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For Ryan Reynolds And Blake Livelyacting is a family affair.
Two of their children, Inez, 7, and Olin, born in February 2023, made cameos in Reynolds’ new film. Deadpool and Wolverine film, which will be in theaters on Friday, July 26. Reynolds, 47, plays Deadpool, while Lively, 36, makes a masked appearance as Lady Deadpool. Fittingly, Inez portrays Kid Pool and Olin is Baby Pool.
Reynolds and Lively also share daughters James, 9, and Betty, 4. While promoting the film, Reynolds hinted that they might not be done adding to their family just yet.
“The more the merrier,” he says joked to E! News. “As much as possible. As many little heartbeats as possible, just running around, destroying things in the house. I love it. Let’s have more!”
Reynolds and Lively welcomed Olin over a year ago, but waited until the film’s New York premiere to announce the baby’s name. Reynolds announced it to the world when he thanked his entire family on stage.
“I want to start by thanking my wife, Blake, who is here,” he said. “I would like to thank my children James, Inez, Betty and Olin, who are here: I hope that, if I am lucky, this moment will be the most traumatic – that is, the content of this film – that happens in your wonderful life .”
They still haven’t revealed Olin’s gender.
Reynolds added in an interview of People at the premiere it turned out that Betty liked his colleague and real good friend, Hugh Jackman.
“I don’t claim that my children are perfectly behaved,” Reynolds said. “My four-year-old Betty loves Hugh unconditionally. And she expresses that love through limitless violence. So she attacks him, thinking she has claws and that he has a healing factor – which he might actually be able to do.
The superhero film duo has now starred in three films Deadpool films from the past eight years. They met in 2007 while filming X-Men Origin: Wolverineand although they have defined their friendship by ruthlessly and publicly roasting each other, they have developed a real bond.
“We rely on each other for the real advice you want,” Reynolds said People in a June cover story. “There are probably fewer friends in our lives to whom you can say everything, the things you’re ashamed of, ashamed of, whatever.”