Ryan Phillippe sees marriage and having more kids in the furture
In USA Today, Stop-Loss star, Ryan Phillippe, open up about films, family, and physique.
When asked point-blank whether his Stop-Loss co-star Abbie Cornish are truly a couple:
"There's no good to come of making any definitive statement about your personal life in that regard," he says. "It's just something I would really rather not address. It has to be a 'no comment.' "
Although he does not answer the question directly, it is obvious that her likes the blonde Aussie. Calling her a "cool chick," Phillippe says Cornish grew up "on a farm. She's kind of a tomboy, so she was like one of the guys a lot of the time."
It is quite obvious to see why women love him. Even writer/director Kimberly Pierce (Boys Don't Cry) was impressed by his assets. After instructing him to get in tip-top shape, Phillippe showed up on set and took off his shirt.
"He just shows me his chest and says, 'Are you happy?' " Peirce recalls. "And I said, 'Yeah. That's pretty good.' I love him for his talent and mind, but I don't mind him for his fantastic physique."
Phillippe on the emotional toll his divorce took on him.
"I've definitely spent periods of time in a very limited state of mind based on whatever I was going through in my life. At this point in time I feel in a pretty good place."
He avoids magazines featuring photos of Witherspoon with her new love, actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
"It's bizarre," he says. "There's plenty of times when I say, 'What a strange situation I've found myself in, but at a certain point you know it's going to happen, so you are prepared in some fashion."
Last week, Ryan gave ex-wife Reese and Jake his blessing:
"He's a good dude. I love her and I want her to be happy, and it seems like she is."
How does he get through this hard period of his life:
He says focusing on his children with Witherspoon (Ava, 8 years old, and son Deacon, 4) help. During the shoot, he brought them to Texas, where he was staying in a lake house outside Austin.
Peirce remembers them on set. "They are literally the spitting image of him," she says. "He's so concerned about them. And I think the fact that he's a great father shows through in his performance, because he ends up being a father to the guys."
While in London shooting his next role as a masked martial artist in the futuristic film Franklyn, he spoke with his kids via computer webcam. "It's difficult, but at least it's something," he says. "When they can see you, there's a more visceral reaction."
And what of some day adding a wife to the mix?
"I can see doing it again, yeah," he says. "And I can certainly see possibly having children again. I'm pretty young, and there are many beautiful things about that idea of marriage and family. It just doesn't always work out perfect for everybody. But I've done all I'm going to do in terms of talking about that part. It's fair to her and fair to myself to move on."
