Ryan Reynolds is a famous Canadian actor, producer and entrepreneur who has appeared in films such as Deadpool, Green Lantern and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. Reynolds has tattoos on various parts of his body, although he claimed in a 2015 interview with The New Yorker that he does not like them.
Reynolds and his tattoos
Reynolds has tattoos on both his wrist and right leg. On the side of his left wrist, the actor has a cannon tattoo. The cannon, known as the Nine O’clock Gun, is located in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada, and is fired every day at 9 p.m. Another tattoo on the 44-year-old actor’s left wrist has significant significance. His second tattoo, ‘Know Thyself’, is inscribed on the inside of his wrist.
Reynolds did this to help him stay grounded and remember who he is when the cameras go off. Apart from the tattoos on his wrist, the Deadpool actor also has other tattoos on his right leg. Reynolds was spotted with leg tattoos while on vacation with his wife (and fellow actress) Blake Lively and friend (and singer) Taylor Swift. Several quotes are inscribed on his thigh, along with the ‘six of hearts’ playing card. A dance-related statement written in British letters near his wrist completes the tattoos on Reynolds’ leg.
His chest tattoo
Reynolds shared an Instagram selfie with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson following his surprise appearance on Hobbs & Shaw. Both actors are seen in the video sitting next to each other, lifting their shirts from their collars to show off their tattoos. Johnson’s tattoos are original, while Reynolds’s are not. Reynolds joked in his post that he was disappointed to learn this. The argument between the two stars continued, with Johnson commenting on the post. He joked that if Reynolds lifted his shirt to show off the tattoo, Reynolds would look cool and hot, but that wasn’t the case with him.
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Reynolds despises his tattoos
The actor admitted in an interview with The New Yorker that he despises all his tattoos. During the interview, he hid his ‘Know Thyself’ tattoo on the inside of his left wrist. Referring to a tattoo of a six-heart card on his thigh, he said such tattoos make sense in films such as Mississippi Grind, a gambling film.
The actor, who wants to remove his tattoos, said that the only thing stopping him from doing so is “hours and hours of terrible suffering”. He also said that his wife Lively advised him to keep the tattoos as a reminder of his decisions. Reynolds also claimed that covering up his tattoos with cosmetics can take up to three hours.
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