Why Ryan Reynolds fears making more ‘Deadpool’ films: ‘I kind of die inside’

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Ryan Reynolds is putting his favorite role first: “dad.”The “Deadpool” star, 48 — who shares daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, Betty, 5, and son Olin, born in 2023, with wife Blake Lively — revealed that his priority is being present in his family’s lives over continuing the action comedy films.“Honestly, my feeling is that the character works very well in two ways.

One is scarcity and surprise. So it had been six years since the last one, and part of the reason is that it swallows my whole life,” Reynolds told Andrew Garfield in an interview for Variety’s“Actors on Actors” published Monday.He added, “I have four kids, and I don’t ever want to be an absentee [dad].

I kind of die inside when I see their faces and they do a sports thing or something and I missed it.”Along with not wanting to miss a moment with his children, the actor got candid on why the fate of “Deadpool” is a complicated one.“I don’t know what the future of ‘Deadpool’ will be,” Reynolds admitted, “but I do know that we made the movie to be a complete experience instead of a commercial for another one.”In 2024, Reynolds was able to bring his character back to life for “Deadpool & Wolverine” alongside Hugh Jackman. “Disney and Marvel, they were so supportive from the jump,” he recalled. “I think I had one line that Bob Iger wanted out of the movie, and we took it out… I’ll never repeat it.”“I promised I wouldn’t… They were incredible partners.