Ryan Reynolds on new Pokemon film and what’s next for Marvel’s Deadpool
- Compared to the strong language and sarcasm of Deadpool films, Reynolds is playing a more cuddly character in Pokemon Detective Pikachu
- He believes Disney’s ownership of the Deadpool franchise will not tone down superhero’s colourful persona
Ryan Reynolds once envisioned himself, best-case scenario, as Wilson on Home Improvement or Mr. Furley on Three’s Company.
“When I started in this business, my highest goal was to be the wacky neighbour on a sitcom,” Reynolds says. “It took a much different path.”
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 wisecracking films that seemed to unlock Reynolds’ own powers of motor-mouthed sarcasm.
In Pokemon Detective Pikachu , in US cinemas this week, 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 man (Justice Smith) search for his missing father, Pikachu’s former partner. In an interview, Reynolds discussed his Pokemon transformation.
You’ve voiced characters in a number of films, including The Croods and Turbo , but on Detective Pikachu , you also crafted the character through facial motion capture.