Going forward, The Fall Guy star Ryan Gosling will be selecting family-friendly roles.
During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gosling revealed that he's avoiding certain types of roles. These include ones that require him to go to a “dark place.”
“I didn't really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place,” Gosling revealed. “This moment is what I feel like trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us. The decisions I make, I make them with Eva and we make them with our family in mind first.”
When did this career shift take place? For Gosling, he thinks it was 2016's La La Land.
“I think La La Land was the first,” he said. “It was just sort of like, ‘Oh, this will be fun for them, too, because even though they're not coming to set, we're practicing piano every day or we're dancing or we're singing.' Their interest in Barbie and their disinterest in Ken was an inspiration.
“I thought, they were already making little movies about their Barbies on the iPad when it happened, so the fact that I was going off to work to make one too, we just felt like we were aligned,” he continued.
Ryan Gosling's career and recent roles
Ryan Gosling first gained notoriety for his role on Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club. He would go on to star in Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Goosebumps.
On the big screen, Gosling's big break came in The Believer. He subsequently starred in The Notebook with Rachel McAdams. In 2006, Gosling landed his first Oscar nomination for his performance in Half Nelson.
The 2010s were dominated by Gosling. He starred in the rom-com Crazy, Stupid, Love and action noir film Drive in 2011. Gosling would also star in Gangster Squad, The Big Short, The Nice Guys, La La Land (which landed him his second Oscar nomination), Blade Runner 2049, and First Man over the next few years.
After nearly four years away from the big screen, Gosling returned in the Russo Brothers' The Gray Man. Chris Evans and Ana de Armas also starred in the Netflix thriller.
In 2023, Gosling had a leading role in the biggest film of the year, Barbie. He played the main version of Ken in the film, which grossed over $1.4 billion at the box office. It was also nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Supporting Actor for Gosling.
He now stars in David Leitch's The Fall Guy with Emily Blunt. In the film, Gosling plays stuntman Colt Seavers. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, and Stephanie Hsu also star in the film.
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