Francis Ford Coppola admired "Deadpool"

Famous Hollywood director and producer Francis Ford Coppola said the Marvel Comics adaptation of "Deadpool" was admirable and welcomed experimentation in the genre with an R rating.
I loved Deadpool, I thought it was terrific," he said. At the same time, Coppola admitted that multi-episode franchises don't appeal to him. "Personally, I don't like the concept of franchises, the very idea that you can keep repeating essentially the same movie for financial gain. In other words, exploiting a formulaic approach. Understandably, this approach is used to reduce the economic risks associated with films, but I feel that the "risk factor" is the element that sometimes makes films great. In addition, a formulaic film project attracts most of the available resources, leaving little room for bolder productions, reducing diversity," the director added.
Note that on March 21, 2022, the laying of exactly the Coppola Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will take place. Commenting on the decision, he noted that he was surprised that his longtime friend and colleague George Lucas did not have the same star. "If anyone deserves a Star on the Walk of Fame, it's George. I'll give him mine," he said.