Ryan Reynolds reflects on his ‘amazing’ last call with Alex Trebek

Ryan Reynolds reflects on his ‘amazing’ last call with Alex Trebek

The two Canadian icons and friends chatted only two months ago
November 17, 2020 2:27 p.m.
Latest Update November 19, 2020 11:00 p.m.
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Everyone from Burbank, California, where Jeopardy is filmed, to Sudbury, Ontario, where he was born, is still reeling from the loss of Canadian icon Alex Trebek, who tragically passed earlier this month after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. Still feeling that loss is another Canadian star, actor Ryan Reynolds, who was friends with Trebek. Now, he’s reflecting on the last time they spoke on the phone, and how this loss weighs heavy.“I was talking with Alex on the phone two months ago,” he said via video-chat to Extra on Monday. “And that was amazing. And just like that he's gone.”
“It was really, really shocking and sad,” he continued.  “And obviously he's sick and it wasn't totally wildly unexpected, but it's still heartbreaking nonetheless. It's absolutely gut-wrenching.”Having previously filmed a cameo in Ryan’s upcoming sci-fi film Free Guy, he revealed that the convo was actually about him making a return appearance on Jeopardy, something he’s done in the past. “It was a conversation about one of the shows he had coming up. I've been on the show a number of times and he was asking me about perhaps coming on again, and I was shooting in Atlanta and I was unable to do it,” he said. “But I did get to speak with him which is always a privilege and a pleasure.”Ryan, like most of us, grew up watching Alex inspire awe and wonder as the magnificent host of Jeopardy for 35 years, and how his passing is something that will be felt by everyone who let Alex into their living rooms every evening.
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