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Reynolds first became a fan of Deadpool when he discovered a comic in which Deadpool describes himself as looking like Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar-Pei.
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He failed his high-school drama class due to non-attendance.
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In November 2008, he ran the New York City Marathon on behalf of the Michael J. Fox Foundation after his father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1995.
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Reynolds has a fear of flying since a skydiving experience where his parachute failed to open at the first attempt.
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When his first daughter was born, a close friend tried to sell pictures of her to a tabloid; Reynolds confronted the friend and ended the friendship. The tabloid did not use the pictures due to risk of an invasion of privacy lawsuit.
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He gained 25 pounds of muscle for his role as Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity 2004.
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On April 12, 2015, Reynolds was involved in a hit-and-run incident between filming of Deadpool 2016 in Canada. A paparazzo struck him in a parking garage and fled. Reynolds sustained minor injuries and joked about it on Twitter.
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Reynolds did not enjoy working on Green Lantern 2011. He had a poor working relationship with director Martin Campbell, and the film’s critical and financial failure was a relief because he did not want to play Hal Jordan again.
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On Halloween 2015, Reynolds went trick-or-treating with children as Deadpool, promoting the upcoming film.
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He is the youngest of four brothers; two of his brothers are policemen. His paternal grandfather, Chester Reynolds, was a Canadian politician and member of the Social Credit Party of Alberta.
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Reynolds married fiancée Scarlett Johansson in a private Canadian ceremony on September 27, 2008.
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In 2002, he badly injured his back jumping from a bridge in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Reynolds has expressed interest in portraying the DC Comics character The Flash if a film adaptation is produced.
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He is one of the few actors to star in films based on comic books from both Marvel X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009 and Deadpool 2016 and DC Green Lantern 2011 catalogs.
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Reynolds turned down the role of Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997, which went to Nicholas Brendon, reportedly due to his own unpleasant high-school experiences.
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He was awarded a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario in 2014.
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In early 2001, Reynolds met actress Rachael Leigh Cook, and they hit it off. He surprised her by following her to London while she filmed Blow Dry 2001, and they dated for a year.
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Reynolds became engaged to singer Alanis Morissette in June 2004; they called off the engagement in June 2006.
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He was named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine during the same time his then-wife Scarlett Johansson was named Babe of the Year by GQ.
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Reynolds can do a standing back flip.
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He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard on December 15, 2016; actress-singer Anna Faris spoke at the ceremony.
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Reynolds was traveling in Indonesia with Alanis Morissette when the 2004 tsunami struck; they were uninjured as they stayed on the opposite end of the island.
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He co-owns the Welsh football team Wrexham with actor Rob McElhenney, which they bought in 2020.
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Reynolds speaks English and French and knows some conversational Italian, Spanish, and Irish.
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While T-Mobile purchased Mint Mobile, Reynolds maintains creative control over the company’s advertising agency with a reported 25% stake.
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He merited a place in Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People issue with a tribute by Helen Mirren.
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On May 12, 2018, Reynolds attended a Bundesliga match between Hertha BSC and RB Leipzig while promoting Deadpool 2 2018. He revealed he was an avid soccer player from age 6 to 16 and realized he would not go professional.
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Reynolds used to work in a grocery store.
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He received a Youth in Film Award nomination for Best Actor for his work on Nickelodeon’s Fifteen 1990.
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Reynolds lives in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, home to many actors including Giovanni Ribisi and Scarlett Johansson.
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He is a huge fan of the Green Bay Packers.
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Reynolds’s ancestry includes Irish, Scottish, Luxembourgish, English, Cornish, Dutch, and German. His paternal grandfather was born in Chicago; his maternal grandfather Neil Alexander Stewart was a prominent doctor.
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Reynolds played Seth in Sabrina the Teenage Witch 1996 and referenced the show in Deadpool 2 2018.
