Ryan Reynolds reveals how ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ honored co-star Rob Delaney’s late son
nypost.comRyan Reynolds is getting candid on the touching tribute in “Deadpool & Wolverine.”The 47-year-old recently shared on social media that if audiences stay through the film’s credits, they will notice that the threequel is dedicated to his co-star Rob Delaney’s late son Henry, who died in 2018 at age 2 from cancer.“There’s more to @robdelaney than some realize.
He’s one of the most subversively funny people I know. He’s a beautiful, acerbic and vulnerable writer,” Reynolds explained in his Instagram caption on Monday. “If you stayed through the credits of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ you might notice a credit saying, ‘For Henry Delaney.’ Henry was Rob’s son.
And Rob lost his little boy to a brain tumor in 2018. Right as we finished ‘Deadpool 2.’”Delaney played Wade’s best friend Peter, also known as Sugarbear, in the movie’s second installment, and the “Spirted” star noted that he has “always kicked my own ass because I didn’t place a tribute to Henry over the end credits of DP2.”But after making up for it with a nod to the toddler in the “Deadpool & Wolverine” credits, Reynolds knows Henry’s name has reached millions of eyes.“If there’s a bright side, even more people are seeing Henry’s name in the credits of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’” he continued.
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