--- title: Jimmy Fallon Smacks Ryan Reynolds in the Face With Giant Hand description: The two engaged in a friendly game of Slapjack canonical: https://time.com/4044207/jimmy-fallon-ryan-reynolds-hand-face/ author: Rachel Handler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-22T15:09:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:06.218Z og:title: Watch Jimmy Fallon Smack Ryan Reynolds In the Face og:description: The two engaged in a friendly game of Slapjack og:url: https://time.com/4044207/jimmy-fallon-ryan-reynolds-hand-face/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jimmy Fallon Smack Ryan Reynolds In the Face twitter:description: The two engaged in a friendly game of Slapjack twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jimmy Fallon Smack Ryan Reynolds In the Face > Sponsored content. 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No Intermission._ by [Rachel Handler](https://time.com/author/rachel-handler/) ## Rachel Handler Sep 22, 2015 3:09 PM UTC by [Rachel Handler](https://time.com/author/rachel-handler/) ## Rachel Handler Sep 22, 2015 3:09 PM UTC One of Jimmy Fallon’s favorite pastimes is bringing celebrities onto his show and causing them profound physical discomfort. He’s [smashed eggs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6jb0cOYqAI) onto the head of Tom Cruise. He’s [thrown water](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI2EfnJAr1E) directly into the face of Lindsay Lohan. He [hurled sticky balls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sh-mATW4wQ) at a velcro-covered Channing Tatum. His latest—and most ferocious—coup: Smacking Ryan Reynolds in the face with a massive prosthetic hand. Last night, Reynolds stopped by _The Tonight Show_ to promote his new movie, _Mississippi Grind_, in which he plays a smooth-talking gambler. To prove he was worth his salt in card-sharking, Fallon asked Reynolds to engage in a friendly game of Slapjack, yet another one of Fallon’s twisted divertissements. This particular game, as Fallon explained it, “works the same as blackjack, but at the end of each round, the winner gets to slap the loser across the face with a giant prosthetic hand.” Naturally, Reynolds soon found himself knocked to the ground by the large, fleshy palm, the latest victim of Fallon’s malevolent mind. _Mississippi Grind_ hits theaters this Friday, Sept. 25. ## Transcript [ Music Playing ] [ Music Playing ] >> I'm going to kiss you then I want you to turn away and go on talking. >> Or I'll take the liberty of having you seized up and flogged. >> Now take the apple dearie. >> Nowadays you go out and get yourself an >> ism and-- >> Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. >> War! Take [ unk ] >> It is a war of the people, of all the people. >> Stand up now and go and we both go. >> Would you like to swing on a star. >> The bells of St. Mary. >> I'll never marry him. >> Nor any of the [ unk ] you try to force on me. >> Late? >> For the Easter Parade. We had a date, remember? -[ unk ] He's back. >> It's the greatest show on earth. >> White Christmas. >> Now, this is Doc, girls, Mr. Roberts. >> Hi! >> Hi! >> Hi! -[ unk ] >> What don't we get? >> You know damn well. >> Your eyes are full of hate, 41. >> Keep cooly cool, boy. >> No criminals! >> I could have danced all night. >> The hills are alive with the sound of music. >> Let there be light! >> Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. >> I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. >> Rules. No rules. >> 'Til we marry, okay? >> The French connection, a [ unk ] with a record too clean to be true. -[ unk ] >> All right, everybody, FBI! Don't anybody try to leave. -[ Music Playing ] >> Enjoy your flight. >> No, I am your father. >> Then try to keep up, okay? >> The need for speed. >> There you go, Ray. >> Yeah. >> You're dancing. >> Yeah. >> This is it. -[ unk ] are we hit? >> On our left. >> I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle. >> A whole new world. >> The circle of life. >> 90 blocks and 30 minutes of New York traffic. >> I'm flying. Jack-- >> I'll look in on you from time to time, okay, honey. >> You're a wizard, Harry. >> Shrek! >> Fiona! >> Fiona! >> Mom! >> Harold. >> Donkey! >> Let her go. >> Very poor choice of words. >> That's not trash. That's not trash! >> I thought I was-- >> The [ unk ] >> Oh my. >> What the heck? 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