From L: Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds.Photo:Getty Images
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Samuel L. Jacksonis one sweet wedding-gift-giver.
TheSecret Invasionactor gave a wide-ranging interview toVulturein which he recalled bestowing a beehive upon now-exesScarlett JohanssonandRyan Reynoldsfortheir 2008 wedding.
Calling hisHitman’s Bodyguardcostar “a savvy motherf—er,” Jackson, 74, revealed he knew Reynolds, 46, through his Marvel costar Johansson, 38, who “was always talking about nature.”
“So I had my assistant go out and buy 10 pounds of bees and then I bought them bee suits and the whole thing,” the actor recalled. “They kept bees for a while. They got honey for a couple of years while they were married.”
“And then one day the bees abandoned the hive or they abandoned the queen or some s—,” Jackson added.
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Scarlett Johansson; Ryan Reynolds.Monica Schipper/Getty ; Stephen Lovekin/Getty
Johansson and theDeadpoolstardivorced in 2011. Reynolds later marriedBlake Livelyin 2012, and the two share four children.
TheBlack Widowactress went on to marry French journalistRomain Dauriacin 2014, butthe pair split in 2017. The former coupleshare daughter Rose Dorothy, 8.She is now married toSaturday Night Livewriter and starColin Jost. The duotied the knot in an intimate ceremonyin October 2020 and welcomed sonCosmoin August 2021.
Referring toReynolds as “a good guy,“Johansson said onGwyneth Paltrow’sGooppodcastin April that things changed for her when she realized the “fundamental characteristics” she wanted in the person she was in a relationship with.
“Obviously it’s hard to be in a relationship anyway because you have to compromise all the time and sometimes your lives separate and come back together,” theMarriage Storyactress continued. “I never realized, ‘Oh, it’s really important for me, I need to be with a compassionate person. That’s a fundamental characteristic that has to be there.'”
“Understanding what those fundamental things are that you need in a partner is a must, I think — for longevity, anyway,” Johansson said. “I think identifying those things was a game-changer for me.”
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury inSecret Invasion(2023).Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios
Johansson added to Paltrow, 50: “We weren’t married very long, but we were when I first met you, forIron Man [2]or whatever.”
Jackson, meanwhile, is currently appearing as his longtime Marvel character Nick Fury inSecret Invasionon Disney+, which drops its season finale on Wednesday.
“InSecret Invasion,withOlivia Colman, when I walked in that room and she was there, we both just looked at each other and started laughing:This is going to be that kind of day. This is going to be a great day.And it was,” Jackson toldVulture.
Elsewhere in the interview, he also praised his former costar Reynolds as someone “who’san enormous amount of funto be with.”
“I don’t thinkThe Hitman’s Bodyguardis an A-list movie in anybody’s category. But I also know that if it’s me and Ryan and we’re having a good f—ing time, a lot of people are going to watch it and they’re going to be like,This is f—ing great,“Jackson said. “We changed the tone of that material because we did it.”
source: people.com
