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LOS ANGELES, April 29 (UPI) -- Ryan Reynolds has penned a tribute memorializing the 13-year-old Deadpool fan who died of cancer this week. The Hollywood actor wrote a lengthy note on Facebook mentioning his friend Connor McGrath, whom he called "Bubba," saying his death is "impossible to reconcile."
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"Connor was 13. But this kid... He was smart. He was funny. And not just funny 'for a kid' - or funny 'for a person battling something awful'. He was unqualified funny. He had that... thing," Reynolds said.
The two met through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which granted the teen's wish to meet Reynolds and watch a rough cut of the R-rated film, Deadpool, ahead of its release.
"Before you jump down my throat for showing a 13-year-old an R-Rated film, please know this kid knew more swear words than a British chef," the actor added.
"I'm grateful I got to orbit Connor's world for a brief time. Grateful for the pages and pages of hilarious texts between us. Grateful to his parents for allowing Connor to spend time with a foul-mouthed child in the body of a 39-year-old."
"We met because he loved Deadpool. In a certain sense he WAS Deadpool. Or, at least everything Deadpool aspires to be; balancing pain, fearlessness, love and a filthy (filthy!) sense of humor in one body. I wish he could've stuck around a lot longer."
This week, Reynolds began shooting his next film, The Hitman's Bodyguard, by Millennium Films. He will star alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Young and Salma Hayek in the action comedy.
Reynolds will play protection agent Michael Bryce who is hired by a former enemy, played by Jackson.
