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Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman Take Lie Detector Tests

The stars of 'Deadpool & Wolverine' take Vanity Fair's infamous lie detector test. Has Ryan Reynolds and wife Blake Lively watched 'The Green Lantern' together as a family? Was he actually behind the 2014 test footage leak of the original 'Deadpool'? How many copies of the 'Sexiest Man' issue did Hugh Jackman buy? Was the main reason why Hugh came back to 'Deadpool & Wolverine' to kick Ryan's butt again? Director: Adam Lance Garcia Director of Photography: Jack Belisle Editor: Christopher Jones; Louis Lalire Featuring: Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds Producer: Madison Coffey Line Producer: Romeeka Powell Associate Producer: Lyla Neely Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza Camera Operator: Chloe Ramos Gaffer: David Djaco Grip: Mar Alfonso Audio Engineer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Kelsey Cueller, Raven Kilgore Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow Special Thanks: Louis Conte

Released on 07/26/2024

Transcript

The test footage for the original Deadpool

leaked onto the internet...

Mhm.

Were you behind the leak?

That's a great question.

Hmm.

This is a great question.

Mhm.

Pass.

Please just answer the ques-

Oh well for F**** sake.

[Interviewer] Hugh. Ryan.

Hello.

[Interviewer] We've brought you here today,

to take a lie detector test.

Right.

[Interviewer] This is Louis, our polygraph expert.

Hi Louis. Hello Louis.

He said his name was Lou when we walks in.

Yeah I thought it was Lou.

That's your first lie.

Either way.

I know we're being serious and professional.

Yes. Hello, Louis.

Okay well.

[Interviewer] One of you will be hooked up to the machine,

while the other will ask the questions.

But we'll both be in expertly lit rooms.

[laughing] All day

[Interviewer] And then you'll switch.

Yep.

[Interviewer] Ryan, you'll take the hot seat first.

[laughing] Ah, fuck, okay.

This is a different kind of kink.

[Hugh laughing]

Lou smiled.

Should I put my hand down?

Or should I keep it in this really weird,

So Ryan, to calibrate the machine,

I'm going to ask you some straight forward questions.

Thank you.

Please answer honestly,

Mhm.

and short.

Yeah.

Thanks. Yeah.

Is your full name Ryan Rodney Reynolds?

Yes it is, unfortunately.

Are you from Vancouver, Canada?

[Hugh laughing] Yeah, in and around.

He was like, eh. He's just, he was upset for you.

Well, I mean I was technically

born in a place called Murrayville,

Thank you. doesn't matter,

you know what, I'll leave the questions to you.

Reynolds, thank you.

Thank you.

Are you about to take a lie detector test?

No shit.

[laughing]

Louis, you're not meant to be smiling Louis.

Louis, don't fucking blow this for us, Louis.

Okay.

[laughing] I had my lips done.

[laughing] Deceptive.

This is a magic 8 ball over here, I love it.

You previously talked about

failing a high school drama class...

Hmm.

Does this explain you limited range?

Wow. Wow.

That's actually, it's written here.

That is really amazing.

I think it's one of many, uh,

explanations of my limited range,

I don't think anyone wants to see me as like

a Dutch impressionist painter, right?

Am I telling, am I right Lou?

[Hugh] Louis?

Lou doesn't wanna fucking see that movie.

Lou doesn't, [laughing] Right? Yeah.

Louis, do you want to see that movie?

Appreciate the effort, right, uh.

No we're good.

Are all the characters you play just Ryan Reynolds?

Uh, yeah. Sometimes Ryan Rodney Reynolds, unfortunately.

Truth. Truth. [laughing]

Will we ever see Ryan Reynolds the musical?

Oh God. Uh, only if they get the rights after my death.

Deceptive.

Oh Jesus. Fair enough.

In that commercial, I'm ready for that musical.

With like Fred Astaire and a mop. I was like whoa.

Somebody, uh, somebody's estate messed up.

Okay, is it true that your worst audition tape

featured you singing?

Oh yeah. Most of the worst things

that have happened to me involved singing. Yeah.

[Hugh] Lou, that's yes? Yeah.

What was the song?

I have no, I don't remember.

Truthful.

[Hugh] Oh truthful, okay. I really don't remember.

Uh, did you get the part? No you don't remember, okay.

Oh no no no no no.

They actually just didn't even bother making it.

They saw me do it and they're like,

'You know what we've seen enough.'

I know that deceptive.

Self deprecation slash deceptive.

Hmm, evasive.

[Hugh] Deceptive. Deceptive. Yeah.

Ooh, aw thank you.

We got your number here, buddy.

Appreciate that. We totally got your number.

Do you prefer Louis or Lou?

Lou.

Truthful.

Next question please.

You ran the 2008 New York City Marathon,

what was your time?

Um, oh, I don't keep track of such things,

three, three hours and fifty-two minutes.

[Hugh laughing]

Suck it, Lou! It was three hours and fifty-two minutes.

There's nothing wrong

with a five and a half hour marathon.

I only remember it because some...

fuck walked up to me in a bar and was just like,

Hey, what was your time in the marathon?

And before I could eve say it he was I was 3:51.

I was like, Oh did you Google search

the fucking thing you fucking...

Deceptive.

[sighs]

[Hugh] Did you finish the New York City Marathon?

I sure did.

Truthful.

Oh thank God.

Okay, would you ever run it again?

Absolutely not.

[Louis] Truthful.

Yeah, thank you.

Do you really need more people cheering for you?

I mean, yeah. I'm, I'm just a black whole of, you know,

uh, unquenchable thirst for validation.

I wanna hear the answer...

Very truthful.

Wow, Lou.

Lou with a little editorial, yeah, wow.

A little editorial from Lou.

Yeah, this is outside the scope of,

you know what, next question actually, please.

You and your wife, Blake Lively,

Hmm.

Both, hold on, let me just ask a question,

Thanks for saying her full name.

Is Blake Lively really your wife?

Yes.

[Louis] Truthful.

Is it an arrangementship?

Well, there's a 25 year contract, sure.

I don't think she can make it.

[Louis] Deceptive.

Oh.

15 years, got it. Yeah.

Okay, you both starred in Green Lantern.

Have you watched the Green Lantern yet as a family?

I would actually, genuinely, rather watch just a, fucking,

24 hour marathon of Paw Patrol.

But, uh, I have not watched it as a family.

My kids have seen the, uh, trailer.

I saw the movie recently, yeah.

There was a, what do you call it,

there was a global pandemic and, uh,

during that time I'd finished Netflix, finished HBO Max,

finished every streaming platform that exists.

I had watched all the fucking Bob Ross, uh,

specials in, backwards even, by the way.

Which is a shot for shot remake of the Exorcist.

And, uh, had time to watch the, the Green Lantern. Yeah.

And it was, Truthful.

[Ryan] Yeah. Truthful, yeah Lou.

Yeah, I watched the Green Lantern.

[Hugh] Who's got time.

[Ryan] I will say, a little drunk.

That's also truthful, you don't need,

Will you ever watch Van Wilder as a family?

Oh, that's a good question.

Somebody just asked me what happened to the dog,

how's the dog doing in Van Wilder.

Cause it was shot 27 years ago.

I said, Well the dog just turned 40, I'm sure he's great.

I was meant to show you that.

[Ryan] Oh Yeah.

Do you wanna have a look at it?

Do you know, true story,

I don't know why, um, not my body.

That's just my head.

I was gonna say, you are in great shape.

Yeah, right. Really, yeah, wow.

Yeah.

[Ryan] Yeah, okay that's enough of that.

Is that true about the body?

Truthful.

[Ryan] Yeah. Fair enough.

On July 27th, 2014,

Oh, oh. Okay?

Mhm, you okay?

Yeah, I'm perfect, yep.

The test footage for the original Deadpool

leaked onto the internet. Were you behind the leak?

That's a great question.

[Hugh] Hm.

This is a great question.

[Hugh] Mhm.

Pass.

I just want to remind you

that you are hooked up to a polygraph machine.

I just want to remind you that

this does not follow the letter of the fucking law.

[Hugh laughing]

And if I wanted to break out of this room,

and destroy everything in my path, I will.

Uh, I, I would say that I, uh, what is the question again?

Its okay.

No that's like a, Lou wants to, Lou, uh,

I'll tell you after though, when I,

Please just answer the question.

Oh well for fucks sakes.

I'm mean Lou, this time,

I mean I might've provided an assist.

[Louis] Truthful.

I was Scotty Pippen.

Aye, I was just there doing my job and, uh, someone

You were not, else gets all the credit

Okay, got it.

You starred in Free Guy opposite this man,

Mhm. Oh yes. Channing Tatum.

Handsome, charming, talented.

Do you thing he would make a good Gambit?

I do.

Truthful.

Do you wish his Gambit film had been made?

Its not something I think about very often but, uh,

yeah of course, I, I want his dream to come true.

I love this guy.

Truthful.

Truthful.

[Ryan] This is a great guy right here.

I like the enthusic tone.

Sorry, he'd make a great wolfie, I think.

That might be another dream of his.

Thank you very much.

I'll find out. Oh yeah sorry, sorry.

Yeah got real lost in there. So,

Not a lot of people make the savalis work,

[Hugh] Did, but he did. He does, its,

Did you lie at any point in this lie detector test

and we didn't catch you?

Oh for fucks sake, yes.

Deceptive.

Oh. Yes!

Deceptive about the lie, that's Krav Maga right there.

Ha ha! Come on!

You wanna sit down over here?

Uh, I'm terrified.

Thank you. Oh yeah, the little spikes in there?

[Ryan] And one on the tip of your penis.

[Louis] Alright.

Hugh.

To calibrate the machine,

I'm gonna ask you some straightforward questions.

Please answer honestly.

Mhm.

Is your full name Hugh Michael Jackman?

Yes.

Do you ever just wing it? Say fuck it and go by,

Michael Jackson?

No.

Sir Michael Jackman?

No.

Truthful.

[Ryan] That's great. But I'm gonna start.

Are you from Sydney, Australia?

Yes.

[Louis] Truthful.

He's from fucking Milwaukee.

Can you notice the tone? The tone is like,

[Ryan] how could you even ask? He likes you,

maybe a little bit more.

Uh, are you about to take a lie detector test?

Yes.

You and I are both huge football fans, yeah?

Uh, is it safe to say that Wrexham

is better team than Norwich City?

No.

Truthful.

Not just that I'm telling a lie,

but that's truthful in terms of soccer and football.

Noted. Thank you.

If yes, are you saying because

one of your owners gets you good seats?

Well, we know the answer to that don't we?

Yeah.

Was attending a Wrexham game more fun than this game?

That's versus Chiefs.

Yes.

Truthful.

Oh you, you like seeing the Chiefs lose?

That's gonna go over well with the internet.

Chiefs won.

I stayed till the end.

I never saw the last few minutes of Logan what happened?

Okay, uh, if,

Logan gets married and has triplets.

Wow, hm, so you don't friends. Noted. Lou, noted as well.

Uh, how many episodes of Welcome to Wrexham have you seen?

Seven.

Deceptive.

Oh. You son of a bitch.

[Hugh] It's gotta be eight. This is how I find out?

Its roughly seven, yeah. Right?

Right, it's okay. I don't mind.

Uh, in 2008 you were appointed,

appointed, uh, sexiest man alive.

I think elected is the term.

How many copies did you buy of that issue?

And how fucking rigged was it?

Um,

I bought, I don't know,

the standard, like, 1,400.

[Ryan] Mhm. In moments of insecurity,

Yes.

You ever just look in the mirror and say to yourself,

I am the luckiest god damn bastard

to ever make it in show business? No.

Do you ever remind yourself of your title

to just feel better?

The sexiest man alive, that no one remembers in 2008.

No one remembers last year. Go on, carry on.

No.

Fuck, Lou. Of course you do.

He drops that shit in every single.

This, just, this is not real. Its just a comedy show.

Yeah he can't even make a food without adding that in.

Do you know what year I dethroned you as sexiest man alive?

[Ryan] 2010. Wow.

Ill never forget it. Yes, exactly.

[Ryan] Truthful. 100%, please.

Is there actually a lot more to life

than being really, really ridiculously good looking?

See how I picked that up first time?

No.

Can you turn right walking down the runway?

Okay, okay. Are they X-Men films,

better than the MCU films?

[sighs] No.

You're giving him the answer?

No no no no, I'm not giving him any,

[whispering] they are now.

They are now.

What? Lou?

Truthful.

Just one of the many off the cuff moments

you're gonna expect when you see Deadpool and Wolverine

opening everywhere July 26th.

Okay, then I'm gonna say, okay, here we go, uh,

If you love the MCU so much,

have you seen every film in the cannon?

[Ryan] No. M'kay

Deceptive.

Hm, well.

Describe season two episode five of Agent Shield.

I thought so. Um,

You were talking about films.

[Ryan] What? the film, the film cannon.

[Hugh] Oh. Hm.

There's no difference.

Okay, Hm, I don't have cable.

Is your, is your, is your favorite favorite film

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania?

Yes.

Wha, I don't know why that came out so accusatory.

[Ryan] Deceptive Deceptive.

Please, are you kidding. Oh come on. Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

That's his favorite movie.

If no, is it because Paul Rudd has aged better than you?

Ah, yes. Who'd, who, I mean what sort of,

pact with Satan does that man have?

Like what the hell?

[Ryan] Right?

I mean that guy, I mean its unbelievable,

[Ryan] he's like 21. Yeah.

He's playing Van Wilder.

Yeah, I know, I'm over it. I'm done, right?

Okay great, uh, listen does it, um,

does it bother you that X-Men '97 was better

than most of the X-Men films?

The what? X-Men, what, '97?

That the X-Men '97 was better

than most of the X-Men films?

[sirens blaring in the background]

They're coming for you by the way, no pressure.

[sirens blaring in the background]

Doesn't bother me.

Doesn't bother him.

Truthful.

You know he's not bothered by much, really.

[Ryan] Nope. yeah that is the uh,

And I really like this,

[Ryan] very tight, Man of privilege, uh,

Okay, Deadpool and Wolverine is the first time

that you've played Wolverine since Logan, uh,

is the only reason you came back was

so you could kick my ass onscreen, again?

No.

Deceptive.

Right. I know right?

[whispering] It was the money.

[Ryan] The truth comes out. Yeah.

Okay if no, am I your favorite traveling companion?

Yes.

[Louis] Truthful.

Wow. Jesus, right, that's amazing.

[Ryan] Yes. And we do travel

together, very much. We to travel well together.

[Ryan] Yeah, yeah. Favorite?

I shot, told him how to roll his foot,

nevermind, it doesn't matter.

We star opposite this man,

Yes.

Matthew Macfadyen. Yes.

Are you jealous you were never asked

to join a succession cast?

[Ryan] Oh, no. No.

Truthful.

[Ryan] Truth, I think its truthful.

No, but I'd love it, it's one of my favorite series.

[Hugh] Yeah just, Yep.

Yeah, you really just phone that in.

Right. He's so good.

Yeah, did they give Razzies for their TV shows?

Not heard good things. Okay.

Uh, okay wow, okay here we go,

Matthew plays the time variance authorities, Mr. Paradox,

to properly do your research did you watch Loki

before working on Deadpool and Wolverine?

No No.

Okay, yes. Hugh, I have a question for you.

Do you, uh, find this type of marketing disgusting,

crass, and gimmicky?

No.

Have you ever used one of these for popcorn?

No.

Truthful.

Wow. Wow, you really walked,

into that trap And, canceled.

You know, uh, yeah, you're really gonna wanna,

you're really gonna wanna make sure that

all the kernels are really out of the rim there.

Um, Hugh Jackman,

Yep.

Did you lie?

Yes.

[Ryan] Truthful.

He's being truthful.

Okay but Lou are we allowed to, like,

hurt him or tase him, or fuck him up or something?

I mean this is how, this is how, did you ever see a,

I wouldn't mind a little tase while I'm strapped in.

NYPD blue, like Sipowicz

the physiology is what it is, dude.

Dude. Dude.

Come on.

You're getting some trash talk from Louis.

Yeah. Like can't you just, like, plug the whole thing

I wanna get tased.

into a toaster and throw it in the bath?

Could this seat might be like a taser?

[Ryan] Crushed it.

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