Not to be mean, but this is not your angle, Ryan Reynolds. You should never be photographed at this awkward half-tilt to the camera with a partial side-eye. It’s just… not great. I’m saying that as someone who doesn’t really care for Ryan, but as someone who can acknowledge that he can be attractive sometimes. This cover is not one of those times. Anyway, Ryan covers the September issue of Men’s Health because he’s promoting The Hitman’s Bodyguard, where he plays said bodyguard and Samuel L. Jackson plays the hitman. It looks like a silly action movie, but I bet Sam and Ryan have a lot of chemistry together. Anyway, this Men’s Health interview is sort of funny.
People are bees: “We’re in an age of ultra-communication, scoops, leaks, all these things. We’re bees; we spread information instantly. It’s increasingly harder to surprise an audience in any capacity.”
He doesn’t want to be the a–hole: “There’s an old saying on a film set, ‘If you can’t find the a–hole, it’s you.’ At work, I like everyone to be part of the process. That means if the caterer has a good idea, you want to hear it.”
He’s not good in the kitchen: “I am not innovative in the kitchen. If I cook, you’ll have a structure fire. The firemen will kick down our door, take my wife away, and give her a better life.”
He loves creative swearing: “I love a good compound swear word. ‘This party’s sh-tty’ isn’t nearly as effective as ‘This party’s a total sh-t symphony.’ That gives it a little jushe.”
The greatest prank he ever pulled. “A friend of mine left town for a week – when he was gone, I painted his entire office puce…we painted everything in his entire office that color…the inside of his desk, every pencil, every pen, everything.”
If someone “pranked” me by painting everything in my office, I would call the police, no joke. I don’t get those kinds of “pranks.” And is “sh-t symphony” a compound swear word? No, it’s not. A compound swear word is f-cksh-t or dickweasel or assface. Oh, and this: “There’s an old saying on a film set, ‘If you can’t find the a–hole, it’s you.’” That’s an old saying everywhere, not just on film sets. It goes hand in hand with this equally old saying: “If you run into an a–hole in the morning, you ran into an a–hole. If you run into a–holes all day, you’re the a–hole.”
Photos courtesy of Men’s Health.
This man is so boring.
Also I don’t believe the story. He even makes up boring stories.
Watched the Hitman’s Bodyguard last night at an early screening and it was soooo funny! The chemistry between Reynolds and Jackson was fantastic. The movie pretty much relies on their chemistry and improv/one liners. Solid action comedy.
As for this interview….it’s a typical Ryan Reynolds interview. It’s interesting to see how much he has matured over the years though.
his face looks extra gerbilly here. its not good.
and agreed on the office prank. i am apparently allergic to fun because i would not be pleased with that prank either. fill my room with balloons or scare me with loud noises, but please don’t ruin my possessions. I’m assuming the other dude was also wealthy, so maybe this is nothing to them.
Yeah, there shouldn’t be any damage. My coworkers pull pranks but are careful to avoid damage. They filled an office with glitter-filled balloons, made a mess but no damage. They took one guy’s office furniture and set it up in the alley outside just as he had it in his office. April Fool’s Day is quite an event but no one’s belongings get damaged.
Those are good pranks!
I fully support glitter bombs because they are obnoxious but not permanently damaging. I mean you’ll find glitter two months from now in your ear, but it doesn’t destroy stuff. your office sounds really fun.
Most people aren’t that attached to their office stationary though.
They did everything unless he is being hyperbolic, if it was just pens, fine. But phone, computer, chair, my personal possession like mugs and momentos from students, naw. Not cool.
Blasphemy! I am very territorial when it comes to my office supplies. On an intellectual level I know they are technically company property, but if someone insists on using my super-special Goldilocks scissors they damn well better ask permission.
Not everyone has personal items on their desk. I don’t. You could paint my entire office and all it’s contents and I wouldn’t care less. In my experience there’s often a gender divide to this stuff most of my male colleagues have maybe a photo or two of their kids in their office and that’s it, if you painted the frames I don’t think they’d even notice.
@Gin, I have zero personal items at my desk too (except for one so-ugly-its-cute knick-knack I got at the office Christmas party) so it’s not a question of being overly sentimental or precious about something. For me I suppose it boils down to an odd kind of disrespect, it feels a little like someone taking a bite of food off my plate without permission. I know my reaction is not typical, or even understandable, so I do try to downplay my frustration, but it still bugs me. My co-workers all know where the supply room is, so why are they messing with my stuff?
I love him. He’s one of the rare Hollywood beefcakes who is actually witty and interesting. And he seems like a nice guy.
I do think he’s better as a character actor than a leading man.
@Maple Girl. I really like him to.
So do I. And men are different prank-wise. They don’t seem to have the boundaries that I would have. I would still laugh at that prank, but I would be secretly upset at the amount of effort that would have to go into fixing it later.
I like him as well. I assume the prank was a series of back & forth that escalated, sorta like the pranks that Robert Redford and Paul Newman played on each other. I seriously doubt it started at “paint the office and its contents.”
Instead of compound curse, I think he meant he likes a curse phrase over a curse word. Personally I think tossing a curse word in at all shows a lack of creativity.
Agreed on all points.
Reynolds, along with George Clooney and David Duchovney are legitimately quick witted and sardonic, which suggests smartness & a high degree of self awareness.
I also agree that Reynolds is so good in films like Mississippi Grind, The Voices, Buried, Smokin Aces but is dreck in these big screen ‘comedies’ he seems tied to.
I like him, he’s entertaining. And usually good looking, but not with that haircut.
What are your most creative compound swear words or swear phrases? Do you have any special ones for Diaper Bigly? I’m really curious. I guess I need to branch out a little. That cover is awful.
F**k me sideways on a brick
Gaping, impacted fistula
Head so far up their own ass they could french-kiss themselves (See Paltrow, Gwyneth)
Tangerine Jackboots (More a description of Trump supporters)
Ryan Reynolds is the living embodiment of a dad joke. He’s desperately waiting for you laugh at everything he says and because he’s harmless you give him pity laughs hoping he’ll stop.
Yeah, there is some try hard going on there.
The only reason I know what the color puce looks like: I dimly recall a collection of Pogo Possum strips that had something to do with puce stamps, which filled in the whole front cover….