Ryan Reynolds, known for his roles in various films, including his portrayal of Cal in IF, which revolves around imaginary friends, enjoys perks for his children with Blake Lively due to his acting career.
However, a recent incident involving his iconic role as Deadpool caused quite a scare. While his character in IF is wholesome, his portrayal of Deadpool is more intense, leading to a frightening moment where one of his daughters screamed “bloody murder.”
During a recent appearance on the Today Show with hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie, Reynolds discussed imaginary friends and whether his own children have any.
“They’re the children of celebrities, they have a wide array of maladaptive coping mechanisms at their disposal at any given moment,” he first joked, before sharing: “My daughter Betty, she has a very vivid imagination, so there’s always somebody standing behind me, and I turn around quickly like a horror movie.”
To that Savannah quipped: “At least it’s not Deadpool,” and while Ryan agreed that luckily the character isn’t an imaginary friend of his kids, he still “ruined them” with the role nonetheless.
Ryan went on to reveal that he has a Deadpool suit on a “mold” of his body, “downstairs in the basement,” and: “It was sort of silhouetted one night, and one of my kids went down there, screamed bloody murder.”
He continued: “I ran down because I forgot it was down there, I screamed bloody murder…” before jokingly adding: “So yeah, everyone’s pretty well damaged.”
