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Allow Ryan Reynolds to catch you up on his acting methods.
The Detective Pikachu star quipped that he “prepped for months” for what he described as his “most emotional performance to date,” sharing a clip of himself singing the Pokémon theme song in the 2019 movie.
“Sheltered myself from the outside world on a diet of ketchup alone,” Reynolds wrote on Instagram Nov. 10, alluding to Pikachu’s love for the condiment. “But it was all worth it for this moment.”
But jokes aside, the 50-year-old—who shares kids James, 11, Inez, 9, Betty, 6, and Olin, 3, with wife Blake Lively—does have a history of altering his diet in preparation for a role.
“The diet aspect becomes a job, the working out becomes a job—and people can do that in their own life, but with prepping for a role it’s easier,” he told Fighters Only in 2019. “I think people should treat it seriously and fully invest if they want to make changes in their own lives.”
In fact, Reynolds said he ate 3,200 calories every day to offset his training for 2009’s Blade: Trinity.
“I had a goal, and for three to four months leading up to it I would train six days a week,” he explained. “I gained 25lb of muscle while keeping my body fat low. That time taught me so much. Now my training is more functional and less aesthetic—although that certainly comes with it.”
But since “every role is different, and it’s not the same physique every time,” Reynolds has learned to adapt over the years.
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“When I’m trying to be cut but muscly, like in Deadpool, then I eat eggs, tuna wraps, chicken and salad dishes, avocado and almond butter to get those good fats,” he shared. “There’s also a lot of brown rice, protein bars and protein shakes—just whey and water—almonds, apple, broiled fish or chicken, lots of vegetables and salad. Those are my staples, and I make sure I eat roughly six meals a day.”
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