Definitely the new holiday comedy healthy It’s a real musical. it means the star Ryan ReynoldsWill Ferrell and Octavia Spencer — not actors typically associated with the genre (or with no experience at all) — are in full song-and-dance mode.
For Reynolds, 46, it was terrifying at times. dead pool Actor and father of three daughters.
“It was so exciting to try something obscenely challenging and scary,” Reynolds told Yahoo Entertainment. “And I don’t think I would have necessarily done this 10 or 15 years ago, or even five years ago. I think you’re in a much more lenient place for it.
“This is what I always tell my kids: Don’t let your mistakes go to waste, because your mistakes will teach you how to do something better.” I was in a place in my life where I felt like I was willing to go into situations that felt completely out of my depth at almost every point. I mean, you give me the fight sequences. I learn it back and forth in near record time. But dance numbers are an entirely different animal and beast. And I was somewhat intimidated and excited to try something out of my league.
The latest film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ influential 1843 novella Christmas carol Reynolds stars as Clint Briggs, an “irredeemable” status-manipulating public relations shark who only excites Ghost of Christmas Gifts who loves Ferrell’s challenge. In Anders’ movie, he had a ghost examine his existence in the afterlife. la la land When Greatest Showman Hitmakers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Speaking of Greatest ShowmanReynolds denies healthy It’s his attempt to catch up with The Music Man himself, Hugh Jackman, a longtime friend/fake enemy Reynolds recently met. Enlistment deadpool 3 in a big way.
“It’s not even that far away,” laughs Reynolds. “Singing and dancing is in the man’s DNA. It’s not in me.”
Reynolds says she was comforted by her partnership with Ferrell, but the two ventured into new genres together. dick, fine It’s the first time we’ve shared a screen together. )
“He and I had to do this together in a way that we’ve never set foot in a full-blown musical before,” says Reynolds. “We both had elements of singing for a moment in a movie or doing something like that, but it wasn’t a musical. So I had a companion along the way, someone who could empathize with me. [with] together. “
Maybe it helped that Ferrell already had a bona fide modern Christmas classic under his belt in 2003. fairy. Maybe it wasn’t.
“These are big shoes to dive into,” says Reynolds. “This is the movie my kids and my whole family watch every Christmas.”
fairy Ultimately, there seem to be only two kinds of Christmas movies: the ones that have become classics and are watched or streamed by the masses each holiday season.
“You don’t know,” says Reynolds. “I mean, no one knows. The funny thing is, I think it’s going to be years later when we can really judge what a great movie or what people are going to come back to. There are movies that are going, but they didn’t always do well at the time. wizard of oz to think about it.you can go all the way back it’s a wonderful lifeAgain and again, movies that didn’t make it theatrical release or pierce the zeitgeist in the way people wanted them to.
“One thing I’ve learned at 46 after 30 years in the entertainment industry is that you know nothing. You just don’t know anything. And that’s one thing I’m sure of.” .”
Reynolds also convinces himself that he really, really enjoyed channeling his inner Fred Astaire (or Hugh Jackman) in the musical for the first time, despite the “obscenely challenging and terrifying” experience. doing.
“I don’t pretend to be the best on earth, but God loved me singing and dancing,” says Reynolds. “I loved every second of it. It was really fun, especially when things were going well, it was a feeling like no other.”
healthy It is currently playing in some theaters. will stream globally on Apple+ starting November 18.