Free Guy is an action comedy, meaning Ryan Reynolds (who mastered action with movies like Smokin’ Aces, comedy with hits like Van Wilder or The Proposal, and the hybrid of both genres with Deadpool) was the perfect choice to play the title character.
The next of Reynolds’ 2021 movies (which has also included sequels to The Croods and The Hitman’s Bodyguard) is Red Notice (his second Netflix original after 6 Underground), he will reunite with Free Guy director Shawn Levy for the time travel adventure The Adam Project, and a Deadpool 3 is in the works, reportedly.
In fact, if not for the raunchy Marvel movie (his fourth attempt at superhero movies after Blade: Trinity, 2008’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and the infamous Green Lantern, the Canadian-born former sitcom star (of Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place, namely) might not have been considered for the role.