Hollywood is living through  the friggin' salad days,  as Ryan Reynolds puts it, after experiencing the biggest summer at the box office since COVID, thanks to blockbusters like  Spider-Man: Brand New Day  and  The Odyssey.  Last month, the  Deadpool  star personally congratulated the cast and crew of  The Odyssey  for surpassing  Deadpool   Wolverine  to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.

 Obviously, [ The Odyssey'] is an incredible, incredible movie. Christopher Nolan literally breathes the rarest air on Earth. He's a singular filmmaker,  Reynolds told Variety at the  Mayday  premiere at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on Tuesday night.  I mean, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, who's clearly batting a thousand stars with Zendaya. I just love that people are going to the movie theaters. I don't even care why or for what reason. Just go to the movie theaters. There's no better shared experience. 

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Ryan Reynolds praises Christopher Nolan after  The Odyssey  beats  Deadpool   Wolverine  to become the biggest R-rated movie ever:



 Obviously, [ The Odyssey'] is an incredible, incredible movie. Christopher Nolan literally breathes the rarest air on Earth. He's a singular… pic.twitter.com/ydNoZxvggF - Variety (@Variety) September 2, 2026

Apple Original Films'  Mayday  marks Reynolds' first major movie role since  Deadpool   Wolverine  hit theaters more than two years ago. Set at the end of the Cold War, he stars as a U.S. Navy pilot who becomes trapped behind enemy lines and forms an unlikely friendship with an eccentric ex-KGB agent (Kenneth Branagh) who idolizes '80s American culture. Reynolds believes that the rosy-colored nostalgia surrounding the decade, popularized in modern-day projects like  Stranger Things,  tends to gloss over the more turbulent nature of the era.

 When you get far enough away from a time period that's quite distinct, there's always a lovely feeling associated with it, almost like you pave over all the trauma with puppy dogs and ice cream,  Reynolds said.  The 80s was a brutal, brutal time for people. It was a fucking mess and 

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