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Another homegrown element to B次元官网网址淔ree GuyB次元官网网址�: Alex Trebek.

As seen in a trailer, the late Canadian B次元官网网址淛eopardy!B次元官网网址� host, who died last November of cancer, is among several celebrities who make cameos in the film, which was shot in and around Boston in 2019.

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In theatres Friday, B次元官网网址淔ree GuyB次元官网网址� stars Reynolds as Guy, an artificially intelligent, non-playable character (NPC) who wakes up every morning declaring itB次元官网网址檚 going to be a B次元官网网址済reat dayB次元官网网址� despite living in a video-game world filled with destruction.

B次元官网网址淜illing EveB次元官网网址� star Jodie Comer co-stars as a real-world programmer who plays the B次元官网网址淔ree CityB次元官网网址� game and helps Guy realize heB次元官网网址檚 not a human being. Other cast members include Oscar-nominated actor-director Taika Waititi as the nefarious head of the gaming company.

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B次元官网网址淚t was quite an interesting challenge to make a movie thatB次元官网网址檚 authentic to the gaming culture, that acknowledges the ways in which itB次元官网网址檚 wildly imperfect and B次元官网网址� rather than just doing a two-hour polemic where weB次元官网网址檙e wagging our fingers B次元官网网址� maybe positing another approach B次元官网网址� that is kinder, more empathetic, more equitable and inclusive,B次元官网网址� said Levy, who directed the B次元官网网址淣ight at the MuseumB次元官网网址� movie series.

The film marks the beginning of a great Canadian collaboration between Reynolds and Levy, who are now in post-production on NetflixB次元官网网址檚 upcoming time-travel adventure feature B次元官网网址淭he Adam Project.B次元官网网址�

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Levy said he and Reynolds share B次元官网网址渁 certain value system as far as civility, an attempt at empathy in all interactions, an ability to take the piss out of yourself and not take yourself and whatever it is youB次元官网网址檙e doing too seriously.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淎lso, between us, we have seven daughters,B次元官网网址� he added. B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 a real focus on being a good family dad and husband that we also share in our personal lives that I also think is just part of good moral grounding that came from being raised in Canada and away from all this noise down here in the States.B次元官网网址�

Of course, Reynolds has always been deeply connected to Canada, often donating to various homegrown charities and using his social media to draw attention to local causes.

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B次元官网网址擵ictoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press