Ryan Reynolds' message of support for Newcastle heart surgery teen
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Ivan Hollingsworth tweeted the Deadpool star on behalf of son Seb,
who is being treated at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
"How do we get a MarvelStudios Superhero to send a message to our Heart Hero Seb?" he asked.
Reynolds replied, before recording a video message which was played to Seb in his hospital bed.
The teenager is a fan of the actor and has a poster of his Deadpool character in his bedroom.
Seb was born with a congenital heart defect which required life-saving surgery when he was just 16 weeks old.
Before Christmas his family found out he would require more
intervention and on Monday he underwent major open-heart surgery.
In the video, Reynolds can be heard saying: "You can call me Deadpool, call me Green Lantern, call me anything you like!