Deadpool & Wolverine’s Ryan Reynolds Interviews ‘Dadpool’ Who Lost Son to Accidental Suicide By Ryan Reynolds portrays the vigilante in the superhero blockbuster , which is enjoying an amazing run at the global box office. Recently, he interviewed John Bell, a real-life hero who devoted himself to mental health charity work after losing his son to accidental suicide. ‘Dadpool’ John Bell talks to Ryan Reynolds about late son and charity walk Bell shared the video of Reynolds interviewing him on his YouTube Channel.
In it, Reynolds revealed that he found out about Bell six months before the filming of the video. Bell’s son, Jake, died by accidental suicide in July 2020 at age 15. He was reportedly a big fan of Deadpool.
Earlier this year, Reynolds and fellow Wrexham A.F.C.
owner Rob McElhenney donated £15,000 to Bell’s charity initiative Walking 4 Hope after the Sutton-in-Ashfield resident crossed around 140 miles of distance between One Call Stadium in Mansfield and STōK Cae Ras in Wrexham on foot dressed as Deadpool and carrying a bathtub decorated with rubber ducks. (Via ) Bell and Chris Atkinson, who serves as the Chair of Trustees of Walking 4 Hope, set up the charity with the help of family and friends in the hopes of helping people in similar circumstances. Each of the above-mentioned ducks reportedly stands for someone that a family supported by the charity has lost.
Before the interview, Reynolds arranged for professionals to give Bell a Deadpool makeo.