By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 16:54 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 17:01 BST, 11 May 2019
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Ryan Reynolds' daughter convinced him to star in the upcoming movie Detective Pikachu.
The 42-year-old actor voices the beloved Pokémon character in the new movie and the film's director Robert Letterman revealed it was his two-year-old daughter Inez who wanted him to take on the role.
Robert told Collider: 'We were all in on Ryan. So, what happened was, I did these tests. I took an old clip of Ryan from a different movie and we animated Pikachu to it.
Deciding factor: Detective Pikachu director Robert Letterman revealed that it was actually Ryan Reynolds' two-year-old daughter who convinced him to take the role in the Pokemon blockbuster. Above Ryan is seen May 3
'And the second I saw that test it was done. It was perfect. We hadn't even reached out to him. There would be no other version in my mind.
'And when he finally said 'yes' it was a massive sigh
