‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Star Ryan Reynolds Makes Case For Oscars To Award Stunt Work: “I Hope That’ll Change Someday”

Armando Tinoco
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Ryan Reynolds is celebrating the stunt team on Deadpool & Wolverine and making a case for the Oscars to award their work.

In a new social media post, Reynolds honored the performers who stepped in for actors to make the complex action scenes happen and hoped that their work would be more widely recognized.

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“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday. So many films have smashed it this year,” Reynolds shared on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter. “Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies.”

He continued, “This [Deadpool & Wolverine] stunt team over-delivered. A lot of them are friends I’ve worked with for years and I’ll spend the rest of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all the ‘i’s’ with little hearts.”

Reynolds gave a shoutout to Alex Kyshkovych, who he says he’s worked with since the first Deadpool movie, adding, “He not only doubles me — he’s the Fight Coordinator. I’d take a sledgehammer to the face for Alex. Or rather, I’d ask Alex to take a sledgehammer to the face for Alex.”

“Second Unit Director/Supervising Stunt Coordinator, George Cottle is a HUGE GET,” Reynolds said. “You’ve seen his genius in Spider-Man NWH along with a ton of other gems. His skill is world class and he made the entire film better. I’d let Alex to take a rusty fork to the eye for George.”

The actor also mentioned that it was “mind-boggling” how much Hugh Jackman does a lot of the stunts himself but noted that Daniel Stevens “steps in for the truly dangerous stuff. He’s been “Wolverining” a long time. As we know, Wolverining is HARD. I’d ask Alex to eat the crab salad I left on the dashboard for three straight days for Dan.”

“Huge shoutout to Andy Lister for bringing a new and insane Wolvie gear to the Deadpool Corps fight as well,” he said, before ending with, “If you’d like to see @TheAcademy recognize the amazing work of stunt teams ACROSS THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY, let them know!”

Ryan Reynolds is not the only Ryan calling for the Oscars to add a category for stunts. Ryan Gosling called The Fall Guy a “giant campaign to get stunts an Oscar,” saying during the premiere that stunt performers “are the hardest working people in show business.”

See Reynolds’ thread celebrating the Deadpool & Wolverine stunt team below.

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