Ryan Reynolds' Kids Are Terrified of Deadpool Figure in His Basement: 'Everybody's Pretty Well Damaged'

Ryan Reynolds' kids aren't quite warmed up to Deadpool yet.

While appearing on Today on Monday, May 13, the actor, who stars in the upcoming film IF about forgotten imaginary friends, chatted about whether his kids have imaginary friends of their own.

“My daughter Betty, she has a very vivid imagination, so there’s always somebody standing behind me and I turn around quickly like a horror movie and I realize no, it’s just Harvey from the old movie Harvey. It’s a 6 ft 5 rabbit," says Reynolds, 47,

“At least it’s not Deadpool. That would be…that’s NSFK. Not safe for kids,” teases co-host Savannah Guthrie.

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“No, I ruined them with that because I have the original suit…like a mold of my body downstairs in the basement," shares Reynolds as Guthrie jokes she's "starting to understand those issues you’re talking about."

“Yeah, exactly. And it was just sort of silhouetted one night and one of my kids went down there, screamed bloody murder," Reynolds recalls. "I ran down there because I forgot it was down there and I screamed bloody murder. So yeah no, everybody’s pretty well damaged.” 

Reynolds shares his four kids — Betty, 4½, Ines, 7½, and James, 9, and a fourth child, whose name and sex have not been revealed — with wife Blake Lively.

In April, the actor penned a tribute to Michael J. Fox for TIME after Fox was included in the magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People. Reynolds shared that he's been able to use Fox's work to teach a few life lessons to his older daughter James.

"Last year I watched Back to the Future with my 8-year-old daughter. It's become her favorite film," Reynolds wrote. "And for now, that's enough for me — and for her. One more kid from one more generation sees what I saw."

"I know how lucky I am to call Mike a friend. She still has no idea I know him. I don't need to teach my daughter the level of compassion Mike has mastered. Or teach her to tell stories the way Mike tells stories."

"I need to teach her that it's OK to fall a lot. It's the absolute best way to know you're flying," the dad of four added.