Watch Ryan Reynolds Power Up in Free Guy , Anatomy of a Scene

New revelations come quickly and colorfully to Guy (Ryan Reynolds), who transforms from a supporting character in a video game character to its biggest star. In this scene, Guy, a bank teller whose work day plays out predictably, down to a daily bank robbery, this time turns the tables. He takes down a robber, including the special glasses he wears. When Guy puts them on, he sees an entirely new graphical layer of his town that he has been missing before. Discussing the scene, the director Shawn Levy said that he wanted to unlock this secret part of the video game world using a lively visual motif, with bursts of color and action all around. I wanted this sequence, frankly, to be a little bit overwhelming to the audience, Levy said, like theres too much to take in because thats exactly what Ryans character is experiencing. Levy said that he played a lot of video games when researching the movie, and he kept noticing how the camera moved in less of a humanoperated way, and i