Ryan Reynolds Says His Kids Couldn’t Stop Watching the ‘IF’ Movie Trailer

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s children are big fans of their dad’s movies. So much so, in fact, that they couldn’t stop watching the trailer for his latest movie IF before it was released on May 13th. Reynolds fondly shared how it caused lots of problems for the family.

The Kids Loved the Trailers

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have four children. Ines, James, and Betty are the older children, and they had another child in February 2023 but haven’t publicly shared the name.

The children were so obsessed with the IF trailer that Reynolds joked it was hard to get them out of the house to go to school. Reynolds also said that they adored his costar, Cailey Fleming, whom he most trusted to babysit them among the IF cast.

IF Is for Imaginary Friend

So, what exactly is IF about? It’s about a girl who has the ability to see other people’s imaginary friends, so she decides to do good and try to reunite children with their “forgotten IFs.”

Ryan Reynolds narrates the trailer, asking viewers what would happen if everything they believed as kids was real, opening a closet door to show a big purple imaginary friend who’s very confused.

Awaiting a Follow-Up

Ryan shared that Betty has a very vivid imagination, which may be why she and his other children enjoyed the idea of the movie so much. We can’t wait to hear what they think of the film once they see it!

The movie was written and directed by John Krasinski and features his wife Emily Blunt and their costars Ryan Reynolds, Steve Carell, Maya Rudolph, Bradley Cooper, Matt Damon, Awkwafina, Amy Schumer, Bobby Moynihan, Christopher Meloni, Cailey Fleming, among others. IF was released in the theaters on May 17th.