20 Facts About Ryan Reynolds' Films That You Might Not Know About

Did you know that there was almost a Deadpool x Bambi film?

Liezel

• Published in Film & TV
• May 11, 2022

Do you remember the first time you watched Ryan Reynolds? Maybe it was in the sitcom Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place, or maybe it was in the Van Wilder which cemented his leading wise-cracking funnyman status.

If you're a little younger though, it might be Deadpool. Whichever it is, there's no doubt that when you watched him, there's a part of you that loved him and it's honestly really easy to understand why.

Not only is he scathingly self-deprecating funny and realistic but his humor just resounds with a lot of people out there because of how genuine it is, but in addition to that, the guy has this charm that can either make you really love him or hate him. Plus, he and his wife Blake Lively are really funny.

When it comes to his career though, the actor has had his fair share of ups and downs with films like Green Lantern and R.I.P.D proving to be commercial and critical disappointments. Reynolds has since turned it around though and he has since seen continuous success so in celebration of that, here are a bunch of facts about him and his films that you can tell your friends or significant other the next time you watch a film of his.

1. Pokemon Detective Pikachu

Although the film seems like a stand-alone film, it might actually be the third film in a series depending on how you look at it.

That's because the end of the film confirms that it's a sequel to Pokemon: The First Movie meaning that Ash and Reynolds' Pikachu could've actually met.

In addition to that, it also kind of confirms it's a sequel to Home Alone. That's because Pokemon Detective Pikachu features a scene with Angels with Filthy Souls which is a film that only exists only in the Home Alone universe and well, according to the newest Home Alone, it's getting a remake.

2. Deadpool

Deadpool's Vanessa could have actually been a lot different because before X-Men: Apocalypse ended the Fox series, Olivia Munn was actually in the running for Vanessa. She decided to play Psylocke, however, who in the comics is a blind white woman who bodyswaps with an Asian woman who has ninja skills.

3. Green Lantern

Green Lantern could have been good but because of studio interference, it instead became a botched and scrambled film that just made no sense. The worst part is that it all began even before the shooting took place.

Despite being one of Reynolds' most well known roles, Green Lantern almost actually went to Bradley Cooper which was what director Martin Campbell wanted which also might've contributed to the alleged animosity on set.

4. Adventureland

Apparently, there's a real place called Adventureland, and director Greg Mottola wanted to film there. Unfortunately, it had changed too much since he worked there so they changed sets.

Despite that, the film was still scheduled to premiere the date the park opened.

5. Free Guy

The villain of the film, Antwan, is based on a real executive to whom the director of the film pitched it to. And yes, he turned it down.

6. Waiting

The movie which was about a wait staff working a day in the life had some strange Chris Pratt foreshadowing.

The manager's full name is Daniel Christopher Pratt which is almost the same name as the star. More than that, the host of the training video in the film now frequently acts as Chris Pratt's body double.

What was Chris Pratt doing in the midst of all this? Oh, not that much.

7. Burried

The film which entirely takes place in a coffin was actually made as a love letter to Hitchcock and his thriller style.

8. Van Wilder

Kal Penn was actually a fan of the film. He even hung up on his agent after finding out the name of his character "Taj Mahal," however, he needed the credits to pad his resume so there we go.

9. Blade: Trinity

Reynolds was undeniably one of the better parts of the film, however, what a lot of the audience didn't know is that the actual lead star of the film was actually having a full-blown war with the director. It got to the point that Wesley Snipes would only communicate with the director through hand-written notes signed Blade.

That was only after he allegedly strangled the director, of course.

10. Croods

The Croods is an all-age children's film, however, one of the writer-director of the film, Chris Sanders, who is also the creator of Lilo & Stitch actually has some less than all-age work including a lot of pin-ups.

What are those pin-ups? Well, one of them would be something like if you wanted to see a character from the Crood naked, he's got you.

11. Croods: The New Age

Originally, the film was going to be about Ugga and motherhood, featuring the crew from the first film but it was canceled. Later on, it was relaunched as a completely separate film.

12. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle

Harold and Kumar is a movie about stoners going to White Castle and well like all comedy stoner flicks, there are bound to be fart jokes. Unfortunately, the sound designer just couldn't get the fart sounds right so what did he do?

He went to a truck stop bathroom and recorded them there.

13. The Amityville Horror

Despite being one of the most famous horror stories of all time, the Amityville is actually a lot faker than the other horror films. While there was a murder on the site, most of the haunting stories were actually just made up.

Fake claims were given to real people who later swore an affidavit saying they never even went to the house. And the murders?

The murderer made it up with the new family who moved in. Despite all that, it has been remade 23 times and counting.

14. Smokin' Aces

Palme d'Or and Best Director Academy Award nominee Terrence Malick simply adores the film.

15. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

The only reason Reynolds is in the film is because of how badly he wanted to be Deadpool.

See, the film was made on a writer's strike and was simply a trash fire visible from space so Reynolds felt blackmailed into doing it because if he said no to Origins, he'd be saying goodbye to Deadpool forever.

16. Life

Before the film came out, a lot of people thought it was a prequel to Venom given the similarities of the elements in it. Despite that, it's a stand-alone movie written by former Venom writers.

In a way, it can be watched as a prequel given that the Venom film does begin with the Life foundation recovering an alien goo symbiote from a crashed astronaut ship.

17. The Nines

The film is actually scriptwriter John August's professional directing work and is not at all like his previous films. The writer's former credits include Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Corpse Bride.

18. Criminal

This is Reynolds' sixth time playing a character whose body and brain gets swapped after the films Self/less, Detective Pikachu, Boltneck, RIPD, and The Change-Up.

19. Ordinary Magic

If only Ryan Reynolds could go back in time and fix all his mistakes. Sadly, he couldn't and this movie is still out there where he plays a magical Indian child named Ganesh.

20. The Deadpool film that never happened

Before there was Korg x Deadpool, Reynolds actually tried to make a Deadpool x Bambi film.

"I wanted to do a short film of Deadpool interrogating the hunter who killed Bambi's mom. But the whole gist of it is that Deadpool is actually just a huge fan."

For some reason, all these facts about Reynolds' films make us like him a little bit more especially those bits about Deadpool. It's definitely his most iconic role and we love just how dedicated he is to it.

Now, you're equipped with a little bit more facts about Ryan Reynold and now, you can bother whoever you're watching his films with these facts too. Enjoy!

Liezel