Ryan Reynoldsgot some “sage” advice from friendHugh Jackmanabout taking on the tasks of singing and dancing for his new holiday filmSpirited.
“He said to make sure that you are enjoying it because if you enjoy it, we’ll enjoy it. And I thought that that was actually quite sage. It was very wise,” said the actor.
Jackman has appeared in multiple musical roles over the course of his career, including a show-stopping, starring turn in 2017’sThe Greatest Showman. He is currently starring oppositeSutton FosterinThe Music ManonBroadway, through Jan. 15.
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As for Reynolds, he admits to PEOPLE that he was “terribly sore” after his days on theSpiritedset, due to all the high-energy scenes alongside costars likeWill FerrellandOctavia Spencer.
“I felt like I was whittled down to next to nothing halfway through the movie,” he says of how his physique changed. “I mean, we would wear those Fitbits and you’d see you get like 28,000 steps in a day. It was crazy.”
“Clint Briggs (Reynolds) turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present (Ferrell, 55) finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future,” the synopsis adds. “For the first time,A Christmas Carolistold from the perspective of the ghostsin this hilarious musical twist on the classic Dickens tale.”
Reynolds and Jackman will soon collaborateon a project together:Deadpool 3, which will see the former’s titular character Wade Wilson/Deadpool and Jackman’s Logan/Wolverine onscreen together once more.
The two actors announced the third installment ofDeadpoolback in September, revealing the surprise that it would mark a return for Jackman’s clawedX-Mencharacter. (His part will be much larger than a cameo, a source told PEOPLE at the time.)
“I think being on set with [Ryan] every day and those two on film in every city together everyday … I think it’s fair to say they’ll bepunching the s— out of each otherthe whole time,” Jackman joked to PEOPLE last month at a screening of his new movieThe Sonin New York City.
“All jokes aside, I’ll probably have more fun on this movie than any other I’ve ever done,” he added.
source: people.com
