Not only in the movie, but in the campaign for the movie. And I go, ‘What’s this about?’, and he’s like ‘It just feels good.’ So literally, based on nothing but Ryan’s instinct, and the fact that that was one of his writing tracks in the revisions of Free Guy, we approached Team Mariah and it lead to that song being the signature track. Ryan, when he was doing the earliest dialogue polishes on this screenplay, he was listening to Mariah in his home, and he wrote “Fantasy” into the script. While star Reynolds was working on dialogue for the script, he was listening to Carey heavily and ended up writing the song into the script: Related: Every Upcoming Ryan Reynolds Movieĭirector Shawn Levy gave details about how the film's relationship with the song came about in an interview with Cinema Blend. The song was Carey's ninth number-one single in her career at the time. It remained atop the chart for eight consecutive weeks. It was the second song in history to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the first by a female artist. The song was a massive hit after its release on September 12, 1995. Mariah Carey's song Fantasy has been featured heavily in the film's promotional materials, including both trailers. The film is now scheduled to hit theaters in December, one of the last remaining major films to be released this year. The film was initially slated for release in July but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The film also stars Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi, and Joe Keery. The forthcoming action movie stars Ryan Reynolds as Guy, a non-playable character in the film's video game world, and follows him as he goes from NPC to action hero. Director Shawn Levy has revealed just why Mariah Carey's song Fantasy has become the signature song of his upcoming movie Free Guy.

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