Canadian screen stars Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy say their powerhouse partnership has only just begun, with their latest collaboration on NetflixB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Adam ProjectB次元官网网址� just one more step in what they hope can be a lifelong alliance.

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In their second collaboration, premi猫ring Friday on Netflix, the duo commit yet again to an adventure comedy, but this time with a little nostalgia.

Reynolds stars as a time-travelling pilot named Adam who joins forces with his 12-year-old self to confront his late father, played by Mark Ruffalo, and save the future.

Both Reynolds and Levy say they were drawn to the family-driven and fantastical plot, with each pointing to creative impulses forged by B次元官网网址�80s-era Steven Spielberg fare including B次元官网网址淓.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.B次元官网网址�

ItB次元官网网址檚 one of the many ways Reynolds says he and Levy connect.

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B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檝e never even had a fight. WeB次元官网网址檝e disagreed on a million things, but itB次元官网网址檚 never muddied with a weird emotional experience, which can happen in the arts.

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The Vancouver-born Reynolds says heB次元官网网址檇 been looking for a project with a B次元官网网址渇ather-son dynamicB次元官网网址� for a couple of years.

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But having to call Ruffalo B次元官网网址渄adB次元官网网址� onscreen was B次元官网网址渄elightfully weird,B次元官网网址� chuckles Reynolds, going on to credit his co-star with adding complexity and humanity to the role.

The film is anchored by a debut performance from 13-year-old Walker Scobell, a B次元官网网址淒eadpoolB次元官网网址� uberfan who watched the sequel at least 60 times, says Reynolds, set to play the foul-mouthed anti-hero for a third instalment.

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B次元官网网址淭he Adam ProjectB次元官网网址� also had Reynolds thinking of his three daughters, whom he shares with wife and actress Blake Lively, and the filmB次元官网网址檚 core theme of learning from our parentsB次元官网网址� mistakes.

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B次元官网网址淎s somebody who works in the public eye, it might look like IB次元官网网址檓 winning all the time but thatB次元官网网址檚 not at all the case.

B次元官网网址淭he best experiences IB次元官网网址檝e had have come from failures, and I want my kids to be able to have a bit of that but also to truly know me.B次元官网网址�

LevyB次元官网网址檚 directing credits include the youth-driven late B次元官网网址�90s TV series B次元官网网址淭he Secret World of Alex Mack,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淎nimorphsB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淪o Weird,B次元官网网址� a period of time he dubs B次元官网网址渢he early Shawn Levy sweet spot.B次元官网网址�

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B次元官网网址淲hether itB次元官网网址檚 a comedy or a sci-fi adventure, I want there to be humanism. I want a big, warm, beating heart at the centre of everything that I do,B次元官网网址� he says from New York.

B次元官网网址淚 try to live that way and I try to work that way. B次元官网网址楨.T.B次元官网网址� is about an alien landing but also the power of friendship. Thinking about that just gave me goosebumps.

B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 the Amblin ethos: take high concepts and root them in relatable human themes.B次元官网网址�

As for what his own 12-year-old self would say to him now, Levy says heB次元官网网址檚 sure that boy would approve of where he ended up as an adult.

B次元官网网址淭welve-year-old me was sitting in Montreal, dreaming of a life like the one I ended up living,B次元官网网址� Levy says.

B次元官网网址淚 was fiercely ambitious then, too, and I probably missed a lot of opportunities for fun but I wanted to get into this life and career of storytelling so badly.

B次元官网网址淗ollywood felt like another planet. So I worked my tail off and I think younger me would be happy to see that it worked out the way damn near what he dreamed.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址擲adaf Ahsan, The Canadian Press