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I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is one of the most popular and

increasingly respected movie stars in Hollywood, Ryan Reynolds. The 40-year-old Canadian has been acting since

he was just 13, and first burst onto many people's radar as the star of the 2002 comedy

Van Wilder. Over the year since, he has starred in movies of all shapes and sizes, from acclaimed indies like

2007's The Nine's, 2009's Adventure Land, 2010's Buried, 2014's Woman in Gold and 2015's Mississippi Grind to studio fair like

2004's Blade Trinity 2009's X-Men Origins Wolverine 2009, 2009's the Proposal, 2011's the Green Lantern, and most recently,

2016's Deadpool.

That adaptation of a comic book about a most unusual superhero,

which Reynolds, as one of its producers,

fought for more than a decade to bring to the big screen,

had a budget of $58 million, low for a movie of its genre.

But upon its release in February, it exploded at the box office, grossing $132 million on its

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