-I know you just got back. You were just in Asia.
-I was, yeah. -How does that jet lag feel?
-It's amazing!
The Beijing to Tokyo from New York jet lag,
I always say it's sort of like whitewater rafting backwards.
But you're not whitewater rafting backwards.
You're in the middle of an interview.
-[ Laughs ] You're living in hell right now.
-Yeah. Yeah. -Thank you for coming here.
-No, it's fine. -We love you.
-This could get a little psychedelic.
-Good. Good. I love it.
Watch him melt down. It's going to be great.
Stay tuned for that. -Yeah.
You posted this recently on Instagram, and --
-Oh, yeah. -That's you.
-That is me. -As a child.
-I think I'm about three years old there.
-Three years old. It says, "This is Ryan Reynolds, 3.
He's enjoying the water
at the Kits Community Centre wading pool.
Ryan lives at 2382 Oliver Crest."
[ Laughter ]
-It's amazing, because, like, you know, the newspaper --
The local newspaper was like, "Okay, guys.
We have a semi-nude, vulnerable 3-year-old boy.
The only thing that's going to make this better --
Let's let them know where he lives."
-Oh, my God.
-"Let's let them know where to find him!"
-Can you get creepier than that? Gosh.
-Right? That's just like --
"Brought to you by upcoming tragedy."
Yeah. Thankfully I was okay.
I had three older brothers protecting me. Yeah.
-I just -- While we're going down memory lane,
must be excited that one of your first shows,
if not your first show, "Fifteen," is streaming online.
-Yeah, that's kind of weird, though.
I was 13 when I -- That was the first job --
first job in show business I ever did.
I also had a paper route at the same time,
which is, like, nowadays, you know,
it would be just like cocaine on the side.
-But this -- We have the clip of the opening credits.
-Oh, no. Oh, no.
-Yeah, here's Ryan Reynolds in "Fifteen." Look at this.
♪♪
[ Laughter ]
-Oh! Oh!
-You were Billy? -Wow. Yes.
I was Billy. I'm still Billy. -Who played the drums.
-Who played the drums -- I was actually --
I was actually just a life-support system
hooked up to teeth at that age.
I was like -- It's like, "Wow." That's amazing.
-You really had a good set of choppers back then.
-Yeah. I guess you kind of grow into your teeth.
-That's what happened.
I want to talk about "Pokémon Detective Pikachu."
-You're excited. Yes. -Yeah. I am excited.
I love Pokémon.
I saw this trailer in front of --
I forget what movie I took my kids to, and it crushed.
And I was like, "Oh, my God. That's Ryan."
-It's amazing. -It's really great.
And, you know -- The way you market your movies,
I'm a big fan of the way you do this,
because you always make it interesting
and do something a little different.
You put this, like, "making of" --
like, a fake "Inside the Actors Studio" thing online,
on YouTube.
-Like a method actor trying to portray Detective Pikachu.
-Yes. -Yeah.
-And this is -- I want to show everyone,
because I'm very excited about this.
Here's a quick clip from it.
-This is a funny anecdote.
I was on my way to pick up my daughters from school
when I heard that I got the role.
Well, I didn't show up at school because Detective Pikachu,
he doesn't know who those two little girls are.
Who are they?
-They're our daughters. He just left them.
-He doesn't have a wife. No.
He's a little yellow guy,
lives in Ryme City in a briar patch or something.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-The whole thing -- Got to watch it. It's really funny.
-With the assist from Blake, yeah.
-With the assist from the best, Blake Lively. We love her.
But what's funny about this --
Because it kind of got lost in translation...
-Very much so. -...when you went to Asia.
-When I did press for "Detective Pikachu" in Asia,
a lot of people thought that was real,
that I was, like, being quite serious.
And, I mean, even the casual most glance at my résumé,
you'll see I'm not Daniel Day-Lewis or Christian Bale.
-You're not method-actory.
-Christian Bale, like, you know, lost 412 pounds for a role once.
And then gained, like, 1,200 pounds to play Dick Cheney.
-Yeah, exactly, yeah. -Look, I graduated from,
like, the Aerosmith Online Acting Academy.
-Oh, my God. That's a very prestigious school.
-It's a big-time school. -That's a big-time school.
-Can you tell us what "Detective Pikachu" is about?
-"Detective Pikachu" is -- It basically takes place
in Ryme City, and he's unraveling a mystery.
And there's another young guy
named Justice Smith in the movie,
who's a phenomenal actor, and these two find each other.
Well, both of them are looking for something.
They're trying to unravel a mystery.
The whole movie's kind of like that.
I just love it, because, to me, it's like --
You know, the news these days is just, like,
pouring piping-hot lemon juice into your eyeballs.
So, like, it just feels like it's a nice, like, amazing,
fun adventure that just sweeps you away for a couple hours.
-Pikachu talks, and no one can understand him.
-No one can understand him
except Tim, the guy that he finds.
So everyone else just hears "Pika, Pika,"
and Tim actually hears --
-No, I mean, it's unbelievable. -Tim hears "Deadpool," so, yeah.
-He does hear "Deadpool." -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-Did you think of changing your voice for this
or doing a character? -Well, yeah. No, I totally did.
When we first started, I was like, "I think I should do..."
Because it's sort of like a film noir.
Somebody likened it -- It's almost like
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" had a baby with "Blade Runner."
So I was like, "That's cool."
So I was like, "Okay, let me do an old-school gumshoe,
kind of, 'Columbo,' Peter Falk,
sort of, you know, Brooklyn kind of thing."
And they were like, "Yeah, okay.
Or you c-- Maybe just do Ryan Reynolds."
-"We didn't pay money to see you do a 'Columbo' impersonation."
-They're like, "Maybe shut up a bit and do the other thing."
-I'm glad it was you. -And I totally recognized
it was you when I saw it, so they were right; it worked.
Because I was like, "Dude, that's Ryan. I know it."
We have a clip from "Pokémon Detective Pikachu."
Take a look at this.
-Pikachu? -Ah, geez.
-Hey, little guy. How did you get in here?
-I know you can't understand me.
But put down the stapler, or I will electrocute you.
-Did you just talk? -Whoa.
Did you just understand me?
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
That is heavy eye contact right there. You heard me.
-No, no. -Yes, you did.
-Oh, my God! This is amazing! You can understand me!
-Stop! -I have been so lonely!
-Yeah! Ryan Reynolds, everybody!