Ryan Reynolds reveals his first approach to wife Blake Lively

On the latest episode of the podcast Smartless (opens in new tab), hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, Ryan Reynolds opened up about his relationship with wife Blake Lively. Reynolds revealed that he made the first move in their romance when the couple got back together in 2011.

"I met Blake in the darkest crease of the cosmic anus called Green Lantern," Reynolds joked. 'Then about a year and a half later we had a double date, but we were dating different people.'

"We hung out and kept in touch all the time, kind of casually," he continued.

"She was going to Boston, and I was going to Boston. We got on the train, we rode together, and then I asked her to sleep with me."

When asked when he knew Lively was the one, Reynolds compared their relationship to a "fairy tale" and revealed that they realized fairly early on that they were in for a long relationship. "A week later I thought, 'Let's buy a house together,'" he said (perhaps he was exaggerating for comedic effect). And we did."

Reynolds also joked about the length of his relationship with Lively as the couple approached their 10th anniversary: "It's like 45 years in Hollywood," he said.