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Ryan Reynoldsgot in on rated-R movies early.
The 45-year-old actor may be known for raunchier fare likeDeadpool, but his latest movieThe Adam Projectis for children and adults alike. Reynolds said the time-travel action flick harkens back to the 1980s movies he enjoyed watching with his late dadJames.
He added that the film is “engineered to audience delight.”
Later, Reynolds joked that his three kids — daughters James, 7, Inez, 5, and Betty, 2, with wife Blake Lively — are “like me, when I was a kid I used to watch all the movies you weren’t supposed to watch.”
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“I keep coming home, I’m like, ‘What— why is this on?!’ " he joked. “The first rated-R movie I ever saw wasStand By Me. When you think back you’re like, ‘How was that rated R?’ It was a rated-R movie, so I was blown away. I sawDune, which I know I shouldn’t have seen, at like 5, which is just completely—.”
“Where were your parents?” asked co-hostSavannah Guthrie, to which Reynolds, whogrew up with three older brothers, joked, “They were nightmares. Absolute failures as parents. That’s parenting fail 101.”
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Last month, Reynolds told PEOPLE thathe is still a “ball of nerves"like his 12-year-old self.
“I hide it well when I perform and when I walk out on talk shows, fancy events and stuff, but no, on the inside I’m in a silent shriek,” he said.
Like in his new movie, what would he say to his younger self if he could? “All kinds of terrible things are going to happen. All kinds of great things are going to happen. It’s all the weird, wacky, funky recipe that makes up life,” said Reynolds. “So, you know, keep on keepin' on, kid. Just keep your chin up. You’ll be fine.”
The Adam Projectdebuts on Netflix Friday.
source: people.com
