Ryan Reynolds talks ‘Deadpool,’ parenthood, his late dad’s Parkinson’s

>>> SO WHAT MADE YOU FINALLY WEAR AN HONEST TO GOD COSTUME? MINE'S RED SO THEY CAN'T SEE ME BLEED. I CAN SEE HOW YELLOW WOULD BE USEFUL, TOO. >> HAVE YOU BEEN CHECKED FOR ADHD? IS. >> RYAN REYNOLDS WITH HUGH JACKMAN IN "DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE," THE MOVIE THAT HAS SHATTERED BOX OFFICE RECORDS THIS SUMMER. THAT THIRD MOVIE IN A "DEAD POOL" TRILOGY HAS DONE $1.3 BILLION WORTH OF BUSINESS SINCE ITS RELEASE IN JULY PUSHING IT WELL PAST "OPPENHEIMER" AND "JOKER" AS THE HIGHEST GROSSING R-RATED MOVIE IN THE HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD. HE WILLED HIM ONTO THE SCREEN IN 2016 THROUGH HEAVY STUDIO RESISTANCE. HE WAS VINDICATED WHEN HIS SUPERHERO MOVIE THAT IS A SPOOF OF SUPERHERO MOVIES BECAME A BLOCKBUSTER OF ITS OWN. REYNOLDS HAS BEEN ON A ROLL SINCE THEN OFF SCREEN, TOO, AS PART OWNER OF A SUCCESSFUL GIN LABEL, MOBILE PHONE COMPANY, AND UNDERDOG WELSH SOCCER CLUB THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF AN EMMY-WINNING DOCUMENTARY SERIES. RYAN AND I GOT TOGETHER THE OTHER DAY FOR A "SUNDAY SITDOWN." >> HERE'S A LITTLE CINEMATIC UNIVERSE THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER. >> RYAN REYNOLDS SLIPPING BACK INTO THE RED SPANDEX THIS SUMMER AND MAKING HOLLYWOOD HISTORY AS THE UNCONVENTIONAL MARVEL SUPERHERO, DEADPOOL. AND THIS TIME, HE BROUGHT AN OLD FRIEND. >> EVERYBODY KNOWS ME. I'M THE WOLVERINE. >> YES, YOU ARE. >> ONE OF THE FIRST PITCHES I CRAFTED FOR KEVIN WAS, IN FACT, A WOLVERINE/DEADPOOL FILM. MARVEL WASN'T READY. THEY COULDN'T WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND HOW TO RESURRECT THIS ICONIC AND LEGENDARY CHARACTER AFTER THE MOVIE "LOGAN." AND I SAID WHO [ BLEEP ] CARES ABOUT A MASTERPIECE? LET'S JUST DIG OUT THIS OLD MAN RIVER BONES AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE OUT SOME BAD GUYS. ♪♪ >> PUSHING WELL PAST $1 BILLION AT THE WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE, "DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE" NOW IS THE HIGHEST GROSSING R-RATED MOVIE OF ALL TIME. >> LAST WEEK I WALKED AROUND NEW YORK CITY WITH HUGH AND IT WAS WILD TO WALK AROUND. IT FELT LIKE WE MAYBE SAVED A BABY FROM A BURNING BUILDING. IT WAS WILD. PEOPLE REALLY FOUND A LOT OF LOVE AND JOY AND HAPPINESS IN THE MOVIE, AND THAT'S THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF. >> BORN AND RAISED IN VANCOUVER, REYNOLDS HAD SUCCESS WITH ROMANTIC COMEDIES LIKE "THE PROPOSAL." >> WILL YOU MARRY ME? >> NO. SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. >> BUT DEADPOOL IS HIS LABOR OF LOVE. HE FOUGHT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE TO BRING THE FOUL-MOUTHED CHARACTER FROM COMIC BOOKS -- >> OH, HELLO -- >> -- TO THE BIG SCREEN. IT FINALLY HAPPENED AFTER ANIMATED TEST FOOTAGE, PAID FOR BY REYNOLDS, LEAKED ONLINE MYSTERIOUSLY LEADING EXCITED FANS TO DEMAND A STANDALONE "DEADPOOL" MOVIE. >> MEET THE CURE. >> MAYBE NOT CURE BUT IT WILL REDUCE SWELLING AND ITCH. >> SOMEBODY LEAKED VIDEO ONLINE OF "DEADPOOL." HE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT GREAT OF A MAN. >> HE'S NOT GREAT. NO, NOT GOOD AT THE JOB. SPINELESS. JUST A HUMAN JELLYFISH. >> THAT'S BEEN TEN YEARS AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU, THE WAY THIS MOVIE HAS DONE, A PIVOT POINT IN YOUR CAREER AND YOUR LIFE HONESTLY. >> IT CHANGED MY LIFE. I WORKED IN MOVIES I THINK ARE REALLY GOOD, REALLY WELL CRAFTED FILMS THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DIDN'T CATCH FIRE. GRATIFIED BY RETURNING THE INVESTMENT SOMEONE MADE IN ME AND PART OF HOW THAT HAPPENED I THINK WAS AUTHORSHIP, HAVING SOME AUTHORSHIP OVER HOW THE STORY IS TOLD. YEAH, I MEAN, NO COMPANY, EVEN DISNEY, DESERVES TO MAKE A BILLION DOLLARS OFF A COMIC BOOK MOVIE. HEY, I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO BUTTS IN SEATS AND PEOPLE COMING TO SEE SOMETHING YOU WORKED ON HARDER THAN MAYBE ANYTHING IN MY LIFE. >> THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF REYNOLDS' PASSION PROJECT FACED A BATTLE AT THE BOX OFFICE THIS SUMMER WITH THE MOVIE "IT ENDS WITH US," STARRING RYAN'S WIFE, BLAKE LIVELY. DESPITE YOUR HAPPY MARRIAGE, YOU'RE VICIOUS RIVALS PROFESSIONALLY. CAN YOU SAY I BEAT YOU BY THAT MUCH? >> ONLY TIME IN MY LIFE I DREAMT OF COMING IN SECOND. IT'S THE SIGN OF A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE ONE CONSTANT WITH BLAKE AND I IS WE REALLY ROOT FOR EACH OTHER. >> REYNOLDS AND LIVELY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN. THEIR LATEST ADDITION, A BABY BOY, ARRIVED LAST YEAR. FATHERHOOD HAS RYAN RETHINKING A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS OWN DAD, JAMES, WHO DIED IN 2015 AFTER A 20-YEAR BATTLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. PARKINSON'S AFFECTS AN ESTIMATED 1 MILLION AMERICANS INCLUDING, OF COURSE, MICHAEL J. FOX AND MY FATHER, BILL GEIST. I WAS READING THROUGH YOUR DAD'S STORY AND, MY GOSH, IT IS ALMOST SHOT FOR SHOT OUR STORY, DIAGNOSED AT A YOUNG AGE. >> YOUR DAD WAS 47? 48? >> DENIAL FOR A LONG TIME. WE DIDN'T NAME IT FOR A LONG TIME. >> PARKINSON'S MAY HAVE BEEN SAID THREE TIMES IN MY LIFE. >> RYAN IS PARTNERING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SOME LESSER KNOWN WARNING SIGNS OF PARKINSON'S. DELUSIONS AND HALLUCINATIONS. >> JIM CAME HOME FROM A TRIP, AND HE WAS CONVINCED I HAD BEEN IN THE CAR WITH HIM. HE SAID THAT WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION, BUT I WAS NOT IN THE CAR. >> I KIND OF CAST IT AS, OH, HE'S LOSING HIS MARBLES. HAD I KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE HANDLED IT BETTER, A MUCH MORE PATIENT PERSON. I THINK MY FATHER WOULD HAVE FELT WAY LESS ALONE. >> IN HIS FATHER'S FINAL MONTHS, A MOMENT OF JOY. HE MET YOUR FIRST CHILD, RIGHT? >> HE MET MY DAUGHTER WHO IS NAMED FOR HIM. >> SO HE HAD THAT PLEASURE. >> GRANDDAUGHTERS WOULD HAVE REALLY CHANGED HIM. >> SOFTENS YOU RIGHT UP. >> YEAH. HE GREW UP HAVING FOUR BOYS. THAT'S NOT EASY. THEY'RE BORN WITH FULL-BLOWN RABIES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THAT. I ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE ONE MYSELF. >> PUT THEM DOWN. DO YOU SIT NOW AND LOOK BACK ON YOUR DAD'S JOURNEY THROUGH PARKINSON'S, WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW AT THIS POINT IN YOUR LIFE? >> I DON'T THINK ABOUT HIS DISEASE, REALLY P.M. I THINK ABOUT HOW I SORT OF SHAPED OUR RELATIONSHIP, THE NARRATIVE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP. I SEE AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER AND AM A FATHER, THINGS I DID NOT LIKE ABOUT MY FATHER ARE ACTUALLY THE THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT ME. AND THE MAN MADE MISTAKES. I'M NOT SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T, BUT IT IS NOT THAT SIMPLE. >> WITH AGE AND ANOTHER BLOCKBUSTER UNDER HIS BELT, THE 47-YEAR-OLD IS FINDING PEACE NOT ONLY WITH HIS DAD BUT WITH HIM SEVEN, TOO. >> AS AT THIS GET OLDER, I THINK I'M BETTER AT OBSERVATION AS OPPOSED TO EVALUATION, LIKE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE AND WE JUST OBSERVE. I FIND MY STRESS LEVEL GOES DOWN. I FIND I'M A LITTLE BIT LESS OF A [ BLEEP ] PERSONALLY, YEAH. >> THANK GOD. FINALLY GOT TO THAT POINT. >> YOU KNEW YOU'D CRACK ME, GEIST. GOT IT. >> AND THE RECORD-BREAKING "DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE," IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN IT, IS IN THEATERS NOW. OUR BIG THANKS TO THE LEGENDARY RIDGE FOR HOSTING OUR CONVERSATION. 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