Ryan Reynolds does a pretty good job at playing 20th Century Fox's Merc with a Mouth and it seems like the Canadian actor's performance in the first Deadpool movie actually moved Academy Award-winning actor Jake Gyllenhaal – so much so that the Nightcrawler actor decided to write a tribute to Reynolds.
Variety just recently released a new piece by Gyllenhaal, and the main focus of the actor's essay is none other than Reynolds and his success in building the Merc with a Mouth's franchise.
Reynolds has been one of Gyllenhaal's closest friends, and the Deadpool star was just recently named the New Power of New York by Variety.
"After years of waiting and struggling to fit his unfortunate, pear-shaped physique into the skinny jeans of a conventional romantic lead, Ryan made his own luck with Deadpool," Gyllenhaal wrote in his piece.
Focusing on Deadpool's success, the actor's tribute praises Reynold's work on the R-rated film franchise.
"Ryan built the house of Deadpool brick by brick, constructing a space that inspired him and let him stretch to every corner of the room," Gyllenhaal went on with his tribute. "The remarkable success of Deadpool may have shocked the suits who took a chance on financing that ragtag superhero movie, but for the people who know and love Ryan, it was no surprise that the whole damn world rallied as soon as it had the chance to really see him: all of the edges and darkness, the crackerjack wit borne from a lifetime of sensitivity and sadness, and against all odds, the openness."
Reynolds has always been a great actor, but the Deadpool franchise might be one of the Hollywood star's greatest achievements. It wasn't easy, but Logan and Deadpool helped change audiences perception of R-rated movie, changing the game for the comic book genre.
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