TJ Miller claimed Ryan Reynolds was "mean" to him during Deadpool. There's another side to the story.

Content warning: This post mentions alleged sexual assault and may be distressing for some readers.

Deadpool is synonymous with Ryan Reynolds.

But perhaps after this week, it will become synonymous with a hell of a lot of drama. 

Actor/comedian TJ Miller spoke on the Adam Corolla Show podcast this week, detailing his time working alongside Ryan Reynolds on Deadpool. And Miller certainly made it clear that he would not be a part of the upcoming Deadpool 3 movie due to what apparently occurred on set.

Miller played Reynold's character's close friend, who was a sidekick of sorts in the 2016 original film and its subsequent 2018 sequel.

During the interview on the podcast, Miller said that he has no plans to work again with Reynolds following what he described as an awkward on-set moment.

"Would I work with him again? No, I would not work with him again," said Miller. "But I've said that about Michael Bay, and now we're friends, and I would work with him again. But I think Michael Bay is different."

Miller went on to suggest that Reynolds "hates" him, noting: "I got along with him a lot better on the first Deadpool because he wasn't a huge, huge movie star."

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For reference, Reynolds had a string of iconic films under his belt before Deadpool in 2016 – including The Proposal, Definitely, Maybe, and The Change-Up – along with his highly publicised relationship with Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson.

"We had a really weird moment on Deadpool where he said, 'Let's do one more take.' And then as the character, he was horrifically mean to me as if I'm Weasel. So he was like, 'You know what's great about you, Weasel? You're not the star, but you do just enough exposition so that it's funny, and then we can leave and get back to the real movie'."

Miller labelled the encounter "not a great experience for me".

"It's weird that he hates me. I can't begin to guess what his deal is."

He then went on to say that Reynolds was "kind of an insecure dude", confirming: "I would not have done Deadpool 3 if they came to me and were like, 'We want you to do Deadpool 3, and we're going to pay you twice as much'."

In the podcast conversation, Miller said he never asked Reynolds about the moment, and said he doesn't wish the film franchise any 'negative vibes'. He also implied that he was not asked to return to the third instalment. 

"I think he should make a Deadpool 3 and continue to make movies. I just think he doesn't like me, and I thought it was weird how he expressed that. I'm at a place in my life where I don't need to do Deadpool 3," Miller said.

"I don't think you should really do something for more than five years. I think it would be weird to go back and play Weasel at like 10 years later."

On a roll, Miller was then asked about his opinion towards Reynold's wife Blake Lively.

"I only met her once. I think both of them, their public image is very curated. The brand is likeable."

Ryan Reynolds and TJ Miller on the press tour for Deadpool. Image: Getty.

Reynolds is yet to publicly comment on the matter, along with the wider Deadpool team.

Here's where things get murky, because many critics are pointing out that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. And this is the predicament Miller found himself in.

Miller has dealt with his own negative headlines. 

It all came to a front in 2016, when he was arrested for assaulting an Uber driver in Los Angeles.

In 2017, an allegation of sexual assault and violence was brought against Miller.

The accuser, a woman who went to college with Miller, alleged that he sexually assaulted her while on campus. 

"He just tried a lot of things without asking me, and at no point asked me if I was all right," the woman told The Daily Beast. "He choke[d] me, and I kept staring at his face hoping he would see that I was afraid and [that he] would stop… I couldn't say anything."

The Daily Beast says they corroborated details of her story – which includes two separate incidents – with five contemporaries from the college and spoke to numerous associates of both her and Miller. 

"Miller began 'shaking [her] violently' and punched her in the mouth during sex," one of the corroborators said.

Another alleged: "I attended George Washington University for undergraduate studies from 2000 until December 2003. I had a romantic relationship with [this] woman, who spoke with me about TJ Miller sexually assaulting her. At the time I believed the statements she made regarding the assault by Mr. Miller, and I continue to believe the statements she made are true. She was engaged in student conduct proceedings regarding the sexual assault, and I remember the emotional toll that the assault and the subsequent conduct hearings placed on her."

In response, Miller said in a statement that he denied it and that the alleged victim had used "the current climate to bandwagon and launch these false accusations".

Later that month, an adult film star tweeted that Miller had allegedly sexually harassed her while filming Comedy Centrals Mash Up. A film critic and former friend of Miller also accused the comedian of sending a transphobic email. 

In June 2017, HBO – the streaming service behind Silicon Valley – announced that Miller would be leaving his role on the hit show, deeming it a "mutual agreement".

Then more behind-the-scenes drama arose. 

One of his co-stars Alice Wetterlund said Miller was a "bully" on set, and accused male cast members of enabling his behaviour.

Alice Wetterlund and TJ Miller on Silicon Valley. Image: HBO.

Wetterlund tweeted allegations about Miller, sarcastically writing on Twitter that it's "definitely time to rehabilitate TJ Miller's career," then added that he was a "bully and petulant brat" on the set.

"I'm pretty open about this, and I don’t know if other women on the show had a different experience than me, but it was kind of a nightmare. Pretty much everyone who had any power on that (almost all male) set, including the male cast members, enabled him and were complicit in his unprofessionalism. They can f**k off forever."

HBO said they were "disappointed to learn of her concerns".

In response to Wetterlund's statements, Miller spoke about it on the Jim Norton & Sam Roberts show, denying the accusations of being a bully.

"She may have had that experience, but it's people trying to enter the headlines and get into the media cycle. It was not my experience that anyone was bullying her or being mean to her," he said. 

"Truthfully, I felt like it was difficult to work with her."

With this amount of allegations against his name, Miller's critiques of Reynolds now appear quite out of touch.

If this has raised any issues for you, or if you just feel like you need to speak to someone, please call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) – the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service. 

Feature Image: Getty/20th Century Fox/Mamamia.