Ryan Reynolds has revealed the emotional reason he was determined to pay tribute to Rob Delaney ’s late son in Deadpool & Wolverine . The Catastrophe actor’s two-year-old Henry, who he welcomed with his wife Leah, died in January 2018 , following two years of treatment for a brain tumour . Reynolds admitted he had always regretted not honouring Henry’s memory with a tribute in Deadpool 2 , which was released the same year and in which Delaney plays the diabetic superhero Peter Pool.
Writing on Instagram this week, Reynolds said: “There’s more to Rob Delaney than some realise. He’s one of the most subversively funny people I know. He’s a beautiful, acerbic and vulnerable writer.
” The Deadpool star continued: “If you stayed through the credits of Deadpool & Wolverine , you might notice a credit saying, ‘For Henry Delaney.’ Henry was Rob’s son. And Rob lost his little boy to a brain tumor in 2018.
Right as we finished Deadpool 2 . “I’ve always kicked my own a** because I didn’t place a tribute to Henry over the end credits,” Reynolds added. “If there’s a bright side, even more people are seeing Henry’s name in the credits of Deadpool & Wolverine .
And at long last, father and son are sharing the same screen.” Praising Delaney’s 2022 “unfiltered, rageful, loving, sad and hilarious” memoir, A Heart That Works , the actor concluded: “I’m lucky to know Rob. And I’m lucky to have friends willing to put themselves on the line to make.