Hugh Jackman has opened up about his long-running, hilarious rivalry with Ryan Reynolds, which initially sprung from the actor’s friendship with the Green Lantern star’s ex-wife Scarlett Johansson.
In an interview with the Daily Beast on Thursday, Jackman said that while he couldn’t remember the exact reason why their feud began, he said it had something to do with Reynold’s ex-wife – Reynolds and Johansson were married from 2008 until 2011.
The 43-year-old Just Friends star went on to marry actress Blake Lively in 2012. The pair are parents to three daughters.
"It's gone back so long now… God, this is a classic sign where your feud has gone too long, where you don't even know why or how it started!" Jackman began.
"I met him back on Wolverine, and I used to ream him because I was very close friends with Scarlett.
"Scarlett had just married Ryan, so when he came on set I was like, 'Hey, you better be on your best behaviour here, pal, because I'm watching,' and we started ribbing each other that way."
Over the years the pair have regularly played jokes on each other, from teasing in television interviews to scathing social media tweets.
In 2018, Jackman was joined by Reynolds’ pal Jake Gyllenhaal to trick the actor into thinking he was invited to a Christmas jumper party. Unfortunately for the star, who dressed in a festive green and red knit with a gold bow, everyone else at the shindig dressed in casual attire.
The actor said that their rivalry has "escalated" over the years after Reynolds starred in Deadpool and that he spends more than "five hours a day" thinking of ways to play a joke on Reynolds.
"I've found in the past that it just gets unhealthy if it's more than five hours of obsessing over how to get Ryan Reynolds. But five hours is good and healthy and keeps me strong and ready," he said.
Earlier this week, Jackman celebrated his 24th wedding anniversary with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness.
After he shared a photograph of himself and his wife on Instagram, Reynolds commented on the post, telling Furness to "hang in there, Deb".
On Thursday, Jackman also shared a photograph of himself waking his dog and wearing a face mask which prompted Reynolds to plug his alcohol brand, Aviation Gin, in the comments section.
"You can’t spell drinking without, 'drink gin'," he noted.
Meanwhile, in February, the actors celebrated their one-year 'truce-aversary’ with a video on Twitter.
In the clip, Jackman starred in a 30-second mock advert to promote Reynolds’ gin.
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