Ryan Reynolds (L) and Will Ferrell (center) on the set ofSpirited.Photo: Backgrid
It may be summertime, butRyan ReynoldsandWill Ferrellare getting into theChristmasspirit!
The actors were photographed on Monday in Boston on the set of their upcoming holiday movie musicalSpirited, a modern retelling ofCharles Dickens' 1843 classic novelA Christmas Carol.
Reynolds — who is set to play a version of crotchety protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge,Colliderreports — wore a classic black suit and a green mask, while Ferrell (also masked up), 53, rocked a whimsical black-and-green ensemble with a diamond pattern.
According to Collider, Ferrell will star opposite Reynolds, 44, as a version of the Ghost of Christmas Present.
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Will Ferrell on the set ofSpirited.BACKGRID
Meanwhile,Octavia Spenceris set to take on the role of a co-worker of Scrooge’s, seemingly similar to the kindly character Bob Cratchit.
IMDbalso listsGLOWandMr. RobotactressSunita Maniin the cast, as a version of the Ghost of Christmas Past.
“Day 1 shooting with one of my comedy idols, Will Ferrell,” he wrote on July 6, going on to joke, “You’d barely notice this was an@Applemovie! Also iOS 14.6 will begin installing in 7 seconds … "
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This isn’t the first time Reynolds nor Ferrell have fronted a holiday film. The former starred in the 2005 Christmas romantic comedyJust Friends(which herecently recreated a scene from on TikTok!), while Ferrell starred in the 2003 classicElf.
Reynolds is also helping the Hallmark Channel usher in the Christmas season early this year, insistingin a PEOPLE-exclusive clipthat he “needs” the holiday movie season. In the hilarious footage, the actor adds that the Hallmark films are like being “in a little snow globe” as he also promotes his latest movie,Free Guy.
His big-budget comedy follows Guy (Reynolds), a bank teller who lives in Free City who has everything he could possibly want — except love. When he falls forJodie Comer’s mysterious character Milly, she reveals a seemingly impossible truth.
“Guy, this world is a video game and in two days the game is going to shut down,” Comer, 28, says in the movie’s preview, before Reynolds' character replies, “What if we can save it?”
source: people.com
