified in a subsequent interview that any misconceptions had been resolved and that he and Reynolds had since spoken.
He told SiriusXM’s Jim Norton & Sam Roberts that the on-set incident was “just a misunderstanding” and added, “It was really cool. He emailed me the next day… so I emailed him back, and now it’s fine.”
He admitted that he “was not thinking about what the repercussions of saying this or that would be,” but added that he “didn’t think I had said anything that was negative.”
Miller claims that Reynolds emailed him regarding his remarks.
“It was very cool for him to say, ‘Hey, you know, I just heard on the show that you were upset about this.’ And I kind of said, ‘You know, I’m not,’ and then we sort of just hashed it out really quickly,” Miller said.
Miller expressed his displeasure with the first reporting of the story, labeling it as “clickbait” and claiming that the media misinterpreted his remarks.
“It was just me telling a story from on set that I thought was weird,” he said. “That was it.”
“That’s a big problem I have in general,” he conceded, “is kind of not thinking about what the repercussions of saying this or that would be.”
Miller does not appear in Deadpool 3, which is the character’s first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox.