Ryan Reynolds grants child's wish to meet Deadpool in Vancouver

Ryan Reynolds has granted a six-year-old boy's wish of meeting comic book character Deadpool, while filming in Vancouver last week.

The Vancouver-born actor shared a photo on Instagram describing the experience of meeting Tony Acevedo — who has Hodgkin's disease — through the Make-A-Wish Foundations in Nevada and Vancouver.

"I wasn't expecting him to sneak the mask, put on the gloves, smile ... and then beat Deadpool about the face, arms and jugular with blazing speed," said Reynolds.

Hodgkin's disease is a cancer affecting the immune system.

Through the Make-A-Wish foundation, Acevedo asked to meet the comic book character because "Deadpool never dies and everything he touches has magical powers," according to the Hollywood Reporter

Reynolds, who plays Deadpool in the upcoming movie based on the Marvel comics character, granted the young American boy's wish on set in Vancouver May 21. 

In a photo Reynolds released on social media, Acevedo is seen smiling while the actor embraces him. 

In another photo, the six-year-old is wearing the mask and gloves of the Deadpool character.

Reynolds wrote in a caption, "Tony's next fight is with Hodgkin's disease. Hodgkin's disease best be wearing its brown pants."

B.C.'s Maha Elashi, who helped organize the meeting, said she can't reveal much information about what took place.

"I can tell you that it all came together very quickly, and we were incredibly excited to host the Acevedo family," she said.

Earlier this month, Reynolds met with another fan on the Vancouver set of the Deadpool movie. 

Reynolds described 15-year old Calista King — who has a brain tumour — as the "world's greatest #deadpool fan." 

The actor confirmed King was given a walk-on role in the upcoming film. 

"Sure, we put her in the film. Sure, I said a lot of terrible words around her, and her mother, and especially her grandmother. But more importantly, she left with Deadpool's sword. I can't think of a better person to have it."

When I reached out to Reynolds for comment on the story via Twitter, I asked him for a quote. He apparently took that request quite literally and tweeted back a random line from the movie The Big Lebowski. "That rug really tied the room together." — Walter Sobchak