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Ryan Reynolds has claimed heโs planning to take a โlittle sabbatical from movie-makingโ.
The โFree Guyโ star has just wrapped filming his new movie, โSpiritedโ, Appleโs new take on Charles Dickensโ โA Christmas Carolโ, which also stars Will Ferrell and Octavia Spencer, and he has insisted he feels ready to take a brief break from filming after the โchallengingโ role.
Alongside snaps from the set, Ryan wrote: โNot sure Iโd have been ready to say yes to a film this challenging even three years ago.
โSinging, dancing and playing in the sandbox with Will Ferrell made a whole lotta dreams come true. And this is my second film with the great @octaviaspencerโฆ
โPerfect time for a little sabbatical from movie making. Iโm gonna miss every second working with this obscenely gifted group of creators and artists.
โThese days, kindness matters as much as talent. Iโve been lucky to work with folks who are flush with both. (sic)โ
The 44-year-old actor plays the lead role as Ebenezer Scrooge, while โElfโ star Will portrays the Ghost of Christmas Present.
However, itโs not known if Ryanโs sabbatical comment was made in light of Sir Michael Caine clarifying this weekend that he isnโt in fact retiring from acting.
As the โRed Noticeโ starโs wife, Blake Lively, quipped in the comments: โMichael Caine did it first.โ
Meanwhile, Ryan recently revealed he became โliterate in the gaming worldโ before shooting โFree Guyโ.
The Hollywood actor stars in the new sci-fi action-comedy movie โ which takes place in an open-world video game โ and Ryan admits that it was partially inspired by some real-life games.
He explained: โI think people will recognise elements of โGrand Theft Autoโ and โForniteโ and a lot of games that โฆ use formats not too dissimilar to this.โ
Asked whether he prepared for the film by becoming more familiar with video games culture, Ryan said: โYes and no. I mean, I became as familiar as I possibly could with the subject matter. In addition to Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, I did a draft of the script, as well as Shawn Levy. So for the writing part, for sure, you just had to be literate in the gaming world.
โBut I would do it enough just to get to know it.
โBut I also recognise the โฆ kind of slippery slope because itโs so much fun that you can really just โฆ I could easily see myself just blowing off walking the kids to school and jumping into some โFortniteโ. So I had to walk that fine line.โ