Ryan Reynolds made a surprise appearance to Hugh JackmanDuring the concert in New York – entering the microphone to pay tribute to his nearby friend.
Reynolds, 48, spoke in front of the public of the radio City Music Hall on Friday January 24, while Jackman, 56, was on stage during a break in his show. Hugh Jackman Live: from New York with Lovewhich opened its doors that evening.
The previous summer, Reynolds and Jackman invaded the cinemas with their Marvel blockbuster Deadpool and Wolverine.
Reynolds, sporting a white buttoned shirt, gray pants and white sneakers, opened his speech with an anecdote on Jackman’s behavior on the set of superhero film.
“As here, he knew the name of each person, even if he invented them half the time,” said the actor, businessman and husband of Blake Lively “Told the crowd, causing laughter. “He showed a kind of courtesy, sweetness and curiosity, and he valued each member of the crew with which we worked.”
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Ryan Reynolds takes the microphone during the opening evening of the Hugh Jackman show at the Radio City Music Hall pic.twitter.com/xoast0l7xo
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Reynolds joked Friday by saying that “we were supposed to finish this part where these two gentlemen of security come and try to take me the microphone – it’s like a struggle, then they are silent and I go down, then they monopolize- attach -Me, then they put me in the Radio City musical discharge, then they simply set fire to it.
However, he continued: “In fact, I just wanted to say: I like this man, I want this man. It is, it is truly the best human being I know. And I have 4 children!
The feast of love was reciprocal.
“I love you, Ryan Reynolds, I love you, guy,” said Jackman, jokingly saying that his friend was actually hers. fifth best friend. “Thank you for coming. And thank you also for asking for a free ticket.
The duo plans to meet again on the big screen – but not in a dead Pool following. Reynolds said in November that he was “Pass the year writing“A new film for him, Jackman and the director Shawn Lévy.
Deadpool and Wolverineled by Levy, included a plethora of cameos including Lively, Jennifer Garner,, Wesley Bécassines And Chris EvansAnd reported more than a billion dollars worldwide.
During the promotion of the film, Reynolds and Jackman highlighted their fraternal link. Reynolds shared that her four children and those of Lively – James, 10, Inez, 8, Betty, 5 years old and Olin, born in 2023 – Think of the Jackman family.
“They are all rather in love with the uncle Hugy here, so it worked pretty well,” said Reynolds. Additional In July 2024. “He was attacked by Betty behind the scenes, who thinks she has claws, so she attacks him. I must actually give him a little dead time.
Jackman seems to support Reynolds in the midst of his wife’s current legal battle with Justin Baldoni. Earlier this month, he joined Reynolds and Lively in jump the Golden Globe Awards in the middle of the drama, even if a The source said We every week that their common absences had nothing to do with the duel trials.
Jackman, for his part, recently made his girlfriend public public Sutton Foster. The duo was photographed holding hands After months spent keeping their private relationship. Jackman and Foster triggered rumors of show-romance for the first time in 2023 during the resumption of The man of music on Broadway.
We confirmed in November 2024 that The couple went out together.
“They are happier than ever,” said a source, noting that they share “a balance between playful and true admiration”.