revealed back in November 2020 shortly after Trebek’s untimely passing that the game show host shot his short cameo while battling cancer.“Alex Trebek was kind enough to film a cameo for our film ‘Free Guy’ last year despite his battle.
He was gracious and funny. In addition to being curious, stalwart, generous, reassuring and of course, Canadian. We love you, Alex.
And always will,” Reynolds tweeted. Trebek and the “Deadpool” funnyman both hail from Canada and came together shortly before his death to film an episode of “Jeopardy.” The episode aired in January and Reynolds wrote at the time a touching tribute to his fellow Northerner. “It’s an honor (and a little heartbreaking) to be with #AlexTrebek one last time on @Jeopardy,” Reynolds.
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