15 Sweet Facts About Hugh Jackman And Ryan Reynolds' Friendship
Archie and Jughead, Joey and Chandler, Willow and Buffy, Jake Peralta and Charles Boyle – these are fictional friendships that many aspire to (hashtag friendship goals). When it comes to real best friends, it’s all about who can support, listen, and be there during good times as well as bad.
In Hollywood, friendship can be as fake as those bright white veneers. Celebrities like regular folks, need a solid friendship that goes beyond a larger entourage and people who are there for professional career opportunities and connections. True friendship can help a celebrity stay grounded with their ego in check. Perhaps this is why so many people enjoy the friendship and fake frenemy relationship that exists between superstars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
With decades between them in the business, these two actors lean on each other through box office hits, family life, and business ventures. They are there to pick each other up when times are rough and tease each other to remain grounded and humble. While the two love to roast each other on social media, and torture one another endlessly, it doesn’t take much to realize how deep their friendship truly is. Here are 15 sweet facts about Hugh Jackman’s and Ryan Reynolds' friendship.
15 The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery
Kids dress up as their favourite superheroes all the time. Ryan Reynolds' (as Deadpool) take on this is to don a Hugh Jackman/Wolverine mask to help poke fun at the infamous X-Men. Not to ignore this, Jackman posted a video of himself wearing a Ryan Reynolds mask on social media, saying that Reynolds himself had asked him to do this to help celebrate his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
14 Trolling Together
If you enjoy some brotherly ribbing, look no further than the Twitter accounts of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. They both use this medium to air their made-up grievances, something that fans and friends alike enjoy following. The two enjoy spending time together socially as well as promoting their Marvel Universe films, paying close attention to what the other one is up to.
13 The Ugly Christmas Sweater Incident
As a joke that was captured on social media, Hugh Jackman enlisted the help of fellow-friend Jake Gyllenhaal to trick Reynolds into wearing an ugly Christmas sweater to a party where no one else was dressed up. The trio posted several photos of a defeated Reynolds having been tricked by two of his pals.
12 The Fake Feud
It doesn’t take long to realize that there is more love than rivalry going on between these two. Even though the social media insults are fast and furious, they’re all in good fun. Hugh goes online and calls Reynolds a, “stage four clinger” to celebrate Best Friends Day. When Hugh posted that he sustained a small on set injury saying, “The first time I’ve played #wolverine…and, actually bled. Clearly, it’s @vancityreynolds fault,” Reynolds was quick to retort that he felt Hugh just wasn’t practicing hard enough.
11 When They Worked Together
Reynolds and Jackman worked together once, when Reynolds made an appearance in the 2009 film, X Men Origins: Wolverine. This is the first time that anyone met Wade Wilson, however, people weren’t a fan of this version of Deadpool, even though it was Reynolds. It wasn’t until 2016 when the world fell in love with the cocky anti-hero, Deadpool.
10 Real Life Hugs
Real men show affection for one another and these two superheroes aren’t guilty of toxic masculinity. The two are often seen out together, sometimes in New York hanging out at Jackman’s coffee restaurant, Laughing Man Coffee & Tea. Reynolds has even joked about helping his friend out through some Reynolds humour branded advertising for his pal.
9 The X Man Reynolds Wants In Deadpool
In two Deadpool movies, we’ve gotten a glimpse of a few X-Men, like CGI Colossus, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Yukio, and even classic X-men villain Juggernaut. Deadpool teases about a lack of budget providing him with the ‘B squad’ of X-Men, hinting at what everyone really wants to see – Wolverine and Deadpool together on the big screen. Maybe we’ll get lucky for Deadpool 3.
8 Calling A "Truce"
When Reynolds and Jackman decided to work together and be in commercials for one another’s companies, they officially called a truce over their feuding. While the truce as made ‘official’ in January 2019, it didn’t take long for the two to start up, poking fun at each other again. It’s okay, the duo is more fun when they’re playfully bickering.
7 Charity & Philanthropy
Turning the Christmas Sweater Practical Joke into a good cause, Ryan Reynolds decided to turn the infamous ugly sweater into a campaign to help raise money for Canadian hospital, Toronto’s SickKids Foundation. CTV News reports, “Five days before Christmas, the Vancouver-born star pledged on social media to match all donations made to the foundation before midnight on Dec. 24, up to $100,000. In order to push the message forward, Reynolds created an animated video featuring a sweater he was tricked into wearing by his fellow actors Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal.” Other celebs who participated in the campaign include Jackman himself, and Toronto Maple Leaf Auston Matthews.
6 Calling The Brotherhood Of Superheroes
Three friends are better than two when it comes to teasing. This is why Jake Gyllenhaal often gets roped into the barbing. For National Friends day Reynolds opted to post a photo of himself and Jackman with the caption, “Happy #BestFriendsDay to Jake Gyllenhaal! (Not pictured).” Jackman posted another photo without Gyllenhaal with a similar message. Jake responded by posting a photo of himself and Jackman saying, “Happy #bestfriendsday to Ryan Reynolds (not pictured).” It’s silly, confusing, but all in good fun.
5 Showing Public Support (Sometimes)
What happens when two of People’s Sexiest Men interview each other? A whole lot of silliness. When Reynolds had a chance to interview Jackman about his position as World’s Sexiest, he leaped at it. Reynolds asked Jackman, “Do you ever age?" Jackman quickly confirmed, "Not since 2008" (the year he earned his People Magazine title). In order to reassure his friend, Reynolds simply said, "You're gorgeous."
4 Birthday Celebrations
Reynolds thought it would be fun to send Jackman a rather profane and sarcastic birthday message. While they snarked back and forth, when it’s important they genuinely show support. When Jackman was awarded a medal from the Order of Australia, he said some nice things. Junkee reports Reynolds said, “Hugh Jackman is one of the finest, kindest, hardest working, generous and most talented people I’ve had the privilege to call my friend. There’s nobody better.” Not one to let their little back and forth go unanswered, he had to add in one final insult though, saying “None of this changes the unfortunate fact he’s a complete b#%$ard.”
3 Bringing In Other Celebs
Neither Reynolds nor Jackman is above bringing other celebrity friends into their rivalry. More recently Reynolds tapped John Krasinski to help. Hugh posed for a photo with John’s wife (Emily Blunt) where they looked a little friendly. John tweeted, “Eeeeeeasy Hugh... not sure this is what @Variety meant with #ActorsonActors....Don’t make me think I can hurt you.” Reynolds quickly piled on, saying “This is a call to action. This man must be stopped.”
2 What The Wives Have To Say
Since Ryan Reynolds also trolls his wife, Blake Lively, online, we’re sure that the jokey relationship comes as no surprise to Lively and is just par for the course being married to Reynolds. Ryan repeatedly enjoys posting less than flattering photos of his wife on social media because he thinks it’s funny. If she has a beef with anyone, it’s likely her husband, not Jackman. Jackman tends to keep his wife out of his pretend social media feuds.
1 What Fans Want
Even Ryan Reynolds jokes that Deadpool’s initial introduction in X -Men Origins: Wolverine was awful. Fans want to see Deadpool and Wolverine together in a new film, and Ryan Reynolds concurs. Mashable reports Reynolds said, "I'd love to see a Deadpool/Logan movie. A wolviepool movie, if I may. That would be fun, but Hugh Jackman is apparently retired despite the fact that I've been protesting almost hourly." We’re crossing our fingers and titanium claws.
Sources: Today, Hollywood Life, People, Entertainment, Bored Panda
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