Ryan Reynolds thinks Jake Gyllenhaal is a better cook than his wife Blake Lively.

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds

The 40-year-old actor has struck up a close friendship with his 'Life' co-star and is particularly impressed by his prowess in the kitchen.

He said: "Blake [Lively], my wife, is very good at cooking, and Jake might be just a little bit better. He can throw down. It gets very competitive between the two."

However, Ryan knew his spouse - with whom he has daughters James, two, and Ines, six months - wouldn't be too impressed by his comment.

He joked on 'Good Morning America': "I'm moving out at the end of the month. I'm actually moving out right now, under this desk. I'm already making plans."

And even though they have finished filming 'Life', Ryan still intends to hang out with 36-year-old Jake as often as possible.

He added: "We're hanging out all the time. We live near each other. It's cool. I live out in the 'burbs

"He's definitely one of my favourites, and at the same time he's one of the kindest guys I've ever met."

Meanwhile, Jake recently gushed about how much he thinks Ryan is a "wonderful" man.

He said: "He's a wonderful man. It's rare in our industry to meet someone, a contemporary, and there's no competition. There's just some friends you meet at a certain time in your life. We met on this movie and became really close friends."

Ryan recently claimed having two children has given him a "functioning family".

He said: "They look alike. You can see that she's sort of a little mini version of our older girl.

"But, no, it's great. It's like an actually cohesive, working, functioning family. It's amazing to see my older daughter taking care of my younger one. 'The Lion King' was right! The circle of life exists."