“I was like, ‘I dont hear the beats, man.
Help me out with something real here!'”
In hindsight,Ryan Reynoldsshould’ve known better than to ask the Greatest Showman for performance tips.
Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.Monica Schipper/Getty
But the results didn’t exactly fill Reynolds up with holiday cheer.
“He was like, ‘Just double-check you’re listening to those count-offs and those beats’.
And I was like, ‘I don’t hear the beats, man.
Help me out with something real here!'”
He continued, “That was something that I constantly reminded myself.
And it actually extended well beyond this project into other aspects of my life.
So that was pretty good advice.”
“Doing a fight sequence is in my bones.
I memorize them very fast.
I can make a mistake and use that mistake to my advantage in the moment.
Whereas dancing, if I make one mistake, I completely fall apart.”
“The more comfortable I am at sucking at something, the better I become at that thing.
I was trying to be the best singer I could possibly be.
And that’s it.
And that’s all I can do.
I can’t really control much else.”
Spiritedis streaming now on Apple TV+.
