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Hugh Jackmanis trying to one-upRyan Reynoldsin his training forDeadpool 3.
On Friday, the 54-year-old posted a photo onInstagramalongside fitness coach Beth Lewis. Jackman posed in the gym flexing with a dumbbell, tagging Reynolds, 46, in the photo as the costars continue their friendly competition to get in shape for the Marvel film.
“He’s only 46. I’m older. But it’s not a competition,” Jackman teased in the caption.
“I’m not training forDeadpool,” Reynolds wrote on his Instagram Story. “I’m training to spend several months with @thehughjackman — who’s not as nice as everyone thinks.”
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In September, Jackman and Reynolds announced in a video posted to Twitter thatWolverine would be inthe highly anticipatedDeadpool 3, with a source telling PEOPLE that the role will be much larger than a cameo.
Since the announcement, the actors have continued their playful feud, mirroring that of their characters' Deadpool and Wolverine. Jackman noted the two Marvel superheroes"are opposites" and “hate each other"in the upcoming sequel.
Last month, he jokinglybegged the Academy not to nominateReynolds' Christmas movieSpiritedin an Instagram video, saying the nod would “make the next year of my life insufferable.”
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool; Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.Joe Lederer/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Courtesy Everett Collection, 20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection
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In response, Reynolds made a video advocating for a Best Actor nod forJackman’sThe Sonperformancewith “zero sarcasm here.” Though he couldn’t help but poke some fun at the end saying, “Wolverine and Deadpool? Who’s he kiddin'? Not on your life, Chappie.”
The Wolverine actor shared Reynolds' video on Instagram with thecaption, “When @vancityreynolds goes high. I go higher.”
Jackman joked with PEOPLE in October that the stars will likelythrow hands during production: “I think being on set with [Ryan] every day and those two on film in every city together every day … I think it’s fair to say they’ll be punching the s— out of each other the whole time.”
But he added: “All jokes aside, I’ll probably have more fun on this movie than any other I’ve ever done.”
source: people.com
