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Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh talk 'Mayday,' why they love getting older

Yong Chavez

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width: 960px; display: block;" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1788416399626Mayday_Photo_0102.jpg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align: left;">Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Reynolds in &#39;Mayday.&#39; <em>Photo courtesy of Apple TV</em></span></span></span></div><p>Since he rarely makes action-comedy movies, award-winning actor Kenneth Branagh said starring in &quot;Mayday&quot; brought a unique sense of fun and experience.</p><p>Streaming on Apple TV beginning September 4, &quot;Mayday&quot; tells the story of a United States Navy pilot (played by Ryan Reynolds) during the Cold War who gets trapped behind enemy lines, leading him to form an alliance with an eccentric former agent of the Soviet Union (played by Branagh).</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/om5Un9X720M?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><p>&quot;When I rolled up the first day of this movie, I felt, like I did it on the first day of my very first movie some time ago. The good news is that the scared-slash-excited little boy in you who wants to play is exactly what is required here,&quot; Branagh told ABS-CBN News.</p><p>&quot;And being ready to make a fool of yourself, in the nicest possible way. Because there is a holiness in fools, and there is a wisdom in the foolery,&quot; he added.</p><p>Reynolds interjected to praise his co-star. &quot;Wherever he speaks, I&#39;m like, &lsquo;Can you raise my children, please? There&#39;s four of them,&rsquo;&quot; he said in jest.</p><p>Reynolds, best known for his superhero movies, also reflected in becoming a veteran in the entertainment industry.</p><p>&quot;Never trade youth for experience, ever, not even once. I don&#39;t ever take for granted that feeling of approaching anything that comes up as a problem, would be it in life or be it on a film set or anywhere else,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;You get to be on so many more film sets and learn how to fail properly, learn how to win properly. If you&#39;re really listening, those lessons sort of sink in into your DNA, and you get to express them again in a more distilled, kind of refined way, so I love getting older,&quot; he added.</p>

<p>Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Reynolds sat down with ABS-CBN News to talk about their upcoming action-comedy film 'Mayday.'</p>

Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Reynolds sat down with ABS-CBN News to talk about their upcoming action-comedy film 'Mayday.'