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When Reynolds is in Vancouver working — the Deadpool movies were shot here — he said he makes time to head over to the North Shore for some time in the woods he enjoyed as a teenager.

“That, to me, is my ideal version of heaven,” said Reynolds. “It is when you move away that you really realize what you are missing. More than anything I find I just long for it all the time. I’m lucky to shoot the Deadpool movies in Vancouver, so I get to take my kids out and experience as much of British Columbia as possible.

“British Columbia has so much to offer — I think you can live 40 or 50 lifetimes and never experience even a tenth of it. Now that I have kids, that belief and feeling is reinforced. I just really want to make sure they get some of the experiences that I was lucky enough to have as a kid.”

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Based in New York City, Reynolds and his family travel a lot due to his and wife Blake Lively’s acting jobs and Reynolds’s investment in Aviation American Gin. He admits the busy travel schedule leaves him feeling that New York is just a regular stop-off rather than a home. He still considers the West Coast home and he uses the weather app on his phone to help keep him in touch with B.C.

“I look at it longingly and I think strangely that then I am still connected to my home a little more when I know what the weather is like there,” said Reynolds.

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A card-carrying A-list movie star, Reynolds has the new Netflix movie 6 Underground coming out. He is Detective Pikachu in Pokémon Detective Pikachu and is back for the animated film The Croods 2. There is also a long list of other upcoming projects on his IMDB page. It’s clear there don’t seem to be a lot of openings in the 42-year-old’s schedule.