Ryan Reynolds believes comedy acting is "very difficult"

An X user quipped in a now-deleted comment: "Andrew Garfield talking about playing a husband and father who's wife decides to forgo cancer treatment and Ryan Reynolds talking about playing Deadpool (sic)"

Ryan has enjoyed his biggest commercial success with the 'Deadpool' film franchise, and the actor took to X to launch an impassioned defence of comedy actors, insisting that it's "also very difficult".

Ryan - who is married to movie star Blake Lively - wrote on the micro-blogging platform: "Correct. Andrew's a genius. He and Florence are magic together in, WE LIVE IN TIME. They're heartbreaking and charming and spend the entire film in a high-wire act of humanity and constraint. And yes I am Deadpool BUT I will take a second and speak up in defense of comedy. Dramatic work is difficult. And we're also meant to SEE it's difficult which is one of the reasons it feels visceral and effective. Comedy is also very difficult. But has an added dimension in that it's meant to look and feel effortless. You intentionally hide the stitching and unstitching. (sic)"

What's more, Ryan observed that dramatic and comedic acting are both "beautiful" disciplines.

The Hollywood star said: "I think both disciplines are beautiful. And both work beautifully together. Comedy and drama subsist on tension. Both thrive when subverting expectation. Both thrive backstopped by real emotion. And both are deeply subjective. Your favourite comedy might be Anchorman. Mine might be Lars Von Trier's, Melancholia. (sic)"