Is JackSepticEye in Free Guy? Tracing the YouTuber’s role in the popular Ryan Reynolds film

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Sean William McLoughlin, aka JackSepticEye, is a YouTube giant hailing from Ireland. With 28.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 2.8 million Twitch followers under his belt, Jack is a powerhouse in the gaming community. Over the years, his fame has grown manifold and he has joined YouTube greats such as PewDiePie and Markiplier in terms of popularity.

So when the director of Free Guy, Shawn Levy, wanted to star some of the top gaming personalities in his 2021 video game movie, it is no wonder he picked Jack as one of the bunch. McLoughlin starred in the movie as himself with the likes of Twitch stars Ninja, Pokimane, YouTubers Dan TDM and LazarBeam.

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Jack is an outspoken Ryan Reynolds fan. The streamer first met the Canadian superstar when they played Deadpool (the game) together while Ryan was promoting Deadpool 2. The video is on his YouTube and Jacksepticeye put this in the description:

Free Guyis a movie about a NPC in a fictionalised MMORPG called "Free City", a clear nod to GTA Online. The titular character, played by Ryan, is the NPC Guy whose AI slowly becomes sentient and starts to play the game alongside real players.

As he levels up his character, the players on the server start noticing him, making him go viral on social media. And that is where our guy man Jack comes in, starring in a montage with fellow content creators talking about Guy's exploits in the game.

Ryan himself praised Jackspeticeye on his interview on Today FM, saying:

Which caused Jack to tear up with joy on camera. In a more recent video, the YouTuber shared exactly how he came to get the role and his experience with the movie.

Jacksepticeye explains that in the middle of the pandemic, he got an email from the director of Free Guy