Actor Matthew Macfadyen and wife Keeley Hawes are gearing up for a life of mini-breaks as their kids get ready to fly the nest. The couple have daughter Maggie, 19, and son Ralph, 17, and also Myles, 24, a teacher, from Keeley’s first marriage. Matthew said: “It’s like a third act.
It’s exciting. We’re like, ‘OK, mini-breaks!’ In the trenches when they’re little, it’s like, ‘This is it for ever’, but of course it’s not. “Then you realise, luckily, ours are really lovely, funny humans who are making you laugh and telling you off.
” The star appears in new movie Deadpool and Wolverine, playing Mr Paradox alongside Ryan Reynolds in the title role. Matthew, 49, went to the US premiere in New York alongside Paddington actress Keeley, 48. Other celebs at the event included Blake Lively, Ryan’s wife.
He has already enjoyed global success in Succession, winning two Emmys, two BAFTAs and a Golden Globe. But he says it is only now he is in a Marvel film that his children are interested in his work. Matthew told CBS: “We don’t always watch each other’s stuff and our children certainly don’t watch our things.
That’s sort of galling – no interest. That keeps you humble. But they will watch Deadpool for sure.
They suddenly perked up when they heard I was doing that. They finally showed a modicum of interest. My daughter was like, ‘Will you meet Blake?’” On working with Ryan and Hugh Jackman, who plays Wolverine, Matthew said: “Just.