bones weep tedium Wrote:He's very popular in the UK, after his appearances in XMen and The Proposal all the girls in my office know who he is.
Ok, now go and convince everyone in Europe, Asia, etc.
I think the point was, there is a difference between known/recognizable and being a big box-office draw.
The movies you mention were not "Ryan Reynolds" movies for most people...they were a Hugh Jackman-Wolverine movie and a Sandra Bullock-romantic comedy. Ryan Reynolds was just "in" them and, for the most part didn't suck.
No movie, since Van Wilder, has been a "Ryan Reynolds" movie.
Maybe Green Lantern will hit big and RR will "arrive."
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout