Ryan Reynolds Opens Up About Becoming a Dad, and Losing His Own

Men’s Health March cover guy Ryan Reynolds is a different kind of mega-star: He exudes normality.

If there’s any ego there, it’s well concealed. Reynolds, who stars in the highly anticipated superhero action film, “Deadpool,” (out February 12), opens up to Men’s Health about the lessons learned from and final moments he shared with his dad (“I learned discipline from my father. Not in terms of corporal punishment, but being determined in whatever you do”), how fatherhood has changed him, and the new realities of physical fitness as he approaches 40—namely, warming up.

“I never did stuff like that back in my 20s, but I’m that guy now,” he says. “I’m the guy doing calisthenics. I’m doing jumping jacks and deep knee bends. I work out like a British person.”

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(Pick up the March issue of Men’s Health, available on the Apple iTunes Newsstand starting Tuesday, Feb. 2, and on newsstands everywhere soon after that.)

“Even if I’ve been in a gym for two hours before a 17-hour day on the movie set, I never bitch about it. Get your sleep when you get your sleep.”

“What you’re telling people when you’re late is that their time doesn’t mean a thing to you. And it sends a real bad message right away.”

“If someone is saying something that you’re opposed to on a molecular level, forget about your argument and just go into their head for a second.”

“When I’m making a movie, I make sure every member of the crew feels included. I’ll change a line in the script just to make Doug the gaffer laugh.”

For more about Reynolds—as well as the 2016 Spring Guide to Style—pick up the March issue of Men’s Health, available on the Apple iTunes Newsstand starting Tuesday, Feb. 2, and on newsstands everywhere soon after that.