Do you think Blake Lively made Ryan Reynolds practice posing with her at home, in front of a mirror? That’s something I’d like to know. Like, did she go through photos of Brangelina, the Beckhams and Tom Brady and Gisele and did Blake show those photos to Ryan? Anyway, Ryan’s Cannes experience was a total bust. His turn in Atom Egoyan’s The Captive was largely slammed, but to be fair to Ryan, I think most critics hated the film overall, not just his performance. According to multiple reports, critics and audiences even booed Ryan. OUCH. So is it any wonder that Ryan chose not to attend the Cannes afterparty?
Sad Ryan Reynolds! The actor attended the premiere for his latest movie The Captive at the Cannes film festival on Friday, May 16, but after a disastrous screening, he was a no-show for the film’s afterparty, a source tell Us Weekly. The move came fresh off of Reynold’s latest thriller getting not-so great reviews. Variety reviewed the film as “a ludicrous abduction thriller that finds a once-great filmmaker slipping into previously unentered realms of self-parody,” adding the film “was greeted with a smattering of boos” during the Cannes screening.
The 37-year-old and his wife Blake Lively, who stunned at the premiere in a Gucci strapless gown, instead opted for a “low-key late-night snack,” the source says.
The couple were spotted at Hotel Martinez terrace restaurant around 1 A.M., while the rest of The Captive cast attended the afterparty. A source tells Us: “Ryan definitely seemed a little on edge. Wouldn’t be surprised if he skipped out on his party because the film is getting terrible reviews.”
Reynolds “seemed preoccupied on his cell phone” while the duo dined at the restaurant but was still “really affectionate” with Lively, the source adds.
“[It] looked like Blake was trying to cheer him up a few times … she rubbed his arm like she was consoling him and kept whispering in his ear,” the source continues. “At one point, Ryan smiled … and leaned into her for a kiss on the lips.”
Poor Ryan. Poor Blake. She thought she was signing onto a fixer-upper, a would-be A-list actor who just needed a fashion-plate wife on his arm to help his films. But as it turns out, Ryan just has some really bad luck picking projects. Maybe Ryan needs to sit down with his team and rethink this thing. Maybe Blake needs to join in at that meeting. He just needs to stop thinking that he’s going to be Channing Tatum or Leonardo DiCaprio. But he could be a solid supporting and ensemble player with a great career, if only he would pick those projects.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
He needs to do The Proposal 2. It’s one of the only movies I’ve liked him in.
True that. Working with Sandra is always awesome
The Proposal is one of my all-time favourite feel-good movies, Sandra might not be an actress that can play a variety of roles but she does comedy really well, I think he does too, the first time I saw him was in 2 guys and a Girl and he was my favourite.
Waiting and Van Wilder….also better than most of the crap he’s put out recently.
Oh, I love the film too! Sandra Bullock is one of the best actresses in films like that!
You know, he used to be so tight with Bullock. I haven’t seen them in each other’s company in a long time. There’s some dirt there, I’m sure.
There were rumors that they had a fling, but I’m not sure about that. Maybe they’re just good friends…
They do live and work in completely different cities – she seems to have put down roots in N.O. and he’s in Connecticut when he’s not working. Plus Sandra keeps a tight lid on her personal life – we rarely actually hear about her interactions with her friends.
They still hang out. Last I heard he and Blake visited Sandra in Vermont (her sister lives there).
I liked him in National Lampoon’s Van Wilder. He also wasn’t bad in Safe House with Denzel.
He doesn’t seem to want to tap into enough of that these days. He should just accept everyone loves the sharp witted slacker kind of character he does and ride it into the ground.
The actors made that movie. You should see Definitely, Maybe. Better script!
Just Friends and Xmen Wolverine.. comedy or comedic roles are your wheelhouse Ryan!!! Stick to em!! 🙂
I have such a soft sport for Ry (and actually Blake too), I just dont understand why he cannot break out, find the right project whether it;s a franchise or an indie. Good-looking, funny, talented, personable…
I know someone who worked on PA shift for several studios over the years.
She told me in Hollywood George Clooney, David Duchovny and Ryan Reynolds are straight up the wittiest sharpest funniest guys you could meet.
I’m obsessed with David Duchovny and this news just made my day!
Love Duchovny.
I’m rooting for Ryan as well. He seems like a decent guy. On IMDB, this film is getting 6/10. Granted it’s only user reviews and there’s only 38 of them but……
I like them both as well but he needs a hit soon.
One of his biggest problems, especially in current Hollywood, is that his big shot at a franchise failed. You will see a ton of actors 25-40 who will have cold streaks at the box office, but who can live off their Superhero, Star Trek, Hunger Games, etc. If he was currently prepping to be Green Lantern in Batman/Superman this would all matter less. A franchise is the great lifeboat for a lead actor these days.
He’s the Canadian version of Jude Law; a good looking and charming guy who excels in supporting roles but can’t carry a film as the lead. He needs to embrace his specific talents and go with them instead of being the lead/heartthrob.
Hmmm yeah I like that comparison very much.
Except Jude Law is an amazing actor — an actor’s actor — and well respected among his peers, capable of doing stage and screen. He has spoken about how he deliberately takes supporting character roles because he didn’t want to be known as a pretty face. Now that he’s losing his looks, this strategy has paid off.
Check him out in Wilde, one of my faves, when he was younger.
So true, Bella Bella. Jude Law was also wonderful in AI and in TT Mr Ripley.
Ha, Reynolds wishes he had the talent and range of Law, who is an excellent actor despite not being able to open films. RR is just a middling actor who has reached his level of incompetence. He’s pretty boring, too, as is his personality-free, talentless wife. If he does try to take a “new direction,” his best bet is just going back to sitcoms on TV. That’s his metier.
He can’t break out because he’s just not that good an actor, because his look is so run of the mill as to be invisible and because there always seems to be a wall between him and the audience. Its because of this that I don’t think he’ll ever break out, as they say.
BTW, I didn’t believe that he loved Sandy in the Proposal. He treated her like crap throughout the movie (as she did him), then suddenly they’re madly in love? Sandy and her ‘likeability’ saved that movie, IMO.
ITA. I don’t know who convinced him to pursue acting in his adulthood because he is extremely mediocre. If there’s any truth to Kaiser’s comment that his wife was signing on (marrying) a “fixer-upper, a would-be A-list actor”, Blake’s not a very good judge of someone’s acting potential either. And, BTW, I loved Sandra and Betty in that movie, but he played a complete a*s and wasn’t that great at it, if you can believe that!
I honestly think these two are in love and will survive any z-listing outcome. I agree with the comment up there that Ryan isn’t that good an actor. He sometimes lacks conviction in his roles. It’s that conviction that makes all the difference. However he was good in Buried and Safe House.
He should do more comedic roles. His delivery is often dry & sarcastic and he might do well in ensemble or crude comedies.
There’s nothing wrong with knowing his place and what he excels at… I hope he starts to pick better projects in the future.
True, but I remember when he was on Two Guys and a Pizza, in comedy, he did the same kooky expressions all the time too. Maybe he’s just incredibly limited.
Lol but her character treated him like crap for at least half the movie! I didn’t buy them as a couple, but I haven’t bought her as the love interest in most of her movies. I don’t know why because I love Sandra, but she always seems more like best buddy material. It probably has to do with the scripts. The romcom world she toiled in for years is not known for stellar writing.
Ryan hasn’t played that many romantic leads, but he had great chemistry with Isla Fisher in Definitely, Maybe and Nora Arnezeder in Safe House, and I’ve heard good things about him and Anna Kendrick in The Voices (grisly black comedy due out sometime this year). And Melissa McCarthy in The Nines – not a traditional romance, but they were wonderful together.
@Mercy,
You list his upcoming movies and I’m scratching my ass wondering how he’s still managing to get so much work when so many more talented people aren’t. The mind just boggles. Maybe its a case of him taking credit for the success of movies where credit isn’t due?
He’s a fab actor and witty as all get out, but most people haven’t seen his work in smaller films, and have probably never seen him interviwed. That leaves duds like Lantern and ignorant gossips to shape public opinion.
Buried, The Nines, Smokin’ Aces, Chaos Theory, Fireflies in the Garden…he’s a really good dramatic actor.
He kind of reminds me of Ben Affleck in some ways. Classically handsome guy who thinks he is a MOVIE STAR!!!!, when he is much better off in ensemble pieces and supporting character parts.
He might find it helpful to hook up with Judd Apatow. Ryan is a funny guy.
Dude….Blake Lively is pissed. She thought she was marrying a Leo and instead got a Lucas.
I doubt it. If she wanted to marry a Leo type she wouldn’t have broken up with the original. Ryan is basically c-list. I doubt Blake would date somebody with an average profile if fame was all she cared about.
I agree with Lizzie on this one. I thought the majority of gossipers thought the Blake/Leo pairing was only for publicity.
Like Leo would have EVER proposed to her. Remember….his age threshold is about 23. Any higher and his d**k will shrivel.
Blake was a pretty leggy blonde Leo really liked but unlike his previous girlfriends, she was not happy to deal with his cheating so it ended
And Leo has been dating/kissing the pretty leggy blonde Toni Garrn quite publically for a year now.
But this has not stopped his cheating/flirting with other women as recently as yesterday
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2633821/Leonardo-DiCaprio-parties-night-away-mystery-girl-Cannes.html
Wow thanks for the link @Jegede. I guess we now know Toni does not value herself very much. Either that or she just dates him for publicity. This pic at Cannes was also a flashback to why Leo will be a Forever Douche in my mind because last year is when he was photographed swinging a chain around his neck on the dance floor and making other douchey moves. How does any woman find him attractive? Also, I never really see or feel sexual chemistry coming off of him when he is with women. I not convinced that he is straight. I think poor Lucas is his real love. Oh and his mamma.
Wow, what a dick. I feel sorry for Toni, even though I’m pretty sure Toni was probably that girl at some point, while it was Erin we should have been feeling sorry for, or was it Bar? Or Blake?
Skeeze bucket as my Ma would say.
Is he licking her ear in that pic? (booooo) And I love how he’s pouring his drank into his RedBull, classic.
TG I can’t believe you said that! I’ve thought Leo was gay ever since reading about his wearing Kate Winslet’s shoes in Titanic. I KNOW that doesn’t prove a guy is gay, but that’s when the lightbulb went off. Have NEVER considered Leo remotely attractive.
Ugh.
Leo’s gross.
Wow, I hadn’t seen Adrien Grenier in a while. He really lost the hot huh? Bummer…
She probably could have lasted longer with Leo if she was willing to put up with his lifestyle. That’s what the others did. I guess it wasn’t for her. And Green Lantern had already come and bombed by the time she started dating Ryan so it’s not like his star was on the rise. I know it’s good for gossip to think in these terms, but it sounds silly even by those standards. Some people expect more out of a relationship, and out of life, than what the Leo’s of the world have to offer.
I like Leo. He could have made a career as a pretty boy but chose more interesting stuff. He’s too young for me but is getting better looking as he gets older. Frankly, so what if he shags models and isn’t necessarily a one girl guy, I expect they know the score before they start the relationship. If they don’t they should read a few more celebrity mags- or sites!
I will agree with this and I have to add that she probably thought that by marrying Ryan she would become the new Scarlett Johansson.
I suggest watching his interviews. He doesn’t come off that way at all. He’s got a very self deprecating sense of humour and a quick wit. I haven’t seen anything to indicate they aren’t happy in their marriage. They seem to spend a lot of time together, and with each other’s families.
I don’t think Blake made Ryan do anything.
Her L’Oreal appearances have stolen the show at this festival.
At this point Ry needs her more than she needs him.
THIS ^^^^^ X 1,000
Ryan is in such a slump, it’s crazy. He’ better than this slump. He needs a new team and better people around him. Blake isn’t helping or hurting. She’s his wife. It is what it is.
I agree that Ryan is better than these terrible movies he is picking…He was amazing in Buried!
He was very good in that movie. He’s not untalented.
Come on the guy is wood. WOOD!!! He’s body is so stiff, impossible for him to express range in his acting. He’s alright is comedy if he can count on a pro like Sandra B. but drama no way, and as the lead please… In the end he’s the common link with all these films going south.
I would have listened until you called Sandra Bullock a “pro”–then you lost me.
Most overrated mediocre actress on the planet.
*climbs into bunker*
Here’s my question: we know that Blake’s Cannes was an unqualified success. But what does it ultimately get her? At this point the acting spots are very few and far between (for good reason) and she already has the big contracts with L’Oreal and Gucci. If she wanted the paid appearances she’d already have them. So is just hoping to hustle up more acting work?
She was at work and did a fine job. Duh! she has contracts and was doing what they have paid her the big bucks to do.
Yeah, but contracts aren’t long…she’s seen to it that they’ll be continued and get new ones.
I just bring it up because that level of hustle usually has an endgame, and she’s been working it HARD since the Met Ball. For as much as she loves the press, that was the first red carpet they’ve done since the Green Lantern (when he was still married to someone else) and now two big red carpets in just 2 weeks.
She kept her bosses happy (Anna Wintour, Frida Giannini, and L’Oreal team) and her profile up while she goes to work on other things. She just finished a film. Maybe she’s ready to start family, or finish that site she was working on.
Do you think they married for publicity? If that were the case the photos of the wedding would have been plastered all over the place. The same w/ Scarlett not one phot surfaced regarding that wedding. So if were for PA, it was a missed opportunity.
my guess she’s saving those photos for her website
My guess is wedding photos would have surfaced by now if they meant for them to be public. I figure they didn’t announce their engagement for a reason.
He has a face like a ferret. The eyes especially. Blake is particularly rodent like too. Heres hoping the adopt. Seriously though, this guy has zero screen charisma.
I agree, no charisma. He’s not handsome, his eyes are too close together and he comes across as bland. I’ve never understood his appeal, there are many actors out there who have more going for them.
Bland and superior is how he comes across – an off-putting combo!!!
People seem to like him and he is clearly talented, but doesn’t he come across as kind of bland overall? Pleasant, but uninteresting I guess. Hope he finds his niche.
Anname your comments are alwyas so nice! I really enjoy them.
Thanks Diana!
My mom used to say – you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar… a little civility goes a long way, even in a gossipy discussion 🙂
If people liked him he’d be bigger, but he’s not. He’s had so many chances for so many years. Meanwhile other actors who are better are struggling to find work. I don’t understand why he has gotten so many chances. Its been dud after dud for years. I can’t remember the last actor who has gotten so many chances after so many failures. Wasn’t his best friend, Jason Bateman, almost drubbed out of Hollywood after his movie Teen Wolf 2 failed? It took him years to get back.
I’ve always found him great in comedy but meh in terms of drama until I recently saw Smokin’ Aces…he basically carried that movie, I feel like he’s just choosing the wrong films and not playing to his strengths. He needs to try the Jason Bateman route and either find a great comedic show where he can play the straight man OR start writing/producing roles that just fit
why does he look so ratfaced?? he comes off as unlikeable somehow and that’s to WOMEN! men aren’t even buying what he sells … That is his problem, LOL
+1
I think he was great in a few comedies, like Van Wilder and Proposal, right? he needs to work that corner. I was w a group of guys watching the Super Bowl and drunk chatter included how they’d want to see Van Wilder twelve years later, smoothing things up. Not “oh it is 12 years later what happened to him, depressing” — NO! They want to see him still working the heroic bad boy mojo hard but obviously —–in politics with that sort of sneaky rat face!
Because in my heart I think 89% of politicians are or were Van Wilder! I was friends w the Van Wilders in university and they are all now lawyers, hedge fund guys or — in politics! LOL
He’s a decent actor. I feel a bit sorry for him. Once the panic stage sets in its hard for an actor to get out of it. He needs to draw a line, lick his wounds and maybe look for a theatre project to bounce back with. He really is a good actor so all he needs is the right play and a good director. Why not head to the UK and do something at the Old Vic. But he’ll need to ditch the movie star attitude and muck in with the other stage actors.
He’s been mucking it in indies for years. Before, during, and after his big budget films.
Do people really boo at Cannes? How mean. And rude. I can see not applauding enthusiastically, but that just seems so trashy. I always imagined Cannes as an elegant event. Guess not so much.
The booing at Cannes is as old as the festival itself. Boos, walk outs, scathing reviews, etc are pretty unique to Cannes. Never really thought too much about the reasoning, but I’d guess its because the films shown there historically have controversy attached to them.
I was thinking the same thing. It seems so out of line with my impression of it as elegant, as you said. And really, elegant event or no, it’s just rude to boo. Well maybe a steroid-using baseball player warrants one, but to boo an actor who devoted time and energy to a film project just seems bizarre.
Cannes represents both ends of the spectrum – the very elegant AND the very trashy. We see the photos of Nicole Kidman in her beautiful gowns on the Croisette but skip the ones of Pheobe Price, or the many busty topless ladies on the beach, the hookers, and of course my personal favorite: the Cannes stunts. Every few years some studio will come up with what is inevitably an embarrassing stunt to publicize their movie. Remember Jerry Seinfeld on the zip line for Bee Movie (okay, does anyone even remember Bee Movie in the first place?)?
Haha, I remember Bee Movie! Probably because my kids were little when it came out and we went with a big group of kiddos to go see it. It was a hit with them. 🙂
Exactly. Cannes is and has been, for a long time, both sides of the spectrum. It’s literally meant to be like a circus. But the big-time celebs, in recent years, have stolen most of the limelight. The quirky stuff isn’t covered as much.
He needs to go back to comedy. His best work was in Two Guys, A Girl & A Pizza Place
I mentioned that upthread, comedy is his thing, there’s nothing wrong with that, he’ll still be making a sh-tload of money.
And I just mentioned it below! HAHA. Truely it was his most memorable work.
He will forever have my heart as Monty in Waiting…
Yes! Waiting was such a good movie.
I agree! I loved him in that Just Friends movie with Amy Smart – he was hilarious! He’d do well in RomComs – he should stick to those!
My husband’s spirit animal is Ryan Reynolds in the fat suit miming ‘I Swear’…
One of my favorite movies with him, he was witty sarcastic and charming. I also love The Proposal and that says a lot because I’m definitely more of an indie art house chick.
I Love Ryan in Comedies~ remember ‘Just Friends’ with Anna Faris? I thought it was so funny & Van Wilder
Never thought I’d read the words, “[ryan] just needs to stop thinking that he’s going to be Channing Tatum or Leonardo DiCaprio” and totally agree
That’s got to chafe if the Charming Potato has an award season run with Foxcatcher.
Why does he look like Scarlet Johansson’s boyfriend?Am I the only one who sees it?
+1 with his new haircut
IDon’ you have that a little backwards. If I ‘m not mistaken Ryan was her first husband so if there is any resemblemce Scarlett was looking for some who looks like Ryan. and I don’t see ANY resemblemce. The guy looks a lot older w/ moles all over his face!!
LMAO at rodentia references to this vanilla couple. Ryan should just focus on getting work on day time soaps and be done with it.
And as for Blake….? I really dont know.
Have you done any profession movie casting?? or is your advice FREE to anyone who will listen??
He needs to stick with comedy. He was on the TV Show “Two Guys, a girl, and a pizza place/store/whatever” then did movies w/comedy. Stick to what you know and works.
I don’t get the dislike for Lively and Reynolds. They seem like a fairly nice couple. So what if they aren’t the best actors. That can be said about 80% of the people in Hwood.
If it’s ttrue,he’s wrong because as the film is booed as he praised for his acting in it!
I really think he should seriously think about finding a good television (cable or network) show that plays to his strengths. He was charming in Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place and it’s about the only thing I liked him in.
Blake looks damn good here. That’s all I’ve got.
Yes, to the practicing of the poses. I get a “pretending to be a movie star” vibe. Nothing authentic. Just glad they dropped the hand on the ass one.
I’m a Ryan fan – I’ve loved him in so many things, even Blade: Trinity (I know, I know…).
I agree that he’s great as part of an ensemble, and though I generally prefer his comedies, he did get pretty decent reviews for Buried (2010) which was anything but a comedy and essentially just him.
As for Atom Egoyan’s “The Captive,” the reviews I’ve read have skewered the script and the direction, but Reynolds and Bruce Greenwood seem to be getting decent to good notices. Drew McWeeney at Hitfix in his review even wrote:
“Ryan Reynolds glowers well, and I think he may give the one emotionally honest performance in the film. When he realizes that he is being looked at as a possible suspect, the rage and the horror that he conveys is actually sort of moving.”
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-atom-egoyans-kidnapping-drama-captive-is-arch-and-ridiculous#AKrcRTYDxEmrZfbu.99
Okay, “actually sort of moving” isn’t going to win Reynolds an Oscar. But I do think it is indicative of his ability, even in a crap-fest like “The Captive.” If he could just pick the right film…
He’s been getting good notices, as have Mirielle Enos and Rosario Dawson. They’re mostly down on Egoyan, and especially the script.
This movie couldn’t possibly be worse than R.I.P.D.
That’s what I was thinking. How can it be worse than that one?
Is that on DVD yet?
I wanna see it because I got to watch them filming it on my street…
It is on DVD. Watched it with my kids. I think one of them fell asleep during.
Perfect. I suffer from severe insomnia so this should come on handy.
@TOK, I can’t sleep either. Last night at 4:00 a.m. I read the character list at the back of one of the game of thrones books, and it helped. I nodded off after the Freys, all 75 of them.
unfortunate movie name for the state of his career
He would have been awesome had the Deadpool franchise taken off for Marvel. He was great in the role as the the Merc with the Mouth but it apparently didn’t work out. And that whole green lantern thing… Ugh. I really want to love this guy and see him succeed in spite of his wife.
You want to like like him inspite of his wife. What’s up w/that??
She should’ve worn that gown to the Met Gala, it would’ve been absolutely perfect. Here it seems a bit too much, considering she’s not in the film, she’s just supporting hubby. I guess she’s also there as L’Oreal’s “beauty ambassador”, but it still seems a little too much.
Also, I’m totally side-eying the phrase “beauty ambassador”. “Spokesperson”, “representative”, fine. Even “face of”. But ambassador? Really L’Oreal?
I don’t understand why people claim that he’s nice guy, lainey has ton of stories confirming that he’s huuuuuge dick .
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/88314545.html?thread=15463893425#t15463893425
they both tragic like theirs careers
Even Lainey has said that he eventually cleaned up his act.
I know but I still think he is huge dick only hides this better.
Ryan Reynolds is another of the “McMovie Stars” we have nowadays. Good looking enough, talented enough. ..yet without that ‘It” factor that makes one a star. This the reason that guys like Pitt, Depp (although that may be changing), and Keane are still in demand 20 years past their peak as box office hearthrobs
. They had “it” . Say what you want about their talent but they are last great generation of movie stars (that also included River Phoenix).
I mean even a guy like Hugh Jackman has struggled outside of X-Men, and he is one of the most talented performers going
If that’s the case for him then what chance do fair to middling actors like Aaron Eckhart, Ryan, Josh Duhamel, or Zachary Ekron have.
All these dudes have been trying to become the next big thing for years now only to be eclipsed by the British Invasion (cumberbatch, hunnam, dornan, Tom hardy, Tom hiddleston, fassbender, McAvoy, garfield etc) and worst of all Jonah hill and Channing tatum.
Simply put, they aren’t talented or charismatic enough to overcome their big screen blandness.
I totally agree. I just did a post about ‘it’ that Ryan doesn’t have, but it looked too long, so I shaved it a bit, LOL. I think that ‘it’ is simply the audience ‘liking’ the star. Those people you mention are all likeable. People you wouldn’t mind spending time with.
Ryan, OTOH, is not someone I’d like to sit down and have dinner with. In the story, he’s busy on his phone, instead of connecting with his wife. She realizes that he’s in a funk (she’s attuned to his needs) and tries to console him. I don’t get the vibe that he’d do the same for her, if their situation were reversed. And didn’t he turn on Scarlett when her star started to rise and his didn’t?
I agree. Ryan should give up on being a leading man and stick to comedy. Or maybe take a lead role a good cable show. Baby steps.
he needs a good franchise, he only has the Croods so far,
Chris Pine – Star Trek , Jack Ryan??
Chris Evans – fantastic four, Captain america, avengers
Chris Hemsworth – Snow white & huntsman, avengers, thor
Robert Downey Jr – Iron man, avengers, sherlock homes
Bradley cooper – hangovers
Jeremy rainer – MI, borne Id, avengers
James franco, planet of the apes, wizard of oz
hugh jackman – wolverine
James Mcavoy – xmen
Channing tatum – jumpstreet, magic mike
Ben afleck – batman
christian bale bateman
will smith –
all the old actor in the expendables
Jason bateman – horrible bosses
need i say more!!
Chris Pine – Is somehow getting big roles. Why did he get Jack Ryan???
Chris Evans – Ungrateful, yet he needs it
Chris Hemsworth – Needs it
Robert Downey Jr – Rocking everything
Bradley cooper – Has moved past hangovers and is A list
Jeremy rainer – Needs something. The franchise roles are weak. Good actor though.
James franco, Don’t think those movies will get seconds. Has plenty of “arty stuff”
hugh jackman – Needs it, but has wonderful reputation
James Mcavoy – xmen good for him. So hot getting hotter
Channing tatum – Rocking every aspect
Ben afleck – Should stick to directing.
christian bale – Has moved on
Jason bateman – horrible bosses??? Arrested development!
Shame. I think he’s a pretty good actor. He excels at comedy and maybe what he needs right now is a really good comedic role.
I think Blake married him because she loved him. Full stop.
ITA 100%
Agree. They seem to be one of the more loving/ high functioning relationships in Hollywood. Everyone is always going on about how Blake is an attention ho, but they are remarkably quiet about their private life & stay out of the spot light when they aren’t working. I like them together.
@ I Choose Me (love your name btw)
That was supposed to be in reply to you!
I never understand why ppl keep bashing on Blake. I like them together. I like it that Blake is not scared to be seen with her husband unlike Scarlett who acted super secretive, even at events like Tony Awards… I even thought she was ashamed of being seen with Ryan, seriously.
I agree whenever they were together they would be running w/big hats and hands over their faces like they were hiding. I have read stories about him cursing people and not liking to be photographed. I love him and would miss seeing his face, but he should be use to bad reviews by now,
Wasn’t Ryan the one who supposedly prefers to be super secretive, except the big change now is that he’s conveniently shilling for his contracts when he happens to be photographed with his wife? He’s L’Oreal men’s, and then there’s the cell phone and something or other.
I think part of the reason people question their relationship is because they didn’t have any chemistry in Green Lantern.
No chemistry in a movie makes them unsuitable for marriage?? I don’t think that is how they pick a mate, Scarlett played opposite both Bradley cooper & Chris Evans and is marring a journalist?? Go figure!! What happened here. Blake had scenes w/ Taylor kitsch & is now working w/ MIchael Huntsman based on your theory of movie dating what do you suppose will happen?
My “theory”/statement was only to explain why I think people question their relationship, and not to say that I think this is some big Hollywood fake marriage
or that they are unsuitable for marriage. I don’t know them and would have no idea if their marriage is real or not.
I think that PART of the reason people question whether their marriage is real is that they had no spark, no real chemistry in that movie. They were supposed to be people who were attracted to one another, yet as a movie goer, I (and many others) didn’t feel anything between them. As a movie goer, I have often felt through the camera, chemistry between actors, something that doesn’t have to be faked or acted. I didn’t feel that with them. I have seen more of his roles than hers, and think that he is a good enough actor to portray these feelings even if he wasn’t feeling them. So there was surprise when we learned they were in a relationship, it wasn’t something anyone saw coming.
So, for this reason combined with people thinking she is a “famewhore” in other areas of her career (dating DiCaprio, the lifestyle website, and how she acts on the red carpet) , they questioned the realness of their relationship.
They have seemed somewhat private and unHollywood in their marriage. They definitely seem affectionate with each other, as they were on the red carpet and in the story above, and kept their wedding out of press. So, I am personally on the fence as to whether their relationship is real.
They had lots of chemistry in their joint interviews for Green Lantern. Maybe they do better when they get to speak their own words. 😉
There’s something so damn boring about Blake Lively. No matter what she’s dressed up in or how her makeup is done, the overall feeling I get about her is that she is bland. I can’t even think of why I feel this way.
It makes NO sense to refer to a person you do not know personally as Bland & Boring. How exciting must life be like for an individual who thinks this lifestyle is bland. This girl travels around the world 1st class, has access to the best designers and has contracts to represent major companies. She has always said she was not all that interested in acting, so how is it that she is described as NOT that good of an actress is so hard to imagine that this is NOT what she really wants to do.
Boring is subjective. It make no sense to go off like you did if you knew that. This is a gossip site you know?
Yes, we don’t know any of these people. We just have opinions based on how they act in public and GOSSIP.
And I gotta point out, she only said that she didn’t have a lot of interest in acting until the parts started drying up. Before then she hustled HARD.
Living a fancy lifestyle doesnt automatically make someone interesting.
That is in your eyes, but this week that girl did not miss a beat and she was anything but bland & boring!! Would you try and do what she just did un rehearshed??
Hes got the bow tie killer haircut from problem child!
Maybe, just maybe Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively can’t act, so….
Yup but they have a caviar lifestyle to support and then there’s his ego.
I actually just watched the Proposal this weekend with the husband (no idea why he agreed, but he did) and he said, “I just don’t believe he loves her character, whereas I believe she loves him – which is why Sandra Bullock has an Oscar and he doesn’t.” I didn’t realize how mediocre he was until I saw “The Croods.” If I can’t see his abs, there is no point in having him in a movie. Ryan needs to hook up with Jim Toth and see if he pull a McConahay (sp?) transformation on his career.
Ryan can’t pull a Mconnoghy because Matthew can actually act and has range that Ryan doesn’t.
Yes that is true!!!
Wouldn’t surprise me. Always thought his problems with Scarlett stemmed from her star being brighter than his. Never forget how he didn’t seem particularly proud of her Tony win.
Still hate that giant bun on the back of Blake’s head. Hate it.
If I recall, he was sitting there as she was hugging & kissing everyone around him and seem to forget he was there and came back to kiss him on the cheek that is what I saw or did she win another Tony, And Blake’s hair looked stunning very classsy for the dress she was wearing and that diamond necklace completely finished the look. She could not have pulled that necklace off w/out the hair being in the style it was. She is much too tall to have that bun on top of her head (fashion fyi)
You saw what I did. She didn’t thank him by name and some made big deal of it. I do think their marriage was over by then, but they never seemed to have great chemistry in public after they married.
Her star had dimmed considerably by the time they hooked up. Some blamed him, but she was already on a downward slide long before they married, despite having such a great start with Translation. She changed agents while she was still with Ryan and I think that made the biggest difference in her career, along with Emily Blunt not being available for the role of Black Widow.
Realistically, that marriage had no chance of working out, with or without the rumored jealousy issues (which I have yet to hear from any source other than CDAN so I feel kind of bad taking that as gospel). They were both working a ton and were rarely in the same city. Its why so few showbiz marriages actually works out – because how can you build a marriage if you’re together for 2 days in every 20 to 30? And when spending time together means backing off on the career you’ve spent your life building? So many of them do that and are shocked when it doesn’t work out!
Agreed with some comments about the fact that just maybe Ryan isn’t that great of an actor. The Proposal was definitely cute and mainstream, but this might be a good place for him. Of course, he was playing opposite Sandra Bullock, who has great comedic timing. Look at how Jennifer Aniston did so well over the years playing comedic mainstream and rom-com. People love those movies because they don’t have to think too much and they’re cute and funny…..Blake’s acting surely won’t get them anywhere either. She’s better at modeling.
Blake is nothing more than a self-absorbed no-talent wannabe with a killer bod. Nothing.
Don’t put Blake down, she’s all Ryan has going for himself.
I all BS on the booing at the end of his film. I work in the film industry in Toronto and have attended dozens of screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and have never have heard of anyone ever booing at the end of a film. Maybe a boo here or there throughout a film but never at the end. It would be considered the high of disrespectfully … I highly doubt this happened.
Cannes seems to be a little different. That Grace Kelly film and another one were reportedly booed last week, and Gosling’s directorial debut tonight (reprtedly the biggest boos of the bunch so far). I first remember reading about this phenomenon last year, when Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin was roundly booed, but it went on to get some better reviews outside the festival.
Didn’t they ditch The Met after party as well? They don’t seem to be a big party, schmoozing type of couple, and his brother was with them in Cannes. The film was already sold to a distributor and screened for the media (reportedly booed by some, but some applause as well) before the red carpet premiere. He had done a full round of press and photos with the director and cast after the screening. He’s starting a new movie this month, and has a couple more coming out this year. Maybe he wanted to spend time with his family and to tend to his business before he had to leave.
He has like five or six movies coming out in the next couple years. The Voices and Misissippi Grind sound like the most promising. This one was always suspect given that the story doesn’t sound very original, but it still got some decent reviews out of Cannes, especially for Ryan, Mirielle, and Rosario.
I think these two will go the distance, and I don’t feel that way about many celeb couples. They seem really make an effort to be there for each other.