Detective Pikachu, the live-action film adaptation of Nintendo's mobile adventure game, is arriving in theaters later this week. Viewers will be treated to 3D depictions of dozens of their favorite Pokemon, a first in the franchise's twenty-year history. It's certain to be a heartfelt story designed to appeal to viewers of a young age, but according to Detective Pikachu voice actor Ryan Reynolds, there's a Rated-R side to the film that may never see the light of day.

In an interview with Kotaku, Pikachu voice actor Ryan Reynolds described his process with regards to voicing and doing motion capture for the Detective Pikachu character. "You throw a billion things up against the wall," he says about getting into the character. "It's up to somebody else to sift through and figure out what they think they want to use. I'd come out with 85 options for one joke."

Not every joke is likely to fit with Detective Pikachu's, or the studio's, sense of humor, though. Reynolds is, after all, well known for his Rated-R humor and writing that's helped make the superhero Deadpool into an on-screen success. This raunchy sense of humor apparently leaked into his voicework for Pikachu. "Everything ran the gamut from Rated R to PG."

Reynolds even says that the studio could probably put together a Rated-R cut of Detective Pikachu if they wanted to. "God forbid they would," he adds to that thought. And as hilarious as it is to imagine Pikachu saying curse words, a Rated-R Pokemon film would probably change the way people look at the kid-friendly franchise for years.

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There's no denying that a large part of the appeal of Detective Pikachu is Ryan Reynolds' role in the film. And Reynolds' sense of humor plays a key part in that. Viewers will go in expecting Reynolds to be silly and over the top, even if it's a Pikachu speaking the words. As exciting for adults as a Rated-R version of the film might be, that idea lends itself more towards Reynolds' brand and not Pokemon's. It's difficult to argue that it wouldn't be a spectacular disaster, however. It'd be remembered alongside the Super Mario Bros. movie of 1993.

Detective Pikachu releases May 10 in theaters nationwide.

Source: Kotaku