The former winner of the magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2010 has some words of wisdom for this year's heart throb award recipient. Ryan Reynolds, 45 jokingly told actor and friend Paul Rudd that he shouldn't play shy about the publication's award. 'Don't blow this, Rudd,' said Reynolds on the Today show on Wednesday. 'If you are there, do not blow this opportunity. Run like the wind.' Friendly advice: Ryan Reynolds who got People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive honor 11 years ago, jokingly told actor and friend Paul Rudd that he shouldn't play shy about the publication's award 'I think this opportunity will be wasted on him, like so many before him,' the chisel-jawed actor quipped Wednesday on Today. 'He's going to play it shy. He's going to play it bashful, humble. If I know what I knew now, I wouldn't. You got to seize the opportunity,' said Reynolds on the show. He speculated how he'd handle things different knowing what he knows today. 'If I got it now, I'm not saying I would leave my family, but they would need to go on without me,' he joked. Heartthrob: 'Don't blow this, Rudd,' said the 45-year-old on the Today show on Wednesday. 'If you are there, do not blow this opportunity. Run like the wind' 'I would roam the world clutching my dog-eared People magazine, going from town to town, sewing my wild oats like some sort of nude, magical gardener. It would be amazing.' Heartthrob Rudd, 52, rose to fame in the 1995 hit Clueless Barely alongside Alicia Silverstone's ex-stepbrother Josh Lucas. People magazine named the ageless Ant-Man actor as Sexiest Man Alive on Tuesday. In a 2018 interview with ET Canada, Rudd said his friend Reynolds was 'nice and sexy all the time.' No one, except Reynolds, 'is one thing all the time,' according to Rudd, who sees himself differently. Joking around: 'I think this opportunity will be wasted on him, like so many before him,' the actor quipped Wednesday on Today Play it cool: 'He's going to play it shy. He's going to play it bashful, humble. If I know what I knew now, I wouldn't. You got to seize the opportunity,' said Reynolds on the show Don't miss opportunity: The father of three speculated how he'd handle things different knowing what he knows today. 'If I got it now, I'm not saying I would leave my family, but they would need to go on without me' Reynolds is currently starring in the upcoming Netflix action heist movie Red Notice alongside Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson and Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot. The Canadian-born actor is married to Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively, 34. They have their hands full raising three daughters, James, six, Inez, five, and Betty, two. 'It's absolutely mayhem,' said Reynolds about raising three girls while on the show. 'You're just every day clinging by the skin of your teeth.' The girls are giving him a run around, he said. 'I was always afraid I would have boys, but now that I have girls, I realize I should not have been afraid,' he said. 'I should have wanted boys, as well. They're just as rough,' Ryan added. Looking hot: Ryan Reynolds seen on People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2010 Catch of the day: Reynolds is married to Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively, 34; Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend the World Premiere of 20th Century Studios' Free Guy on Aug. 3, 2021, in New York City All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility