Ryan Reynolds met Deadpool editor through Blake Lively-Taylor Swift Video
Ryan Reynolds revealed that he has a wife Blake Lively to thank you for introducing him to an essential member of the Deadpool and Wolverine crew.
“My wife directed a music video and fell in love with her editor @sreid2. She insisted that I work with him immediately and forever,” Reynolds, 41, shared via Instagram story on Saturday March 16.
Reynolds, who married Lively in 2012 and shares four children with her, continued to praise his wife’s idea on social media and confessed that he was glad he took her advice.
“She was right,” the actor explained. “He became our irreplaceable second half Deadpool assembly room. I spent ten months with this genius and I’m never letting him go. Ever.”
The actor’s heartfelt statement was posted alongside a selfie from the film set, where Reynolds was dressed in his Deadpool costume, sans mask, and had his arm around the video editor. Shane Reid.
In a repost of the photo to his own photo Instagram story On Saturday, Reid responded, “Don’t just meet your heroes… work with them. @blakelively and Ryan are the most generous and fierce creative partners. I am truly fortunate to be able to work with you every day.”
In 2021, Reid and Lively, 36, collaborated for the first time on a music video for Taylor Swift.
Lively teamed up with Swift, 34, to direct her music video “I Bet You Think About Me,” a song from From the Vault released on Red (Taylor’s version)which was released in November 2022. The video showed the singer, Lively’s longtime best friend, crashing her ex’s wedding, played by Odometer.
“Finally got to work with the brilliant, brave and incredibly funny @blakelively on her directorial debut,” Swift wrote. Instagram post with a teaser of the video at the time to celebrate Lively’s achievement.
Once the project was completed, Reid joined the film crew of Lively’s husband’s superhero film.
Fans got a taste of what to expect from the third installment of Deadpool when a trailer dropped during the Super Bowl on February 11.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds enjoy spending time with their friends and family when they’re not too busy with their own careers. Their friendship with Taylor Swift has made headlines over the years. After Lively met Swift in 2015, the spouses celebrated the 4th of July at Swift’s infamous party in 2016. […]
The teaser was viewed more than 365 million times within 24 hours, making it the most viewed movie trailer in history, according to Marvel Studios.
Deadpool and Wolverine follows that of 2016 Deadpool and 2018 Deadpool 2.
The action film marks Deadpool’s official transition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The new film tells the story of Reynolds’ funny mercenary, Wade Wilson/Deadpool, as he is pulled from his quiet life and sent on a mission that will change the history of the MCU. Hugh Jackman will come out of superhero retirement to play Wolverine again.
Deadpool and Wolverine will be released in theaters on July 26.