It was via conversations with the original stuntman that Ryan Gosling was able to prepare himself for the character of Colt Seavers.
During the process of getting ready to play the character of Seavers in the forthcoming remake of The Fall Guy, Ryan Gosling, who is 43 years old, had the opportunity to meet and talk with Lee Majors, who played the role in the original CBS series from the 1980s.
“He came out to Australia and I had the opportunity to talk to him and spend the day with him,” Ryan Gosling says to PEOPLE of Majors, who is 84 years old, as he is walking the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Saturday night. The festival is where Majors was presented with the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film. “It was pretty damn amazing.”
According to the Barbie actor, he and Majors, who portrayed Seavers on television for a period of five years, are “text buddies” and continue to communicate with one another. “It’s absolutely amazing.”
As a further compliment, Gosling says of the veteran actor, “He is very lovely and gracious, and he is so funny.”
Gosling stars with his ex-girlfriend Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt) in the action-comedy that will make its debut in cinemas on March 1. Morent convinces Gosling to assist her in filming an explosive science fiction Western when the original leading guy (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) vanishes without a trace.
In addition, Gosling has confirmed to People that the theme song of the program, which is titled “The Unknown Stuntman,” would be included in the official movie.
However, Gosling will not be singing it this time around, despite the fact that Majors was the one who first sang it for the program. However, he does hint that “a pretty great artist sings it,” which is why he is anxious for people to hear it.
As stated by David Leitch, the director of the film, it is “a love letter to stunts and the blue-collar crews that make these movies come to life.” Vanity Fair was the publication that published this statement.
Leitch, who had worked as a stuntman in the past, wanted the movie to be as genuine as it could possibly be. He had previously worked as a stuntman for Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum and Brad Pitt in Fight Club. “We explored doing old-school high falls into airbags, jumping a car as far as we could, and rolling a car as many times as we could,” he added. “We also considered rolling a car as many times as we could.”
In light of the fact that Gosling has “done action, he’s done romance, he’s done comedy, but this movie allowed him to do all of it,” Leitch said that the part was an ideal one for him to play.
During the event that took place on Saturday at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SBIFF), Ryan Gosling received the Kirk Douglas Award. The award was presented to him after Steve Carell and Greta Gerwig delivered heartfelt remarks that emphasized his abilities as an actor and his character.
Carell and Gerwig were praised by the actor for their nice comments, and he expressed gratitude to SBIFF for the “very special honor.” A nice shout-out was also given to his wife, Eva Mendes, whom he referred to as “the girl of my dreams,” as well as his “two dream children,” Esmeralda, who is nine years old, and Amada, who is seven years old.
“I dreamed of one day making movies, and now, movies have made my life a dream,” according to Gosling.
