I was recently asked to justify my love for Ryan Reynolds, and I claimed I could do it in two words: "Blade fuckin' Trinity."

(Yes, I know. That's the joke.)

I'm serious, though. Reynolds has apparently been on my radar for much longer than I realised - he was in my favourite ever episode of The X-Files, albeit briefly, and I used to obsessively watch Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place back in the day - but Blade Trinity was when I really realised that the man is awesome. Beyond awesome.

Maybe it's the beard. Blade Trinity was the first time we saw Reynolds with a beard, but then again it's also the first time we saw him all bulked up and musclified, which also might have something to do with it. Or maybe it was the script that kept him wisecracking all the way through the movie (there were some particularly brilliant turns of phrase that I can't, in all good conscience, reproduce on a site like this, but - they were awesome, okay?). Whatever it was, Ryan Reynolds was the coolest part of Blade Trinity, and he singlehandedly made it worth watching. More than once, even.

Plus, if we must go down that route, he's really hot. But so, supposedly, are a load of other male celebrities, and they're all boring and rubbish, while Ryan Reynolds is awesome, funny, and likes comics. Reynolds 1, rest of the world 0.

Unfortunately, Blade Trinity is still the pinnacle of his awesomeness since The Amityville Horror sucked and Smokin' Aces was just sort of okay, but even so, Reynolds himself is incredibly watchable.

And hot.

So, Ryan Reynolds, Den of Geek salutes you, or drools over you, depending on which of us you're talking about. But we all think you're cool.

Previous Den of Geek love letters: Hayden Panettiere, Nick Frost, Morgan Webb, Illeana Douglas, Bruce Campbell.

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