There’s no query Ryan Reynolds is an unabashed fan of fellow Canadian John Sweet. The prolific actor, producer and businessman even has a Sweet biopic within the works with Colin Hanks, and has paid homage to the funnyman numerous instances. He just lately even had a humorous Uncle Buck-related suggestion for his nice nation I believe most individuals ought to in all probability have the ability to get behind.
Some time again, the Canadian Twitter account Made in Canada created a $100 greenback invoice that includes none apart from the late, nice John Sweet. Presumably as Reynolds and co. have been placing collectively the upcoming documentary concerning the Cool Runnings star, they’ve come throughout extra content material associated to the comic, and this one seemingly tickled the Deadpool actor, who wrote placing Sweet on a invoice ought to be thought of “important.”
Sir Robert Borden, who’s talked about by Reynolds in his submit, is at present the previous Prime Minister who seems on the banknote. Borden served because the eighth prime minister of Canada, and that’s largely notable as a result of his tenure overlapped with the timeline of World Battle I, by which the nation served within the trenches with the allies and misplaced over 173,000 troopers. Borden’s tenure was marked by questions on conscription and extra, however the WWI efforts led to higher autonomy for the Canadian authorities and the nation as an entire.
Anyway, he is an vital dude.
That was greater than 100 years in the past although, and lately the extra beloved Canadian is arguably Sweet, who made thousands and thousands snigger in a number of the finest ‘80s motion pictures, and who cherished Canadian staple Tim Horton’s (although his son would later seem in a Dunkin’ advert). Making a change to the hundred greenback invoice wouldn’t be the worst thought on the earth, argued Reynolds, although if a stunt like this had been to cross, it in all probability doesn’t damage that it might have fortuitous timing for the producer, too.
Final month, we lastly obtained an replace on the aforementioned documentary, with Reynolds writing the film can be opening TIFF later in 2025. It’s going to be the autumn of John Sweet – as in season, not downfall – and followers can’t wait. We’ve already discovered it’s “Colin’s imaginative and prescient” for the viewers to go away on the finish of the documentary with “the identical feeling you’ll have seeing a scripted John Sweet movie” and the entire thing appears like it is going to be a feel-good, albeit bittersweet word on the 2025 motion pictures schedule.
We’re nonetheless just a few months out, however as it is a ardour venture for Ryan Reynolds and co. we’ll likely be listening to extra about Sweet, the biopic itself, and the comic’s legacy within the coming months.