EXCLUSIVE: We now have discovered that the celebs of the highest-grossing R-rated film ever, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, received’t be attending the Golden Globes this Sunday.
Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine, which grossed $1.33 billion worldwide, has one Golden Globe nomination, within the class of Cinematic and Field Workplace Achievement.
Since Reynolds received’t be there, neither will his spouse, Blake Lively, the star and producer of It Ends With Us. Wayfarer Studios and Sony’s $351 million-grossing summer season romantic drama, which was additionally a High 10 hit on Netflix over the vacations, was ignored by Globes voters. Energetic additionally made a cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine.
We perceive that Reynolds, Energetic and Jackman’s resolution to not attend Sunday was made nicely upfront of the It Ends With Us authorized firestorm through which Energetic is suing that pic’s co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, and his staff for sexual harassment and “unconscionable” retaliation in federal courtroom in New York. Additionally, Reynolds and Energetic’s resolution to skip the Globes isn’t because of the newest It Ends With Us scandal, per sources.
In terms of joking concerning the It Ends With Us behind-the-scenes scenario, this 12 months’s Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser is steering clear of it.
“I believe the Blake Energetic-Justin Baldoni factor is such a hot-button factor proper now that even a mere point out of it can look like I could possibly be on the unsuitable aspect of issues, although I might by no means be,” the comic advised Yahoo Leisure. “I additionally don’t wish to give his title any — I’m mad I even know his title, to be sincere with you, so I don’t have to say it anymore.”
Reynolds was up for a Golden Globe in 2017 for the primary Deadpool within the Greatest Actor in Comedy/Musical Function class. Upon dropping to Ryan Gosling, who received for La La Land, the cameras caught Reynolds giving a hysterical celebratory kiss to Andrew Garfield through the ceremony.
Jackman was nominated on the Golden Globes 4 occasions and received as soon as for Greatest Actor in a Comedy/Musical Function for his flip as Jean Valjean in 2012’s Les Miserables.
Reps for Reynolds, Jackman and Energetic didn’t return Deadline’s request for remark.