March 10, 2022
Celebrity Q&A: Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Renolds is known to most as the voice (and face) behind the Marvel superhero Deadpool. An actor who made his box office debut in 2004, in Blade Trinity, Reynolds voiced the Nintendo character Pikachu in the film Detective Pikachu. He has also been in plenty of other comedy and action films. Deadpool, to this day, remains one of his most-loved roles with how he fit it so snugly.Q: How is Deadpool different from other characters you had done before?A: I don’t know, they are always different. It’s a very broad question. I honestly do not know; Deadpool is different from any other role that I have ever played.
Q: Did you take the Deadpool suit home?A: Of course, during the last day of shooting, I just packed the thing up and I said, “If someone needs the suit they can fucking try and get it.”
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Q: What was it like inside the costume?A: Picture strapping your entire body into a tight red body condom. That’s what it is.
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Q: Your career seemed to really come alive when you carved out a path of less traditional leading men.A: Some of the stuff that I’ve done in the past that you would categorize as maybe didn’t work were moments where I was stepping into the role of the archetypal leading-man role. It’s just not something I’ve ever been really that great at, to be totally blunt.
Q: When Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, the culture clash was often represented by drawings of Mickey Mouse and Deadpool together. Do you have any concerns that future Deadpool films will be toned down under Disney?A: I don’t, no. I don’t have any reason to be concerned based on everything I’ve heard Disney say publicly and privately.