Ryan Reynolds is looking on the Academy of Movement Image Arts & Sciences to — in the end — acknowledge stunt coordinators on the Oscars. In a prolonged new social media submit, the 47-year-old Deadpool & Wolverine star defined why stunt staff needs to be honored on the annual Academy Awards.
“Stunt work doesn’t have a class on the Oscars, and I hope that’ll change sometime,” Ryan wrote by way of X on Wednesday, August 28. “So many movies have smashed it this 12 months. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin had been stunt performers in addition to filmmakers. Telling tales with their whole our bodies.”
Ryan then applauded the stunt staff who labored with him and his co-star Hugh Jackman on the set of Deadpool & Wolverine, which premiered on July 26.
“This D&W stunt staff over-delivered,” Ryan continued, earlier than including, “Plenty of them are associates I’ve labored with for years, and I’ll spend the remainder of my days doodling their names in my Heidi Stationary, dotting all of the ‘i’s’ with little hearts. I’ve labored with Alex Kyshkovych for the reason that very first @deadpoolmovie. He not solely doubles me — he’s the battle coordinator.”
Stunt work doesn’t have a class at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change sometime. So many movies have smashed it this 12 months. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin had been stunt performers in addition to filmmakers. Telling tales with their whole our bodies.
This D&W stunt staff… pic.twitter.com/19qfdKJew4
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 28, 2024
In typical Ryan vogue, the Proposal star joked that he’d “take a sledgehammer to the face for Alex. Or moderately, I’d ask Alex to take a sledgehammer to the face for Alex.” He continued by shouting out others from the Deadpool & Wolverine stunt staff.
“Second Unit Director/Supervising Stunt Coordinator, George Cottle is a HUGE GET,” Ryan wrote. “You’ve seen his genius in [Spider-Man: No Way Home] together with a ton of different gems. His talent is world class, and he made your complete movie higher. I’d let Alex to take a rusty fork to the attention for George.”
Towards the top of his message, Ryan acknowledged that Hugh, 55, carried out a few of his personal stunts; nevertheless, the Biggest Showman‘s stunt double took on a heavier workload.
“It’s thoughts boggling how a lot @RealHughJackman does himself. However Daniel Stevens steps in for the actually harmful stuff,” Ryan identified. “He’s been “Wolverining” a very long time. As we all know, Wolverining is HARD. I’d ask Alex to eat the crab salad I left on the dashboard for 3 straight days for Dan. Large shoutout to Andy Lister for bringing a brand new and insane Wolvie gear to the Deadpool Corps battle as properly.”
On the finish of his tweet, Ryan inspired his followers to affix him in urging the Academy to lastly acknowledge stunt staff within the movie business.
“In case you’d prefer to see @TheAcademy acknowledge the superb work of stunt groups ACROSS THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY, allow them to know!” Ryan concluded.
This isn’t the primary time that an actor has known as for the popularity of stunt groups. Ryan Gosling‘s film The Fall Man highlights the arduous work that stunt groups carry out. Moreover, Hollywood Life completely spoke with Street Home star Dominique Columbus earlier this 12 months, and he expressed the identical sentiment.
“One factor I actually need is for the stunt staff to get their flowers,” Dominique stated earlier this 12 months. “It bothers me to at the present time that the Academy Awards don’t give awards to stuntmen [and women]. It bothers me. As a result of after I watch individuals operating the stunts on set, this isn’t a simple process.”