Ryan Reynolds on Balancing Success and Fatherhood

About this episode

Ryan Reynolds discusses his career, business ventures, and balancing family life with Willie Geist.

Actor, producer and businessman Ryan Reynolds joins Willie Geist for a special Sunday Sitdown Live conversation at City Winery New York. They discussed Reynolds’s wide-ranging career in front of the camera including the future of the billion-dollar “Deadpool” Franchise, the incredible success of Wrexham AFC, since he and fellow actor Rob McElheney bought it in 2020, his many other business ventures including Aviation Gin and his marketing company Maximum Effort, and how he balances family life and fatherhood through it all.

People in this episode

Host: Willie Geist

Guest: Ryan Reynolds

Topics covered

• fatherhood
• business
• film
• success
• sports
• interview

Keywords

• Ryan Reynolds
• fatherhood
• Deadpool
• Wrexham AFC
• Aviation Gin
• Maximum Effort
• success

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wrexham AFC, Aviation Gin, Maximum Effort

Books & works: Deadpool

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