T.J. Miller Calls Ryan Reynolds a 'Good Friend' Now, 2 Years After Saying He 'Would Not Work with' Him Again

Mar. 15, 2025

T.J. Miller; Ryan Reynolds.Photo:Getty(2)

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After previously saying his collaborations withRyan Reynoldswere over,T.J. Milleris now calling hisDeadpoolcostar a “good friend.”

“We talked a little while ago,” Miller, 43, said of Reynolds, 48, during a recent appearance on SiriusXM’sThe Bonfire.

Of possibly returning to his role as bartender Weasel from the first twoDeadpoolmovies, Miller said, “I think he’s just been such a good friend right now that I think it would be really— I think that would be awesome.”

The one-timeSilicon Valleystardid not join Reynolds andHugh Jackmanin this summer’sDeadpool & Wolverineafter a slew ofpersonal and professional troubles.

T.J. Miller in 2016.Jim Spellman/WireImage

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In 2016, he was arrested and jailed for allegedly assaulting an Uber driver, later reaching a settlement. In 2017, an anonymous woman reported that Millersexually assaultedher, an allegation he denied. And in 2018, the actor was arrested in New York on federal charges relating tofaking a bomb threataboard an Amtrak train; charges were ultimately dismissed.

“Would I work with him again? No. I would not work with him again,” Miller said at the time. “I sorta wish him well because he’s so good at [playing] Deadpool, and I think it’s weird that he hates me.”

“It was just me telling a story from on set that I thought was weird,” he said then. Reynolds “emailed me the next day…It was a misunderstanding, so I emailed him back and now it’s, like, fine.”

Ryan Reynolds in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’.Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/MARVEL

Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/MARVEL

Miller appears to have also reversed course on feelings about directorMichael Bayafter starring in 2014’sTransformers: Age of Extinction. “I was not sure that I would work with him again,” he said on SiriusXM’sThe Bonfire. “But now I’m buddies with him enough that I would do almost anything that he wanted to do.”

Miller’s last movie role was 2020 Drew Barrymore movieThe Stand In.

source: people.com