The world knows it! Ryan Reynolds is a complete family man. Being the father of four adorable daughters, he always stays alert to their wellbeing. Or if we say in Blake Lively‘s words “he races home” to check on his family no matter where he is going. Despite shooting movie projects and playing the role of co-owner in his soccer club, he still finds time to help his wife with their children. Seeing all the efforts he makes for the people he loves: could anyone believe that he once left his kids at school for a movie role? Well, he did!

Ryan Reynolds took the lead role in the 2019 adventure drama Pokémon Detective Pikachu. He voiced this iconic fictional species that has remained a fan-favorite for decades in the Pokemon franchise. And taking this character was indeed something challenging and adventurous for the actor who wanted to give his best. To talk about his preparation for the role, he dropped a video on social media in 2019 explaining the entire process.

The 46-year-old revealed that he used ‘method acting’ to immerse into this 30cm tall yellow creature. Reynolds spent one year being this exceptionally intelligent detective and vanished into it. So when he got the role, the actor was on his way to pick his girls up from school. “Well, I didn’t show up at school because Detective Pikachu doesn’t know who those two little girls are. Who are they?” he said.

After his comment, the camera moved to his wife, who sat with a straight face and said, “They’re our daughters.” The Free Guy star then channeled his humorous side, saying that the character does not have a wife, which means he did not have any children.

Ryan Reynolds did proper research on Pikachu

Moving forward, Ryan Reynolds gave fans insight into the grueling process which tested his limits. He deeply researched Pikachu by reading books. In fact, he tried to be like he physically showed one of his crawling shots in the clip and even tried to lose weight, but doctors stopped him. Well, all these efforts certainly came out fruitful in his portrayal because the film was a tremendous success.

Detective Pikachu received praise from critics for visual effects and Reynolds’ performance. The movie made over 430 million worldwide, placing it second to Warcraft as the highest-grossing video game film. Meanwhile, now people are looking forward to the sequel, which was confirmed by Deadline.

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