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    Ryan Reynolds Explained How He Made The First Move On Blake Lively, And It's Quite The Tale

    "I was just begging her to sleep with me."

    Ryan Reynolds has got all the moves!

    Ryan Reynolds attends the premiere of "Pokemon Detective Pikachu"

    While recently appearing on the SmartLess podcast, the Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard actor recalled making the first move on wife Blake Lively when they first got together.

    "I met Blake on the darkest crease in the anus of the universe called Green Lantern," Reynolds jokingly recalled. "We were friends and buddies.”

    Ryan Reynolds (L) and Blake Lively arrive at the "Green Lantern" Los Angeles Premiere

    “About a year and a half later, we went on a double date, but we were dating separate people,” he continued.

    Blake Lively (L) and Ryan Reynolds attend the 'Deadpool 2' screening

    The comedian explained that he and Lively "hung out" and "always kind of kept in touch, but casually.”

    Ryan Reynolds (L) and Blake Lively smiling at each other as they attend the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala

    "Next thing you know, she was going to Boston, I was going to Boston, and I said, 'Well, I'll ride with you,’” he recalled. “We got on the train and we rode together. I was just begging her to sleep with me."

    But when the two decided that they wanted to take their relationship out of the friendship zone, Reynolds said it happened like something “out of a fairy tale.”

    Blake Lively (L) and Ryan Reynolds attend 2016 amfAR New York Gala

    "A week later, I was like, 'We should buy a house together,'" he said. "And we did."

    Blake Lively (L) and Ryan Reynolds attend the 2017 Time 100 Gala

    That was it. The pair got married in September 2012, and the rest is history.

    Blake Lively (L) and Ryan Reynolds attend the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala