When and were making their upcoming film, , a ping-pong table sent to them by Reynolds’ wife, , helped them come up with comedic ideas. “Boy, did we play some ping-pong,” Reynolds, 47, said during a Monday, June 24, interview with . “It gets you out of your head, it wakes you up,” Jackman, 55, added.
Reynolds shared a photo via on Monday of himself and Jackman playing ping-pong while dressed as their respective characters, Deadpool and Wolverine. “Blake [is] the real reason these ping-pong photos came about. She and I have a bunch of these prints of actors playing it on their sets,” Reynolds told the outlet.
“We’ve got [ ] and [ ] in Durango, Mexico, during the shooting of . We’ve got and , I think in the ’30s. We have playing ping-pong, and playing.
. So, Blake sent the ping-pong table to Pinewood Studios.” director shared that the ping-ping photos are “personal favorites” for him, Reynolds and Jackman.
“For the three of us, those photos are treasures. They captured the spirit of this shoot,” he said. “It was very hard work, but it was fun every day because we were doing it with buddies.
” The playful act of ping-pong — as well as the trio’s preexisting friendship — helped them craft the punchy comedy they knew the film needed. “This friendship between the three of us also made the movie better. You’re not embarrassed to try weird, dumb s–t,” Levy, 55, said.
“And some of it is going to fail. Some of it doesn’t work. But if.