Q&A: Ryan Reynolds on ‘Pikachu’ and the future of ‘Deadpool’
Posted May 7, 2019 3:14 pm.
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NEW YORK — Ryan Reynolds once envisioned himself, best-case scenario, as Wilson on “Home Improvement” or Mr. Furley on “Three’s Company.”
In an interview, Reynolds says his “highest goal” when he started out was to be “the wacky neighbour on a sitcom.”
But against his own expectations, Reynolds has emerged as one of Hollywood’s top movie stars, thanks in large part to the runaway success of his two “Deadpool” movies: R-rated wise-cracking films that seemed to unlock Reynolds’ own powers of motor-mouthed sarcasm.
In “Pokemon Detective Pikachu,” in theatres Friday, Reynolds uses his sharp-tongued talents for good — or at least, for a more cuddly, family-friendly movie.
Reynolds voices the title character, a Pokemon who helps a 21-year-old kid search for his missing father, Pikachu’s former partner.
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
