Long before Ryan Reynolds became a household name thanks to the "Deadpool" movies , he starred in a little-known Canadian teen soap opera. The Nickelodeon show was titled "Hillside" in Canada but was, for some reason, renamed "Fifteen" in the U.S. It followed the lives of a bunch of high schoolers as they dealt with dating, bullying, drugs, and all the topical issues of the time. The 1990s series was attempting to fill the hole left behind by "Degrassi," a TV franchise that had dominated the '80s (and later resurfaced in the 2000s) but, at this point, was on an indefinite hiatus.

Reynolds appeared in "Fifteen" as Billy Simpson, a teen who starts off struggling with his parents' divorce and goes on a whole troubled journey from there. It's jarring to watch the actor in this show, if only

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