Ryan Reynolds jokes that he abandoned his family to immerse himself in the role of Detective Pikachu – Interest

Deadpool & # 39; s Ryan Reynolds appears in a new teaser "behind the role" for Legendary entertainment and Warner Bros.& # 39; live action Pokémon: Detective Pikachu movie that he shared on his Twitter account on Monday. The video describes the huge undertaking Reynolds has undertaken to fully immerse himself in the role of Pikachu, even going so far as to "forget" his wife and children, trying to lose weight, and even to live close to ground.

The actress and Reynolds' wife, Blake Lively, criticize his approach to the character in the teaser, even stating that he did not change his voice for the role and that she and she the children will not see the movie.

Of course, all this is just a joke to promote Pokémon: Detective PikachuThe new trailer is about to fall on Tuesday.

The film is expected to debut in the United States on May 10 and will also open in Japan in May.

Ryan Reynolds (dead Pool) will play Detective Pikachu. Judge Smith (Down) will play Tim Goodman, another main character, a teenager who teams up with Pikachu to find his missing father, and Kathryn Newton (Big little lies) will play the "sbady journalist" Lucy. Ken Watanabe (Legendary Godzilla) will play the original detective Yoshida. Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean: The dead man's chest, love in fact) Chris Geere (You are Worst) Suki Waterhouse (Nation of badbadination) Rita Ora (Fifty lighter shades), and Omar Chaparro (Stuck at the sea 2018) are also part of the distribution.

Rob Letterman (Shark story, Monsters against Aliens, Goose bumps) directs the film, with scripts from Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Letterman.

The film is based on Detective Pikachu Nintendo The 3DS game, which debuted in Japan in 2016. An extended version was delivered in the West last March.

Source: Entertainment Weekly (Ruth Kinane)