Ryan Reynolds has revealed that he watched the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine with his nine-year-old daughter James, despite it having an R rating in the US.
The film is set to be released worldwide on July 26, and was co-written by Reynolds, who reprises his role as the regenerative antihero, alongside Hugh Jackman as the mutant X-Men figure.
Deadpool & Wolverine will see both characters finally integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it serves as the latest entry in Phase Five of the saga, following on from November’s The Marvels.
Speaking to the New York Times, Reynolds said that although the film has a rating that requires all under-17s to be accompanied by an adult, he opted to watch the entire movie with his daughter.
“Well, I’m not saying that other people should do this, but my nine-year-old watched the movie with me and my mom, who’s in her late 70s, and it was just was one of the best moments of this whole experience for me,” he said.
“Both of them were laughing their guts out, were feeling the emotion where I most desperately hoped people would be.”
James is Reynolds and partner Blake Lively‘s eldest child – they are also parents to Inez (seven), Betty (four) and a fourth child, who was born in February 2023.
He elaborated that he felt comfortable doing so because he watched similar films at the same age.
“When I saw rated-R movies when I was a kid, they left a huge impression on me because I didn’t feel like people were pulling punches, and it’s been a huge inspiration to so many of the things that I look to make now,” he said.
Reynolds recently said that wrapping on the film left him feeling “depressed”, given how much he had enjoyed the process of making it.
“Deadpool is one of those characters who’s very unpredictable,” he reflected. “I don’t know if I could speak specifically to that style, other than to say that I feel more free when I play the character than almost anything else in the world.
“I recognise how rare that air is to breathe. And on our last day of shooting, I don’t think I’ve ever been more sad or depressed to be walking off of a film set every day.”
The Canadian also claimed recently that he believes Deadpool & Wolverine is the “best” movie he has ever made.
“At the end of the day, I’m so happy with it,” he said. “It’s the best movie I’ve ever done. He and I had the most fun we’ve ever had on a film.
“I love making movies that bring true joy, and the underpinning of this is friendship. Every emotional aspect of the movie, I love.”
It is expected that the film will see several cameos and unexpected appearances. One heavily rumoured possible cameo was Taylor Swift, although the film’s director Shawn Levy moved to shut that down in a recent interview.
Another that it appears can be ruled out is Josh Brolin, who recently spoke about his disappointment at not being involved, saying, “I so wanted to be in that movie”.
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