Ryan Gosling is a dad who keeps his promises. On the set of The Fall Guy, the actor actually tried his hand at all the dangerous stunts we see… except one! The reason? His two daughters didn’t want to listen to reason and categorically forbade her!
Ryan Gosling has definitely moved on from his successful role as Ken. He is currently in theaters with the wild action thriller The Fall Guyin which he plays the stuntman Colt Seavers. The film directed by David Leitchinspired by the Eighties series Dangerous profession, is set right in the dangerous world of stunt doubles. The Canadian star therefore put himself to the test from an athletic point of view with stunts and the like. However, there is something that his two daughters they have them categorically forbidden to do During shooting.
In The Fall GuyColt is cast in a Hollywood production directed by his old flame Jody (Emily Blunt). When the famous actor Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) disappears, Colt will be the one to track down the star. And to find himself involved in a real criminal conspiracy.
Esmeralda Amada (9 years) e Amada Lee (age 8), daughters of Gosling and Eva Mendes, are big fans of their dad. They were, not surprisingly, invaluable advisors while the actor prepared his performance I’m Just Ken for the night of Oscars 2024. In the new film, however, the stakes are decidedly higher! More than sequins and styling: Gosling put himself on the line at 360 degrees with jumps, somersaults and falls. And the girls supported him, but on a specific point they didn’t want to hear reasons, as he told People the person directly interested.
My daughters didn’t want me to set myself on fire! Even though I told them, ‘Well, actually, it’s technically the safest thing to do, because there’s a lot of safeguards involved.’ But they: ‘No. No fire’. So I didn’t.
It is clearly in the film industry’s interest to ensure that the stars don’t catch fire during pyrotechnic vicissitudes. In scenes of this type, fireproof clothing and a special protective gel are expected, Gosling said. To keep the promise he made to his daughters, however, Ryan gave way to one Stuntmanwho performed the ‘fiery’ stunts in his place.
Recently, the 42-year-old confessed to People that he suffered from vertigo, but that he nevertheless attempted some acrobatics.The Fall Guy, after all, is an homage to the precious category of stunt doubles, and he wanted to get as close as possible to the work the film was honoring. And so, for the opening sequence, he found himself a jumping from a 12-story building.
The scene was orchestrated so that [il lancio, ndr] arrived after a long and very engaging shot that starts outside, arrives inside, going up about 12 floors in the elevators. When I got to the ledge, I thought, ‘I guess I’ll need to wear sunglasses for no reason, so the audience doesn’t see how scared I am.’
Emily Blunt confirmed that it was his colleague who jumped from that height, and for more than one take: “Everyone was speechless. Then, when he did it for the first time, we all started to cheer.”
The co-stars, who during the night of the Oscar they presented a video tribute for the stunt category, are thrilled that, finally, the work of these workers is being celebrated. “It is not possible to separate the history of cinema from that of action and acrobatics – he added Ryan Gosling – The action is designed the same way the trick in a film, i costumes or whatever, and they they risk more than anyone else in those departments. They risk everything and get no credit for it, really. It’s about time a film recognized the contribution they make and the risk they take in creating these moments for us.”
