5 Minutes with Ryan Reynolds
The Celebrity Crush
Feb 08, 2007

Ryan Reynolds is on a press junket around the world promoting his new movie Smokin' Aces. The Celebrity Truth sat down with Ryan for a chat about the movie and his favourite place to be massaged.

Coming 3 days after Reynolds and Alanis Morrisette officially announced that their engagement was off, I was ushered up to Ryan with strict instructions not to talk about anything other than the movie. "If Ryan wants to talk about the split then let him introduce it into the conversation." I was told by one of the studio promoters. 

If he was upset, it certainly wasn't showing.

What are the top 3 questions you've been asked today?
You know what, it's actually been alright. I've had a diverse cross section of questions. There is nothing taboo with me, you can ask me anything.

How much fake blood was used in Smokin' Aces?
I don't have an exact measurement of it.

Was it fake blood, because I've heard in some movies they use pigs blood to give it more realism?
Oh Jesus, I wouldn't feel comfortable about that at all. No, we use nun's blood, which is expensive so we can't use too much of it. No it's actually like this sugary sucrose food colouring type of mix and it actually tastes pretty good. I ate my shirt halfway through filming.

Ray Liotta always plays the psycho in movies and now you star opposite him in Smokin' Aces. What's he like off camera?
In real life he is the meanest man you'll ever love and I say that literally. He's kind of like a surly guy and there's a tremendous amount of edge there but there's also something magnetic about him and something there that you want to love. For me the biggest challange of the movie was establishing a bond with Ray that didn't feel forced and wasn't spoken about, it was just something you see in our eyes and that was the easy part.

Were you nervous working with him?
You know, I was a little bit nervous for my life, because you know this is Henry Hill (Liotta's character from Goodfellas) sitting next to you. This is a legend, but once you get in the ring with anybody it's pretty much level playing ground, you've got to bring what you've got to bring.

Do you think he was nervous working with you?
I think so. You know I saw a bit of a lip quiver and I couldn't tell if that was just unmitigated attraction to me or the fact that I'd just shaken him up a little bit.

So you were obviously disappointed there were no love scenes with him?
Yeah but offscreen we kind of held each other. Just rocked each other back and forth, talked about stuff, nothing weird.

There's an emotional scene in the movie where you have to cry. How many takes do you need to get it right?
You know usually the first one is kind of a rough sketch or a rough idea of what you're going to do. Then you get into it and it's there when you need it. I think about things like what would my father look like as a soup?

I did a Google search on your name and 2,900,000 listings came up. Do you ever do this or even care?
I don't really give a rat fu*k. 2.8 million of those are from my mother. She's got some things that she's working out.

What's your pet peeve?
Slow walkers. You know when you get stuck behind those kind of people and you're like "Guys come on, let's put a little hip in or hop here. It drives me nuts.

When have you had an awkward moment?
I was going to say any family dinner but you know when you're in the bathroom and a guy comes out of the bathroom stall aswell and he's like "Hey you're Ryan Reynolds" and he extends his hand. There's that moment where you're like "You know what? I'm gonna let you rinse that off, dry it and then when you turn around I'll be gone.

So you don't like shaking someone else's piss hand?
No I don't. You know, I might as well just shake your penis. Let's just avoid this interaction entirely.

What's your favourite colour?
Woman. It looks good on anyone.

Favourite thing to do other than movies?
Get on a bike and riding out into the great wide open.

Where's your favourite place to be massage?
I'm not going to say Thailand. I think my favourite place to be massaged would have to be the thorax. You know, if you can actually get through the breast plate and get right in there then you haven't lived until you've done that. You can actually milk it.