Deadpool and Wolverine, which opens in theaters and IMAX this Friday.

Please welcome Ryan Reynolds!

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Oh, my God!

Wow! Buddy!

My God, you look great!

Ryan! Welcome to the show!

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Ryan.

Ryan Reynolds, that was...

That was so scary.

That was some entrance right there.

Thank you for coming on the show.

Ryan Reynolds, ladies and gentlemen.

You're the best.

Are you okay?

I'd like to thank the nice lady in the eighth row there.

I didn't expect to get to second base.

I didn't know it was our fifth base.

Thank you.

There's a fifth base, James.

You made it down.

Oh, my gosh.

Your hair, you look great.

This is a rowdy, live New York City audience.

They were psyched to see Ryan Reynolds.

That was frightening.

So frightening.

Here's a sip of water if you need some.

After surfing the crowd.

That's not water.

I'm sorry, but I forgot.

I'm sorry, that's battery acid.

I always have some just in case.

Straight out the perineum.

I don't know.

I want to talk Deadpool and Wolverine.

Okay, sure.

I'm happy to.

I'm happy to.

I also want to thank you because during the writer's strike, you were very nice to me and the fellow late-night host.

We started a podcast called Strike Force 5 and you came immediately, jumped on, and sponsored our podcast with Aviation Gin and Mint Mobile.

Thank you for doing that.

That was...

We floated it out there like, hey, we need someone to help us.

I called my partners over at Mint and said, we got to do this.

Weirdly, the connection I had was clear as a bell.

Amazingly, it only cost me $15 a month for unlimited wireless.

Oh, my God.

How did you figure that out?

Contrary to what my dad said, writing is a real job.

It requires a real paycheck.

I'm just thrilled that both of my companies were able to help out good people.

Also, Strike Force 5 was awesome.

Why can't you guys get the band together and do it?

No, we did our thing.

It was the Bee Gees, it was the Beatles, it was the Brady Bunch.

We want you together.

Hey, bud, you got nominated for six Emmys for Welcome to Wrexham.

Thank you.

Welcome to Wrexham.

A lot of stuff.

A lot of stuff happening, but you guys do good work in there.

I know you won last year, but this is a congratulations.

Wrexham's one of the best things that's ever happened to me.

You're crushing it, bud.

I always love to see you.

I love having you on.

I want to talk about Deadpool and Wolverine.

I cannot wait to see this.

They only let me see a 30-second thing.

I'm going to the premiere tonight.

I cannot wait to see it.

This is amazing.

Hugh Jackman comes back as Wolverine.

He said he's never going to do Wolverine ever again.

No. Liar.

He is.

He's unbelievable.

The nicest guy in the world.

But after Logan, he said he's done.

Was it hard to convince him to come back?

No, I honestly didn't convince him at all.

We were looking for a Wolverine.

We held an open casting call.

We found a middle-aged Australian man.

He seemed punctual.

Serviceable performance.

Found out he's played the role before.

Which explained why he cost millions of dollars to bring on board.

As my mom said, not hard on the eyes.

That's what she said.

Not hard on the eyes.

Not hard on the eyes.

Not hard on the eyes.

Yeah, he's a stud.

Except she didn't say eyes.

Yeah.

She loves her some.

Who doesn't love Hugh Jackman?

Are you kidding me?

Who doesn't love Ryan Reynolds?

Let's be honest.

You can put as much costume on, even the prosthetic makeup.

We still love the Ryan Reynolds.

A lot of masks.

A lot of masks.

It's true.

Very sweet of you.

The prosthetics.

It's a lot.

I've never felt freer than when I played Deadpool.

I think part of that is because I'm in a mask.

I think it's partly clown work.

So much of how I get my facial expressions across is through my voice and my mannerisms.

But when you take off the mask,

I have another mask.

I have prosthetic makeup on.

It's like if somebody just hot-glued the most intense triple-layered

Durex condom to your face.

And then said...

We've all been there.

Of course.

You got to keep your face safe.

You brought us a couple photos.

You should have professionals do this stuff.

They all say, please let us take it off slowly with the remover.

And by the second movie,

I was just like,

I can't get this off.

There it is.

Tearing it off.

Just an eyebrow-less idiot after the end of that one.

Here's a good buddy.

Hugh Jackman.

Pulling the makeup off with his teeth.

Absolutely.

You go ahead. You eat that.

That's a good friend.

Or someone who's had a melon baller lobotomy.

Why is he doing that to my face?

And I want to get your take on the possible surprise cameos in the movie and show a clip when we come back more with Ryan Reynolds after the break.