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Cable Creator Rob Liefeld Defends Josh Brolin From Fans


Deadpool2 star and executive producer Ryan Reynolds dropped the first look of Josh Brolin's Cable today and while the image has gotten most of the fanbase excited, it seems like not every approves of the actor's time-traveling mutant.

However, like the fans that are eager to see Brolin get to work as Cable in Reynold's raunchy sequel to the R-rated Deadpool 2, Deadpool comic creator Rob Liefeld like's the Marvel Star's version of Nathan Summers.

Speaking in an interview with Comicbook, Liefeld went on the defense for Brolin's Cable.

"This is Cable. Fandom can create their own burden, and I'm going back to Michael Keaton getting cast as Batman. You remember all of the fans exploding, "How can you cast Mr. Mom as Batman?" And that was a big deal. Back then they had to address you on Entertainment Tonight, not Twitter. But the fans have to be accounted for, you can't ignore them. So I think when you open the oven and out comes that version of Josh Brolin as Cable, let's give some applause to the cooks.

My boy Bill Corso — even Ryan [Reynolds] was praising him on Instagram with me. Bill is the make-up designer on Blade Runner II. He was on The Force Awakens. He did Kong: Skull Island. This guy is just sick talented. So the makeup design, I believe in giving artists their credit. I mean first you've got to cast the right guy, and Josh came out yoked. He started out Josh Brolin and came out Lou Ferrigno. He's so bulked up."

Sure Brolin might not have the same size or the same costume as the classic Cable, but film adaptations of ten add a few tweaks to its source material's tyle and costume design. While most fans might have wanted a bulker Cable, no one knows yet whether Brolin's acting and the Deadpool 2 script might help make the Hollywood star's version of the mutant memorable.

Deadpool 2 hits cinemas June 1, 2018.

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