The pop star is close friends with the actor’s wife, Blake Lively.
Taylor Swift has many famous buddies, but one of her closest Hollywood friendships seems to be with actress Blake Lively, and by extension, Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds.
In fact, the celebrity couple is so close to the pop superstar that she name-dropped all three of their daughters in her 2020 song “Betty.”
Now, in a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter, where among other things Reynolds talked about the hit Deadpool franchise and his bromance with actor Hugh Jackman, he touched on his relationship with the “Cruel Summer” singer.
It started when he spoke candidly about a project he’s been chipping away at recently, a movie called Boy Band. “A lot of members of boy bands — and there are a lot of them — had managers who left them high and dry. They experienced levels of fame that would be very difficult for anyone to navigate, let alone an adolescent, when you are farming out your self-worth to an audience of screaming people,” Reynolds stated.
The interviewer then asked if watching Swift’s concerts acts as research for the scriptwriting process.
“Research? There’s no comp for that. It’s a thing to witness. I told Taylor a while ago that I wish she had the opportunity to watch herself from the audience, even for a moment,” he admitted.
Reynolds also spoke about his production and marketing company Maximum Effort, and how one of their viral ad campaigns was inspired by Swift’s relationship.
Shortly after the pop star was spotted supporting her boyfriend Travis Kelce at a Kansas City Chiefs game for the first time, the company coordinated another viral moment by having the actor who plays “Jake from State Farm” in commercials take in a Philadelphia Eagles game in the Kelce family suite as Travis’ brother Jason played.
They got Swift’s blessing for the idea and made it happen quickly. “There’s nothing better than cold-calling a Fortune 500 company with an idea. Ads should be fun. And speed matters. The biggest issue with marketing and ad generation is overthinking and overspending,” Reynolds said. “It’s a f—-ing commercial, not ‘In Memoriam’ at the Oscars. Don’t be afraid of greatness. Don’t be afraid of sucking. They’re both a small detail away from each other.”
