Why Everybody Adores Ryan Reynolds: In the Eyes of a Filipino Media Man
For those of you who don’t know (and I’m willing to bet that there are a lot of you who don’t) Butch Francisco, is a very well-known and respected journalist in the Philippines. Why am I talking about him? Well because more importantly, he got to interview the “next leading man in Hollywood” – Ryan Reynolds, himself!
Well, as I was saying, Butch was lucky enough to be sent off to interview the man of the hour. But what was particularly unique about this is that he had no idea what Ryan looked like. Gasp! Yes, I know what you’re thinking. A journalist who does not recognize Ryan Reynolds! But hey, let’s just forgive him since he hasn’t had time to watch any of Ryan’s movie just yet.
In his column, the media man writes: In person, Ryan isn’t exactly the handsome leading man in the same mold as Cary Grant. Oh well, in my opinion, no one can be as handsome and charming as Cary Grant!
He also writes that: He is a brilliant comedian with great timing and the way he comically parries it off with Sandra is what makes The Proposal succeed as a comedy. Only a few minutes into the movie, I already had respect for his talent and was finally excited to formally meet him. Wow, look who’s gushing! But I guess that this is really true, watching the movie, I can really say that Ryan has great comedic timing. And his interaction and chemistry with Sandra Bullock is great (the fact that they’ve been friends for nine years didn’t hurt too). And oh, I want to meet him too!
His article titled, Why Everybody Adores Ryan Reynolds, printed in one of the leading national newspapers in his country, states exactly why movie-goers and the general public adore Ryan: Undeniably he has great star quality. But that doesn’t necessarily alienate him from most moviegoers who would surely find him — how do we say that? — okay, just within reach of anybody. In today’s changing taste in the movies, that is a plus factor.
Amen.
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