Ryan Reynolds paid tribute to Alex Trebek after participating in one of the last games of “Jeopardy!” he hosted.
Trebek died in November at the age of 80 after a long and public battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. However, he recorded several programs before his death that will air this week.
On Monday’s episode of the popular game show, Reynolds appeared for a brief appearance to ask a question about his movie “Free Guy”.
“I’m Ryan Reynolds. In my 2020 movie, Free Guy, I play a bank teller who realizes that he is really an NPC, short for that type of character,” said Reynolds during his video on the show.
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“Danger!” competitor Brayden Smith responded with the correct answer “what is a non-player character.”
Ryan Reynolds appeared in one of Alex Trebek’s last episodes of ‘Jeopardy!’
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After the broadcast, Reynolds went on Twitter to pay tribute once again to his fellow Canadian celebrity and see how “painful” it was to share the screen with him one last time.
“It’s an honor (and a little heartbreaking) to be with #AlexTrebek one last time on @Jeopardy,” the “Deadpool” star saidby adding an emoji from the Canadian flag.
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“Free Guy” has a special meaning for Reynolds’ relationship with Trebek, as the presenter agreed to make a cameo in the film before his death.
When news broke that Trebek had passed, Reynolds was one of the first to access Twitter to share his thoughts on the TV legend.
“Alex Trebek was kind enough to shoot a cameo for our movie ‘Free Guy’ last year, despite his battle. He was kind and funny,” wrote the actor at the time. “In addition to being curious, robust, generous, comforting and, of course, Canadian. We love you, Alex. And we always will.”
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Trebek’s last week’s shows were originally scheduled to air on Christmas week; two categories of tracks on Monday were “December 21st” and “Christmas on Broadway”. But to give more exposure to Trebek’s final week, “Jeopardy!” postpone them until this week.
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A successor has not been named. “Jeopardy!” Champion Ken Jennings will be the first in a planned series of guest presenters in episodes starting to appear next week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.