Overview

• The Deadpool star criticized identity politics as a divisive, binary “us vs. them” framework and said he aims to learn rather than win.
• He credited his Vancouver upbringing—“Canada was a third parent”—for keeping him grounded in a business he said “can destroy you.”
• Reynolds was in Toronto for the world premiere of John Candy: I Like Me, which he produced and Colin Hanks directed.
• Outlets report the documentary will stream on Prime Video on October 10, a date not widely confirmed.
• A red-carpet clip of Reynolds speaking to a child reporter drew online criticism, generating a separate wave of attention during the festival.