Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman honor Marvel president at Walk of Fame ceremony

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The "driving force" behind the Marvel cinematic universe is now cemented in Hollywood history.

On Thursday afternoon Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, was honored with the 2,785th star on the illustrious Walk of Fame and was inducted by "Wolverine & Deadpool" stars Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.

Reynolds called Feige a "genius black-belt producer" and touted him for his love for the MCU characters and the actors who play the superheroes.

"He has a steady hand at the helm of the creative process that tends to, I think it's safe to say, flirt if not hop right into the sack of chaos and still have his hand on the stick and land the plane," Reynolds explained. "He's quite literally an anchor beam in real life. He keeps the Marvel Universe alive and well and vital and without him none of this works."

"Wolverine" star Hugh Jackman presented Feige with a gift certificate to Mastro's Steakhouse, as a thank you 24 years in the making.

The actor told a story about when he met Feige for the first time during his audition for the first X-Men film.

"You know when an actor says 'I knew I wasn't going to get the part?' Well, I really knew I wasn't going to get the part. In fact, everybody knew I wasn't going to get that part because there wasn't a part to be had."

After the audition, Feige drove Jackman to the airport but insisted he treat him to a steak lunch seeing as he spent all day flying to essen...

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