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Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively are currently in the headlines for their ongoing battle against Justin Baldoni. The controversy began when Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni for s*xual harassment and spearheading a smear campaign against her during theIt Ends With Uspromotional tour.
As Baldoni countersued Lively and Reynolds, he also accused the latter of parodying him in last year’sDeadpool & Wolverinethrough the character of Nicepool. Satirizing real-life celebrities who he has issues with does not seem to be new to Reynolds as fans pointed out his Scarlett Johansson roast inDeadpool 2.
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Ryan Reynoldshas been known for his tongue-in-cheek humor which he gets to do abundantly as Deadpool in the MCU. The actor was the perfect cast for the merc-with-the-mouth and has proven himself as such with three films in the franchise. Due to the fourth-wall-breaking nature of the character, he gets to make a lot of pop culture references.
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One such instance has been alleged to be a parody of Justin Baldoni, the actor-director who is on the other side of a lawsuit against Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively after the latter accused him of s*xual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign. TheIt Ends With Usstar reportedly claimed that Nicepool inDeadpool & Wolverinewas a way ofbullying him.
While it is not proven that Nicepool was indeed a parody of Baldoni, it is not far from reality for Reynolds to use his own personal beef in theDeadpoolfranchise. A spoof of his ex-wifeScarlett Johansson’sline fromAvengers: Age of UltroninDeadpool 2seems to have rubbed fans the wrong way.
Years after ScarJo divorced him [rumour is that he cheated with Blake Lively during Green Lantern].. In Deadpool 2, Ryan Reynolds copied a line that Scarlett Johansson’s character says in Avengers.Kind of gives credibility to Justin Baldoni’s claim. It gives harassment vibes.pic.twitter.com/Kcdc90r8cV
He’s a weirdo for sure.
What a creep.
While it could have just been a joke on the MCU (both scenes contain a raging heavy), the line being uttered by his ex Johansson in the original makes Reynolds’ image suspicious in hindsight.
What are Justin Baldoni’s claims on Ryan Reynolds and Nicepool?
TheIt Ends With Uscontroversy has been going on for a few months now with Justin Baldoni recently making a few adjustments in his$400 million lawsuitagainst Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Leslie Sloan. The filmmaker has accused the New York Times team, which published an expose of having Lively’s complaint days before publishing the article.
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He also accused Reynolds of bullying him with the character of Nicepool inDeadpool & Wolverine. The film shows the character as a spiritual feminist who is then violently killed by Lively’s Lady Deadpool. Baldoni accused Reynolds of using the character to bully him (viaVariety),
Reynolds portrayed Nicepool as a vicious caricature of a ‘woke’ feminist before concluding the character’s arc with his violent shooting death at the hands of ‘Ladypool,’ a character voiced by Blake Lively…[Nicepool was] intended to be a transparent and mocking portrayal of Reynolds’ warped perception of Baldoni.
Amidst the scandal, the couple chose to skip the Golden Globes and are probably likely to skip the Oscars ceremony as well.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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