Just Friends stars Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart reunite for Gin Commercial – The Hollywood Reporter

From left: Amy Smart and Ryan Reynolds in the 2005 film Just Friends

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Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart reunited for a festive commercial.

the just friends The stars filmed a commercial for Reynolds’ Air Jane in a green-screen room, designed to look like a house decorated for Christmas.

The two-minute trailer sees the cast apparently reprising the roles of Chris Brander and Jimmy Palamino from the 2005 romantic comedy about a man who exits the friend zone 10 years after confessing his love to his best friend.

“Oh, honey, I was just looking at the tree. “Nothing like the smell of real pine,” Reynolds says to his on-screen wife at the beginning of the commercial. “Oh, I love our pine tree,” she replies. “How was work? He asks her. “Mm, I’ve had better days.” “The bar ran out of Aviation American Gin,” she says, holding up a bottle of Reynolds Gin. “Oh no, that’s too bad. That’s terrible. They’ve run out of the American aviation gene.” dead pool The actor responds before Smart asks to cut.

When I told him the situation was strange, he explained that the green screen room would look like their home in post-production, complete with decorations and their own Christmas tree. They picked her up again after she came in from work and Reynolds’ reaction was even more dramatic, screaming “fuck” when she told him the gin had run out.

“That’s been a great response,” Smart says. Adam Project “Well, it’s been 18 years,” the actor replies. “I think the characters have changed a little bit, so I play them that way in my head.”

the Stargirl The actress then points out how she would have gotten a bottle of gin from work if her bar had sold out, and Reynolds explains that she picked it up on her way home from one of her “highly respected retail partners.”

“So this is a stupid ad for your gin company,” I asked him. In true Reynolds fashion, he quipped, “Well, let’s not rush to judgment before all the facts are out. I mean, this is a self-funded sequel, based on a loose interpretation of intellectual property law.”

Watch full commercial Continued, below.