From friends to lovers, have you ever experienced a love story like “Deadpool” Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively?.

Ryan Reynolds once joked that he fell in love with his wife Blake Lively after they had 𝓈ℯ𝓍. But in reality, their love story is so cute, it sounds like it came straight out of a script for an American romantic movie.

Lively and Reynolds were initially just friends when they met on the set of The Green Lantern. At the time, they were both “taken”. Ryan Reynolds was still married to Scarlett Johansson, while Blake Lively was dating Penn Badgley – her fake-turned-real-boy co-star on “Gossip Girl”.

“We’ve been friends for a long time, and I think that’s the best way to start a relationship – as friends,” the Deadpool actor told People.

But in 2010, both of their personal relationships hit a rough patch. Rumors of Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson’s split swirled for a while, until their divorce was announced in December of that year. Blake Lively also broke up with Penn Badgley.

In 2010, Ryan Reynolds broke up with Scarlett Johansson, and Blake Lively also split from Penn Badgley.

Although both Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are single, they have remained friends for a long time. They joke around on stage like close friends. Blake Lively also started a new relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio. In June 2011, the actress was seen traveling with this playboy, but the relationship did not last long.

Blake Lively dated Leonardo DiCaprio in 2011.

And then after a while, Ryan and Blake’s friendship started to change: “About a year after The Green Lantern wrapped, we were both single and we went on a double date, where she went on a date with another guy and I went on a date with another girl (but all four of us went on the same date). That four-person date turned into something like When Harry Met Sally. It was the weirdest date for each of us, because Blake and I were like shooting fireworks together,” Ryan Reynolds shared.

After being friends for a while, they realized: “Why don’t we date each other?”.

Blake Lively also shared: “We were good friends for a long time. When we were single, we helped each other find the right half: ‘Wow, who would be right for you?’. We just sat there and said: ‘Do you know anyone to set me up with?’. And it wasn’t until over a year later that we realized: ‘Wait. We could date each other!'”

Blake Lively believes that the fact that they were friends from the beginning is the key to maintaining happiness: “That’s what I cherish about our relationship. He’s really my friend, first and foremost. Not just in the past, but in everyday life, he’s my friend. And I think that’s the secret to happiness.”

Shortly after the aforementioned “unsuccessful” four-person date, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively had a private date together, and then had a romantic dance at an empty restaurant just like in a romantic movie.

Ryan Reynolds said: “We met at a little restaurant in Tribeca (in New York City) very late at night. A song was playing and I said to her: ‘Wanna dance?’ There was absolutely no one else in the restaurant at the time. In the middle of dancing, there was a moment where I realized: ‘I’ve crossed the line.’ And then I took her home. And then, you know, I don’t need to go into the details after that.”

“The Green Lantern” – the superhero movie that helped them meet but didn’t fall in love immediately.

However, the couple’s story is a bit contradictory. On Ryan Reynolds’ 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day, Blake Lively posted a photo of the couple dancing at the Japanese restaurant O Ya in New York, along with a note revealing that they fell in love at the O Ya restaurant branch in Boston, not the restaurant in Tribeca, New York as Reynolds said.

“We fell in love at your restaurant in Boston. We fell in love again at your restaurant in New York. Thank you for the best food and memories! You are my favorite! Another happy 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day @vancityreynolds. Hey Reynolds, I love you so much. Just wanted to say…”.

Maybe they fell in love at the little restaurant in Tribeca that Reynolds mentioned, then bonded at the restaurant in Boston, or vice versa. Whatever the truth, it’s clear that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are in an enviably happy relationship. They also have a lovely family, with two young daughters – James (𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 2014) and Inez (𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 2016).

Deadpool and his wife’s happy family of 4 in real life.

Why does Blake Lively think Ryan Reynolds is her true love? She expressed: “I know he will always be my best friend for the rest of my life. That’s what means the most to me. I’ve never known a relationship as special as my friendship with him. I like him as a friend and I love him at the same time.”