Ryan Reynolds’ upcoming film, Imaginary Friends, produced by John Krasinski, has become the center of attention for more than a few reasons. On top of having an exceptional cast of actors, which includes Matt Damon, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fiona Shaw, and Emily Blunt, the film also has an extremely interesting premise. The film follows the story of a young girl who begins to see the imaginary friends of everyone that she comes across.
The film recently released a teaser for the Super Bowl that has fans going absolutely crazy, not only because of the film’s plot and hype but also because the trailer recreated a very iconic moment from Krasinski’s most famous work, The Office.
Ryan Reynolds’ IF Teaser Recreates One Of The Most Iconic Moments From The Office
Ryan Reynolds‘ IF can be categorized as a reunion for the cast of The Office. Along with John Krasinski, Steve Carell is one of the protagonists, and Randall Park is also a part of the cast. Park did not play a significant role in the iconic sitcom, featuring in only one cold opening in one episode. Despite this, it is safe to say that this is one of the most iconic moments in the series.
Here, the actor pretends to be Jim and pranks Dwight into thinking that not only is Jim of Asian descent, but he also looks different, is shorter, and is a different person altogether.
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This scene was so iconic that the cast decided to recreate it in their new teaser trailer for their film, which aired at the Super Bowl, as posted by Reynolds on his Instagram. In this, the Deadpool actor sits on a chair to promote the movie, waiting for the writer, producer, and director, John Krasinski, to show up.
It is here that Park comes and sits in the seat, and spends the majority of this commercial trying to convince Reynolds that he is, in fact, Krasinski, while simultaneously promoting the film. This moment, on its own, has made fans of the sitcom lose their minds.
Fans Are Going Ballistic Over Ryan Reynolds IF’s New Teaser
When the new teaser hit the internet, fans of The Office could not help but get extremely excited at this nod, loving the mention of one of the most iconic sitcoms of all time. In the comments of this post, many were mentioning quotes from this scene from the series, stating,
“You seriously never noticed? Hey, hat’s off to you for not seeing race.” said one fan.
“The dedication to the bit is actually have Randall film all the scenes on set” said another fan.
Making fun of the fact that Dwight’s character would be very likely to do something like this. One fan pointed out how dedicated the cast got with this, with there even being scenes of Randall Park on set and directing everyone, as though he was actually John Krasinski himself.
“Best. Reference. Ever, Oh my gosh this is perfect” said one fan
“This is the most genius marketing campaign I’ve ever seen” said another.
Many commented on how perfect these references were, not being able to think of any better way to execute this joke. Some even applauded the marketing campaign of the film, being very wise about how to get the right amount of media interaction for the promotion of their movie.
