Gosling and Blunt on sarcasm, stunts and singing at the Oscars
By Charlotte Gallagher
When it comes to Hollywood star power, it does not get much bigger than Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.
Both were nominated at The Academy Awards this year; Blunt for Oppenheimer and Gosling for Barbie and his portrayal of the ultimate himbo, Ken.
But with the Barbenheimer rivalry behind them, the pair have teamed up for a new blockbuster, The Fall Guy.
It’s about a stuntman (Gosling), who’s trying to track down an AWOL film star and win back his ex-girlfriend (Blunt).
WARNING: minor plot details below
The Fall Guy, which is based on the 1980s US television show of the same name, is a love letter to stunt performers.
But playing a stuntman was perhaps not the obvious choice for Gosling, who admits: “I don’t love heights.”
At the start of the film, he’s dropped from a 12-storey building at the start of the film: “It took no skill at all on my end, I just got dropped. But that was kind of scary, it was a mental hurdle.”
