Life Unexpected

Ryan Reynolds takes us on a scary, intriguing and zero-gravity space ride in sci-fi horror film life.

- Sony Pictures

As a huge fan of the science fiction genre, Ryan Reynolds knows exactly what he wants from a movie experience that takes its audience on a journey that is out of this world. The very best sci-fi films, he says, have the ability to provide thought-provoking entertainment and — at the same time— scare its audience with the unexpected. Life, he promises, will deliver — and then some.

Life is an epic, terrifying thriller set in space and most of the action takes place on the International Space Station (ISS) where a six man crew from different nations are tasked with examining a single cell life form that has been discovered on Mars and brought back to the ISS.

Reynolds joined a stellar cast to play Rory Adams, a space walker and engineer. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Dr David Jordan, an American doctor and Rebecca Ferguson is British scientist Dr Miranda North, a specialist in controlled diseases.

And making Life was a memorable experience for the Deadpool actor, who’s married to actress Blake Lively, with whom he has two daughters. “I can’t think of a time when I had more fun shooting a film than Life,” he says. It was a built-in family for me — I had a director that I knew already and worked with in the past and writers that are like my brothers and then Jake, who has since become one of my closest friends. And getting to be there with those guys was a complete pleasure through and through.”