Ryan Reynolds Interview With BBC 1
I know all of you are in love with Ryan Reynolds. I love his movies, but don't think as a person he is all that fantastic. This interview he did with BBC1 in the UK kind of got me a little more on his side, and shows that he maybe has some compassion in him after all.
In the interview, Ryan talks about the time he met Abigail Breslin who co-stars with him in the new film Definitely, Maybe and how he wanted to spend some time with her prior to filming so they could bond. He really didn't know what to expect with the 11 year old, and it shows.
"I took Abigail out for the day to see if we got along or not. She wanted to go to the museum of Natural History in New York and look at the turtles. I felt like I was 12 when I walked in and 30 when I left. We were there forever.
"Then she dragged me to a toy store. I was longing for the sweet release of death by the third hour of this. I thought, 'I will just buy the kid whatever she wants.' She said, 'I will take that stuffed animal.' I took it and walked to the cashier and gave the guy my credit card. As we were walking out I checked my receipt and it was $300 - for a stuffed animal!
"I couldn't believe it. I said to Abigail, 'This was a $300 giraffe. Did you realize that? You could buy a real one for less!' She said, 'Oh wow!' Then her mother came up and that is when I fell in love with her.
"She told her mom, 'Ryan bought me a $300 stuffed toy - what an idiot!' From that moment on I was helplessly in love with this little girl."
It's nice to see Ryan actually behaving like a normal person. Ryan does his work, and does it well, but he usually does absolutely nothing that is not explicitly spelled out in his contract, and it is very rare for him to do any commentaries on his DVD's. He is not one to do favors or to do anything that is not spelled out in his contracts. So, for once it was nice to see that maybe he is a decent guy underneath it all.
