{"id":1516,"date":"2024-05-03T15:56:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:56:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:56:17","slug":"review-the-fall-guy-other-rg-film-speculations-blade-runner-2099-project-hail-mary-the-wolfman-oceans-eleven-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=1516","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Fall Guy + Other RG Film Speculations (Blade Runner 2099, Project Hail Mary, The Wolfman, Ocean’s Eleven Remake)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Ryan Gosling\u2019s Sierra Six started spouting multiple lines of dialogue during the opening sequence of The Gray Man<\/em>, I was unnerved. Shook, as the younger gens might say. Gosling had spent the last years of his career playing taciturn characters who put action ahead of words. Listening to his opening monologue at the start of The Fall Guy<\/em>, it became clear that speech was going to be another priority too. Plus, Gosling recently said he\u2019s stopping playing darker roles for the sake of his family. So maybe we won\u2019t be seeing Arthouse Goz any time soon. And that\u2019s ok. But first, here\u2019s a few hot takes right out of the inanimate oven:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sierra Six (The Gray Man<\/em>): A parody of the silent hero character Gosling plays in Drive<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken (Barbie<\/em>): A parodic switcheroo of Joi from Blade Runner 2049, with Gosling playing the robotic character willing to do anything for Barbie\u2019s love and affection. Initially, anyway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colt Seavers (The Fall Guy<\/em>): An alternate reality where Driver\u2019s daytime stunt career kicks off in a big way, causing him to leave the crime life and start appreciating Fast and Furious<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, just getting that out of my system. Loosely based on the 80s TV series, Gosling plays Colt Seavers, a professional stuntman with a major crush on up-and-coming director Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt on fine comedic form). After an accident on set, Seavers disappears, only to be brought back into the fold to try and track down Tom Ryder, the airhead acting star he used to perform stunts for. Seavers bashfully tells the audience that he\u2019s not the hero of this story, but come on. This is Ryan frickin\u2019 Gosling right here. Of course he\u2019s the hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fall Guy<\/em>\u00a0is drenched in love for the unseen and frequently disregarded stuntmen on camera (director David Leitch has been involved in the industry for years), but it\u2019s also steeped in movie lore. You want to hear diverse film references from\u00a0Love Actually<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Memento<\/em>? Don\u2019t worry, you got \u2018em. And there\u2019s even a funny\u00a0Bourne Ultimatum<\/em>\u00a0water scene too (Leitch and his team picked up two Screen Actors Guild awards for their work on the 2007 film). Although Gosling plays the titular stunt driver, you won\u2019t be seeing any denim clothes or scorpion jackets on display. Nope, you\u2019ll be seeing him in a backwards cap (it\u2019s hard to take any grown human wearing a backwards hat and take them seriously, come on) as well as a particularly vibrant ensemble involving a fluorescent beanie and gown. Plus, there are hallucinatory unicorns too (a\u00a0Blade Runner<\/em>\u00a0reference perhaps, hm? Perhaps not).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gosling and Blunt deliver great romantic chemistry as the mystery unfolds, and even if it\u2019s not too hard to guess who the bad guys really are, it\u2019s a heck of a lot of fun to see the action play out. Plus, shout out to the trained dog for recognising commands in both English and French simultaneously, and for generally being a good boy. An endearing love letter to the stunt industry with a lot of spark from its two leads, there\u2019s plenty to enjoy in this romantic caper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Potential Ryan Gosling Projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blade Runner 2099<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, if you happened to watch Denis Villeneuve\u2019s majestic Blade Runner 2049<\/em>, you may have noticed that, by the end of the film, K is kind of…dead. But that doesn\u2019t mean he can\u2019t come back. Ana Stelline seems like a talented kind of person, and she\u2019d probably be capable of restoring his consciousness in some way or other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ridley Scott\u2019s upcoming TV series started shooting last month and remains tightly under wraps. If I could\u2019ve teleported myself to Prague and spent a few days watching the show being filmed, dear reader, I would have. But unfortunately, that\u2019s not how the film industry works. Anyway, there\u2019s some potential for K to come back. We\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Hail Mary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gosling is reportedly signed on to play the main character in this one, a sci-fi film based on\u00a0The Martian<\/em>\u00a0author Andy Weir\u2018s 2021 novel of the same name. This has apparently been in production for a while, despite only coming out a few years ago. It might have some arthouse potential for Gosling in the vein of\u00a0First Man<\/em>, but then again, maybe not. I haven\u2019t got round to reading the book yet, but it could have some comedic elements like\u00a0The Martian<\/em>\u00a0which could scupper things. Anyway, I\u2019m open-minded, so let\u2019s wait and see how this one turns out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wolfman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First he was the First Man<\/em>, and now he\u2019s…The Wolfman<\/em>. Not sure what to expect here, but if this is taken as a serious horror, it could be very intriguing. Only time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ocean\u2019s Eleven Remake (Rumoured)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently Gosling\u2019s been in talks to play the character George Clooney played in the earlier film. Not completely confirmed yet, but could be intriguing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Ryan Gosling\u2019s Sierra Six started spouting multiple lines of dialogue during the opening sequence of The Gray Man, I was unnerved. Shook, as the younger gens might say. Gosling had spent the last years of his career playing taciturn characters who put action ahead of words. Listening to his opening monologue at the start of The … <\/p>\n

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