Following the blockbuster success of Deadpool & Wolverine, rumors about Marvel stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman potentially becoming the next hosts of the upcoming 2025 Academy Awards began to circulate online. According to the previous report, the A-list duo are reportedly on top of the Acadeny’s wish list to host the 2025 edition. Prior to this, Jackman previously hosted the 81st Oscar Awards in 2009, where Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture.
What did Ryan Reynolds say about potentially hosting the Oscars?
During a recent interview, when asked about the possibility of hosting the next Oscars Awards with Jackman, Reynolds confirmed that he’s very willing to host the Oscars with the Logan star since they had fun hosting an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! together. However, he admitted that he doesn’t really see it happening soon due to his hectic schedule.
“The Oscars, yes. This is something I really genuinely would love to do with Hugh. Yeah, we hosted Kimmel together, but we also had just kind of hit, ‘F— it’ at that point, we were at the end of a long tour. We traveled in every country all over the world, and enjoyed every second of it. And we go to Kimmel, we didn’t even remember the schedule, (as it was) so intense on the tour like that. And so we got to Kimmel, and we just got loose. And it was, I thought, kind of an interesting way to host it. It feels like those old AFI dinners where everybody would get up there — they go from decades and decades ago all the way up to present day. And they look like what you sort of hope the Oscars could feel like, right? You know, it’s getting harder and harder out there, I think, for telecasts like that to kind of exist, it’s tricky. So, one day I’d love to do that, I don’t know about this year, but one day, yeah,” Reynolds shared (via Deadline).
“A lot of things would have to happen that are kind of amazing. Part of it is that these movies like Deadpool & Wolverine, they consume my life, and I have four kids, and I want to be there. I want to see them, and they want to see me, and I want to walk into school with them, and I want to be able to be there present,” he said. “And if I were to host something like (the Oscars) as someone who, you know, kind of feels a bit of intense sort of anxiety, I wouldn’t be present mentally. I would be kind of constantly writing in my head, or projecting potentially tragic outcomes on the live stage.”
Even though Reynolds and Jackman won’t be able to host the next Oscar Awards in March 2025, their collaboration is still set to continue beyond Deadpool & Wolverine. Earlier this week, it was reported that they will be reuniting with director Shawn Levy for a non-Marvel movie, which Reynolds will be writing next year. At the moment, it’s still unclear when will Reynolds’ Deadpool and Jackman’s Wolverine next appear in future MCU projects.
