Having worked with multiple stars, Helen Mirren once collaborated with Ryan Reynolds in a legendary film, based on a true story. While working on this project, Reynolds was left startled by his co-star’s surprising confession about how nervous she felt starring in the film.
Helen Mirren has been in the film industry for quite a while. Over the years she has aged brilliantly in terms of her acting genius and went on to portray several remarkable characters. Perhaps best known for playing her Oscar-winning role of Queen Elizabeth II, it is astounding the star might still get the jitters before the camera starts rolling.
Ryan Reynolds Was Surprised By Helen Mirren’s Confession
It has been more than 5 decades since Helen Mirren first began her career. Throughout these 5 decades, the actress has delivered remarkable performance after performance and continues to deliver award-winning roles. After being one of the very few to receive the Triple Crown of Acting among many other illustrious awards, it is shocking that she might still get nervous before the camera.
In an interview, while talking about their film Woman in Gold, Ryan Reynolds revealed how he was shocked to hear his co-star’s confession.
“But our first rehearsal day, she came over and whispered in my ear, “I’m so f*cking nervous.” And I thought that was incredible, that somebody of her pedigree and her stature and her experience still gets nervous before starting a film. I just thought that was the most heartwarming and beautiful thing I had ever heard. It’s something you hope would never go away.”
Her confession, though leaving him started, was an amazing thing for Reynolds to witness. The Deadpool star acknowledged how wonderful it was to see that even after years of acting, the first-time jitters and nervousness never go away, making the process even more fun.
Ryan Reynolds Loved Acting Along With Helen Mirren
Experienced actors may sometimes be too much to work with. However, in the case of Helen Mirren, the actress has nothing of that air that shows she has been an actress for this long. It was this quality of the Red star that Ryan Reynolds loved.
“Going into it, you always wonder when you step onto a set and what the dynamic is going to be like. Sometimes you can work with people who are method actors and to be totally frank, that can be really uncomfortable for everyone involved. Helen has none of that. She just sort of steps into it in the moment. When they roll the cameras, she becomes whomever she’s playing. That was a beautiful thing.”
Furthermore, the fact that Mirren was as nervous as him showed him how much of a truly legendary actor she was,
“You’d never know it to look at her, but the fact that she leaned over and said that (that she was nervous), I thought it just imbued so much humanity into this person you can’t help but consider a legend.”
Despite the nervousness, both Mirren and Ryan Reynolds did a remarkable job in bringing such an important event to the big screen.
You can stream Woman in Gold on Netflix.
Source: Comingsoon.Net
