PLAY TIME
Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer are staring down the lens of a Zoom call from New York, peering at the cover of Total Film from May 2020. “Wow. The salad days of yesteryear…” deadpans Reynolds in his inimitable cadence, recalling the last time we all sat down together to discuss Free Guy; a poppy actioner that sees Reynolds as a NPC in an open-world videogame who decides to wrestle control of his life. Then destined for a July 2020 release, before it was shifted to Christmas, then again to May 2021 and finally, finally coming out late summer, Free Guy’s themes of community, personal responsibility and the feeling of being stuck in a weird alt-reality will likely take on more resonance in a world just emerging from Covid. But to Reynolds and his co-star, Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer (playing avatar Molotov Girl in the matrix and game designer Milly in the real world), Free Guy is more about fun, escapism and the popcorn giddiness of a big movie on a Friday night. As can-do actors playing characters determined to shape their own destinies, we thought it only right that they should conduct their own interview. “How kind,” says Comer. “Very 2021 of you,” nods Reynolds. So what happened when TF put our feet up and let them grill each other on auditions, stunts and getting the giggles?
JODIECOMER: You must have loads of projects that come across your desk, Ryan…
RYAN REYNOLDS: I don’t have a desk.
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