Ryan Reynolds Credits Blake Lively for Helping Him Tackle Anxiety Before ‘Deadpool’ Release

“The expectations were eating me alive.”

Anxiety is something that anyone can have — and that includes famous movie stars like Ryan Reynolds.

In a new interview with Variety, Ryan opened up about his anxiety that he’s experienced since he was a kid, and how he coped with it during the lead-up to the theatrical release of Deadpool.

image

“Our father was tough. He wasn’t easy on anyone. And he wasn’t easy on himself. I think the anxiety might have started there, trying 
to find ways to control others by trying to control myself,” Ryan told Variety. “At the time, I never recognized that. I was just a twitchy kid.” He went on to explain that getting ready to shoot Deadpool brought the anxiety back, leading him to “stay up late with the script so he could punch up Deadpool’s trademark zingers,” Variety reports. “I’d write 10 more jokes,” Ryan said, adding, “I never, ever slept. Or I was sleeping at a perfect right angle — just sitting straight, constantly working at the same time.”

image

After experiencing a big, positive fan response at Comic-Con, Ryan explained that the “expectations were eating me alive” — but fortunately, his wife Blake Lively “helped me through that. I’m lucky to have her around just to keep me sane.”

Ryan has also said in the past that it was Blake who convinced him that he was worthy to play the fast-talking antihero. “There was a minute where I even thought, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t do the movie,’ because it had been this thing with such a build-up,” Ryan said at the Critics’ Choice Awards last month. “And she was the one that said, ‘You gotta do it. You absolutely have to do it. It’s your dream role. The role you’re meant to play. So you’ve got to get up there and do it.’ She’s been epic for me in every way.”

image

We’re glad Ryan is outspoken about his anxiety, which goes a long way in removing the stigma around it and other mental health conditions. Anxiety is something that definitely affects lots of people and is a very real condition, and there are coping methods and treatments that can help. For more information on anxiety, check out the Mayo Clinic.

Related Posts

Lionel Messi y Luis Suárez tiñen de rojo la ciudad, codeándose con íconos americanos

El mundo se da cuenta cuando dos íconos del fútbol salen a pasar la noche en la ciudad. Recientemente, Lionel Messi y Luis Suárez, celebrados tanto por su amistad fuera del campo como por sus habilidades dentro de él, disfrutaron de una velada …

Read more

Lionel Messi: viaje para conquistar la cima – Descubre la belleza natural

La superestrella del fútbol Lionel Messi no solo dejó su huella en el campo, sino que también impresionó con su inspirador viaje para explorar la naturaleza. Recientemente, la imagen de…

Read more

Historic Discovery: Traces of a Lost Civilization and a 2,000-Year-Old Giant Human Figure in Eastern Europe

In an astonishing discovery, archaeologists in an Eastern European frozen field have found the first clues to a mysterious civilization that has never before been recorded in history. The most remarkable element of this find is …

Read more

German Fishermen Capture a Living Megalodon in the North Sea

At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of German fishermen aboard the ship Seesturm had an extraordinary experience that would mark the history of marine exploration. In the deep and mysterious waters of the North Sea, these ordinary men …

Read more

Giant UFOs Suddenly Arrive in City, Leaving Residents in Awe

In a startling turn of events, the residents of a small Midwestern city were left in a state of bewilderment and awe as numerous unidentified flying objects (UFOs) descended upon their community without warning. Eyewitness accounts describe a fleet …

Read more

Centuries-Old Mermaid Found on England’s Coast, Stunning Onlookers

This is a creature that has traveled a lot: in August 2006, we received the pHographs shown above with messages claiming they depicted a mermaid (or a sea mop, or an alien) from Campeche (Mexico), Veda (South Africa), Cebu (Philippines), and Swaziland. …

Read more

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *