Ratings for Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s action comedy “The Fall Guy” are still under embargo, but Gosling is already getting all the praise he needs thanks to Steven Spielberg. The two met earlier this year during the Golden Globe Awards, and it seems like Spielberg made it a priority to let Gosling know he’s a huge Fall Guy fan. Gosling was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe Awards thanks to the movie “Barbie.”
“I saw Steven Spielberg walking in my direction,” Gosling said. diverse. “I don’t know Steven Spielberg. I thought it was impossible for him to come to talk to me. And yet he kept coming closer, and then I thought I knew what would happen. I would point to him, and he would say, ‘Not you, it’s behind you,’ so I wouldn’t do it. Finally I said: “Me?” He says, “Yes you are.” I say, “I’m sorry I didn’t think you were coming to talk to me.” I stand up and he hugs me and says, “I just saw Fall Guy and I loved it.”
“As far as I’m concerned, it no longer matters what happens,” Gosling continued. “Steven Spielberg loved it. That was an all-time moment for me. I’m really excited for people to see it. I think it’s a really special movie.”
The Fall Guy is directed by Deadpool 2 and Bullet Train director David Leitch, and is based on the 1980s TV series of the same name. Gosling plays a Hollywood stuntman who finds himself working for a director (Blunt) who happens to be a former flame. When the film’s main actor disappears, Gosling’s stuntman steps up to try to find him.
“The stunts are amazing, they’re practical stunts,” Gosling said, which makes “The Fall Guy” so special. “You can feel the difference. It’s a love letter to films and filmmaking and the people who make films… It’s a very unique point of view on a kind of film that we all love so much but from a perspective you’ve never seen before, from the people who actually make films and how much it’s been done.” Take them for granted.
Gosling added that action films are some of the “life blood of the industry,” so it’s time a film not only delivers thrills and action, but actually respects the workers who make it happen.
“The Fall Guy” opens in theaters May 3 from Universal Pictures after its world premiere at SXSW later this month.