It’s why his version of Pikachu in Detective Pikachu feels both earnest, yet glibly aware of his cuteness it’s how Reynolds’ Michael Bryce can be as acerbic in his wiseacre sensibility in the Hitman’s Bodyguard films as Wade Wilson and it’s why his steady post-pandemic hit, Free Guy (which has grossed $302 million as of press time despite the Delta variant), can have Reynolds be both completely earnest and self-aware since he is literally the only character in his world who knows he’s a video game NPC. After being unfairly tarred by the cruelest parts of the entertainment press as “box office poison,” the actor who spent close to a decade fighting to get Deadpool made has embraced the Merc with a Mouth persona audiences love. And they’re seeing Reynolds in a way unlike any part he’s played in the last five years. While the picture was a modest success in 2012, earning $208 million worldwide off an $85 million budget, it’s easy to assume many audiences are discovering the film for the first time due to the globe’s most popular streaming service. This thought occurred to me while revisiting Safe House this week, particularly in lieu of the film trending so high on Netflix. For the first time in ages, it feels like you’re watching the actor play a character who isn’t Deadpool. But to see Reynolds play it so straight and so differently from what his star persona would later become is slightly jarring. The sequence is boilerplate thriller dialogue, a generic sequence in a generic movie (at least in the 2000s and early ‘10s). “I’m going to isolate you, Matt.” And by watching both actors, you believe him. “I’m already in your head,” Washington smiles back. “Go ahead, you’re not going to get in my head,” Reynolds’ Matt Weston protests as he seemingly holds power over Washington’s Frost character. When Washington begins trying to get under the younger guy’s skin-poking at his insecurities like he’s Ethan Hawke in Training Day or pretty much the entire cast of Man on Fire-Reynolds is visibly shaken. But in the case of Reynolds, it plays differently than how modern audiences likely expect. As with any number of films starring these leading men, the stars are cultivating an oil and water relationship in the sequence, one built on mutual distrust and loathing as they drive across a countryside. He is repped by Paradigm, Madhouse Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham.There’s a scene midway through Safe House, the 2012 thriller which stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, that hits entirely differently in 2021. Guggenheim also snagged his first book deal this year. He has Stolen (formerly Medallion), starring Nicolas Cage and Malin Akerman, awaiting release, and he wrote the spec Narco Sub, a submarine thriller that was to have been late director Tony Scott’s next movie. Since selling the first Safe House as a spec, Guggenheim has gone on to a successful writing career. STORY: Ryan Reynolds to Star in Atom Egoyan’s Thriller ‘Queen of the Night’ Sources say the studio is keen to have Washington involved, however.Īll parties were mum as to whether the new project would be a prequel or a sequel. Washington’s involvement is less clear because (spoiler alert) his character didn’t survive the first movie. Reynolds likely would return to star in the sequel, though a source says no deal has been made. STORY: Stephen Gaghan to Direct ‘Candy Store’ With Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington Circlingĭirected by Daniel Espinosa, Safe House made $126 million domestically and $202 million worldwide.
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