We all have at some point in our lives felt like going back to our young selves and leading a stress-free life. But it seems like young Adam from The Adam Project doesn’t have such a stress-free life. How can you be stress-free when your old self takes you on a time travel to meet your dead dad and save the future?

So, after watching The Adam Project, fans are curious to know what Ryan Reynolds is like when he was young? Was he just a regular kid or some big deal? Let’s find out.

After all the professional and personal success, Reynolds claim he will never try to change his childhood with any advice. His childhood plays a major part in what he is like today. In an interview with Parade, Reynolds claims, “All the best things that ever happened to me have been built on the foundation of some version of failure. So, I wouldn’t help that little guy for all the money in the world.”

Thankfully, in the film, The Adam Project on Netflix, Adam gave a lot of harsh reality-checks to his younger self and his twelve-year-old self will lend a helping hand.

The Adam Project by Shawn Levy is an adventurous sci-fi film, starring Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Walker Scobell, and Jennifer Garner. The film explores around adult Adam who travels back in time to seek help from his young self, in order to save the future.

Now, let’s find out how Reynolds describes his childhood. Is it different from all the normal kids or he is just a regular kid like us?

Ryan Reynolds talks about his childhood

In an interview with Yahoo, Ryan Reynolds gave light on his personal and professional life and how he related to this film.

The host asks Reynolds, “What were you like when you were a kid? Were you a big deal then, too?” In which Reynolds chuckles and claims he is not a ‘big-deal’ when he was young. He confesses, “I was not a big deal. If I ever become a real big deal, I promise I’ll let you know.”

So, from that answer, we can claim he was just like the young Adam character from The Adam Project.