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The filmmaker, who directed the actor in the mutant superhero spinoff, said that Reynolds took his role as the sword-wielding Deadpool seriously after early attempts were less than stellar.
He told MTV: "His early efforts were somewhat suspect, so we were quite worried, because those swords were twirling and I thought he was going to cut his arms off. In a matter of weeks he was spinning those swords like a pro."
He added: "[Reynolds spent] the Christmas and New Year's break with the stunt co-ordinators, because in that scene with the swordplay I think there's only one shot where we used the stuntman.
"You have to do a heck of a lot of work to work on that swordplay in a very compressed period of time."
It was recently announced that Reynolds is to reprise the part for a Deadpool film.
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