Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are escaping to the countryside for a major family move away from Hollywood.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have had a year filled with box-office triumphs and the drawbacks connected with the summer-long career peak. Now it’s time to apply the brakes on the congested Hollywood runway.According to a Hollywood source, the celebrity couple is at a position where they are willing to reject down big payments in exchange for spending time with each other and their children.
The Deadpool icon has reportedly indicated to his Hollywood pals that “he and Blake are jumping off the treadmill.” The source pressed that the Green Lantern co-stars are considering “retreating to their country home for the holidays and focussing on family for the foreseeable future.”
Given how “crazy” the year has been for both of them, they’re desperately eyeing “time with their kids and time away from New York City and Los Angeles,” and presumably the Hollywood commotion.
Earlier this year, Lively became embroiled in a months-long scandal over claims of a dispute with her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni. It wasn’t long until more reports drew Ryan Reynolds into the situation as well. As a result, the beloved Hollywood pair has been under siege for the whole summer while continuing to cash in on their respective successful theatrical premieres – It Ends With Us for Blake and Deadpool & Wolverine for Ryan.
There’s no doubt about the pair’s “workaholic” status, which makes their major shift away from their professional chapter “a lot easier said than done.” Nevertheless, they’re still committed to their family-focussed agenda, especially during the holiday season “because they’re committed to their family and keeping it together.” They share four children.
The insider asserted that Lively and Reynolds have “been going very hard” since November 2023, when the SAG/AFTRA strike ended. With their 2024 film schedules out of the way, nothing is stopping them from their “serious” plans “about family coming first.” While balancing various career interests this year, the couple has a few upcoming projects in the pipeline. While the Canadian hottie has two films on his calendar, one of which is in post-production, the Gossip Girl star’s A Simple Favor 2 wrapped up filming over the summer.
The ‘Marvel Jesus’ previously established that to grant their children a “pretty normal schedule,” he and Blake would indulge themselves in creative pursuits alternatively. “For many years, when my wife Blake would should a film, I would not shoot a film, and I would be with the kids and vice versa,” he said. In their so-called “trade off” situation, they “never really worked at the same time.” However, it still impacted everyone’s lives because they were “always… away.”
“Now that they’re in school, they have a somewhat normal schedule. I think it’s totally important for their development and I really enjoy being a present dad,” he said of his “sabbatical” from the filmmaking lifestyle to be there for his family at home in 2022 before production on Deadpool & Wolverine kicked off.
The parents of four are grateful for the present moment with their children, citing the fact that they are all under one roof. “We got them all.” The 48-year-old actor acknowledged that this was “not an infinite source” but rather a “fleeting thing” to be treasured. “Just say, ‘Think about what you would give in 40 years or 30 years to come back to enjoy this one moment.'” And it appears to be the motivation moving them away from the Hollywood cycle in order to recover their breath and focus on family during the holidays.
