Ryan Reynolds on Red Notice and Shawn Levy's The Adam Project
84With writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber’s Red Notice starting to stream this Friday, I recently spoke to Ryan Reynolds about making the huge Netflix movie. During the interview, Reynolds talked about what it’s really like filming a big action sequence in a movie like the mine shaft sequence in Red Notice, how Aviation Gin (his liquor company) ended up in the film, what’s the first thing someone should watch if they’ve never seen anything he’s done, and his reaction when Green Lantern suddenly surged into the top ten on Netflix. In addition, he talks about why his upcoming Netflix movie, The Adam Project, is one of the most personal movies he’s ever made. If you’re not familiar with the film, it’s an original time travel adventure story about a man who travels back in time to get help from his younger self to confront their late father.
Previously director Shawn Levy told us that while The Adam Project delivers on big budget action adventure, tonally it’s also in line with touching father-son stories like Frequency and Field of Dreams:
“Obviously there's a load of action and really all the things we want from a time travel adventure movie, but it's ultimately very much a descendant of Frequency and Field of Dreams. And the fun of it is very much kind of Back to the Future-inspired, but the heart of it is more Frequency and Field of Dreams. Because imagine if you could go and have empathy for your parents now that you know what you know as an adult. Imagine being able to tell your kid self, ‘Yo buddy, you're going to be okay. You're going to be okay.’ It literally gives me goosebumps because this is a fundamental human journey. And this Jonathan Tropper screenplay taps into that yearning, but in the vessel of just rad big budget action adventure.”
The Adam Project will be on Netflix next year and also stars Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner.
As you’ve seen in the trailers, the film is about one of the top FBI profilers, John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson), forced to team with the "world's second most famous art thief," Nolan Booth (Reynolds) to track down the world's most famous art thief, Sarah Black (Gal Gadot), aka "The Bishop." Loaded with action, around the world locations, and some very funny scenes between Johnson and Reynolds, Red Notice is well worth your time and it’s going to be a massive hit for Netflix. The film also stars Chris Diamantopoulos, Ritu Arya, and Vincenzo Amato and was produced by Johnson, Beau Flynn, Dany and Hiram Garcia, Wendy Jacobson, and Scott Sheldon.
Watch what Ryan Reynolds had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about followed by the official synopsis.
Ryan Reynolds
What was his reaction when Green Lantern suddenly surged into the top ten on Netflix?
If someone has never seen anything he has done what is the first thing they should watch?
Did he have any sort of competition with Dwayne Johnson on who could get their liquor company in the movie more?
How Johnson suggested they add Aviation Gin to a scene.
What is it really like behind-the-scenes during the making of a big action sequence like the mine chase in the 3rd act of Red Notice?
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