Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Made Ads for Each Other, but Weren't Quite on the Same Page

Faux feud sparked spots for Aviation Gin, Laughing Man Coffee

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Some people just can’t leave their petty arguments at the office. Take, for example, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. All Hugh Jackman did was decapitate Reynold’s Deadpool character and send his sewn-mouth, laser-eyed head spiraling into a nuclear cooling tower in 2009—which admittedly made it a bit awkward for Reynolds to secure Deadpool his own franchise.

But Reynolds is willing to forgive, or at least he seemed to be this week after years of taking snarky social media digs at each other, including Reynolds’ campaign ad urging

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