Rather than futilely trying to suppress his inherent smarm, Reynolds leaned into it. He converted by seizing on a crucial insight.
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In the WSJ profile, Reynolds, who was nearing 40 when he made Deadpool, says he knew his window for movie stardom was beginning to close, and that movie was his last, best chance. Reynolds couldn’t hide his pretty face in every movie, of course, but he made up for it by turning himself into a human punching bag. It was as if he’d already watched the movie and knew you were going to end up having to like him, whether you wanted to or not. No matter how hard Reynolds tried to come across as a good-hearted hero-like the hapless assistant dragooned into a green card marriage by Sandra Bullock’s Canadian book editor in The Proposal-Reynolds couldn’t help but radiate a certain smarminess. There were romantic comedies ( Just Friends, The Proposal) and action movies ( Smokin’ Aces, R.I.P.D.), not to mention a string of uninspired comic book movies culminating in the franchise-killing Green Lantern. For a good-looking white man with a chiseled body and quick, dirty wit, Reynolds’ path to stardom has been a surprisingly bumpy one-as well as one with, frankly, more bites at the apple than someone who looks less like Hollywood’s idea of a star might have gotten. But playing nice guys on-screen has not worked out well for him. Earlier this year, HuffPost called Reynolds “ Hollywood’s most likeable star,” and a glowing recent profile in the Wall Street Journal paints him as just about the nicest guy you could hope to meet, a hardworking, happily married father of three finally enjoying some hard-won success and using what he calls his “position of unspeakable privilege” to help diversify the industry he has conquered.
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