Ryan Reynolds champions the art of comedy acting.
The Deadpool & Wolverine star was revealed to be one of the contestants selected for Diversity“Actors About Actors” series that pairs performers to discuss their spirited performances during awards season.
Reynolds (48) co-starred with Andrew Garfield in the romantic drama We live in time opposite Florence Pugh.
After one person on X scoffed at the idea of Reynolds talking about playing a curmudgeonly Marvel character with Garfield discussing the emotional topics surrounding his project’s cancer, Reynolds responded, defending comedy acting as just as challenging.
“Andrew is a genius. He and Florence are magical together in WE LIVE IN THE TIME. They are heartbreaking and charming and spend the entire film in a fierce act of humanity and limitation,” he began in his post on X. “And yes, I’m Deadpool, BUT I will take a moment to speak in defense of comedy.”
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Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in the movie “Deadpool & Wolverine”.
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“Dramatic work is hard. And we’re also meant to SEE it hard, which is one of the reasons it feels visceral and effective,” Reynolds continued. “Comedy is also very difficult. But it has an added dimension because it’s meant to look and feel effortless. You’re deliberately hiding the coupling and the separation.”
Reynolds, who starred with friend Hugh Jackman in this year’s sequel to the superhero hit, said “both disciplines are beautiful” and “both work beautifully together”.
“Comedy and drama thrive on tension. Both thrive when they subvert expectations,” he wrote. “Both thrive on real emotions. And both are deeply subjective.”
Disney sent Deadpool & Wolverine up for consideration in various categories this awards season, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Reynolds, Best Supporting Actor for Jackman, and Best Adapted Screenplay (Reynolds co-wrote).
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The rest of the cast of “Actors on Actors” are: Ariana Grande and Paul Mescal; Selena Gomez and Saoirse Ronan; Angelina Jolie and Cynthia Erivo; Zendaya and Nicole Kidman; Drew Starkey and Harris Dickinson; Kate Winslet and Zoë Saldaña; Daniel Craig and Josh O’Connor; Pamela Anderson and Mikey Madison; Colman Domingo and Kieran Culkin; Demi Moore and Amy Adams; and Adrien Brody and Tilda Swinton.
Sebastian Stan, who received recognition this year for two dramatic roles in A different man and Traineepreviously revealed that he was asked to do “Actors on Actors” but couldn’t because none of his co-stars wanted to discuss his controversial Donald Trump film.
Diversity editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh said in a statement: “We invited him to participate in ‘Actors on Actors,’ the biggest franchise of the awards season, but other actors didn’t want to pair with him because I don’t want to talk about Donald Trump.”
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