Unfortunately for Reynolds, he wasn’t able to beat his fellow Ryan, Mr. Gosling, who played jazz pianist Sebastian Wilder in the acclaimed La La Land.
While superhero movies don’t often get nominated in the prestige categories at these awards shows, Ryan Reynolds was (appropriately) nominated for his performance as Wade Wilson in Deadpool, a movie that languished in development hell for five years, but arguably made the biggest splash of the superhero movies last year.
In this case, that meant making out with Andrew Garfield as a consolation prize.
It’s a shame that Deadpool himself didn’t get to take home a Golden Globe this year, but at least Reynolds did what he does best: channel the Merc with the Mouth perfectly.