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Ryan Reynolds is responding to speculation that his is set to host the 2025 Oscars with his pal and Deadpool & Wolverine costar Hugh Jackman.
Speaking to Variety, Reynolds denied rumors that he is having conversations to be host of next year's Academy Awards after recent reports have claimed that he and Jackman were the top choices for the show, per People. Jackman previously hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009.
"No, I don't — historically speaking, that is a difficult job, you know," he said. "We've had people that have come before us that did it flawlessly, I think, and you've had people who are so talented and just based on what's happening out there in the zeitgeist you're like, 'Oh, that was hard. It's a very hard job.'"
The Free Guy star said hosting "would be a dream job [...] one day" but that he's currently focused on spending time with his family — including wife Blake Lively and their four children, daughters James, 9, Inez, 8, Betty, 5, and 1-year-old son Olin — and "spending the year writing a movie for myself, Hugh [Jackman] and Shawn [Levy] to do that is not Marvel, and that's kind of it."
The 97th annual Academy Awards will air live from Hollywood on March 2, 2025.