Ryan Gosling is a talent house when it comes to acting. With incredible versatility and charismatic presence in the reel and real life, he has mesmerized fans all across the world. Even his new movie, Barbie ended up enhancing his charm with Ken-ergy becoming the new catchphrase among his devoted fandom. It is all thanks to his impeccable acting that he has such love and support today.
While he has been given intense roles that fans can gush over, there was an instance when he ended up slapping his Crazy, Stupid, Love co-star, Steve Carell who refused to take a staged slap.
Steve Carell Wanted a Real Slap from Ryan Gosling
Carell is highly recognized for his role as Michael Scott in the NBC sitcom, The Office. In an interview with Collider, Steve Carell gave an insight into behind-the-scenes of the 2011 movie, Crazy, Stupid, Love. Starring alongside Ryan Gosling, he talked about a sequence where his character, Cal Weaver got slapped by the latter’s character, Jacob Palmer which happened to continue almost all day on set.
However, he clarified that he wanted a real slap instead of a staged one, which seemingly would bring out the real emotions behind the whole sequence.
Referring to the slap, The Office actor shared,
“Yeah, he improvised that. One take he said, “Can I slap you?” and I said, oh yeah, definitely, but you really have to hit me, don’t do a stage slap.
He continued to share that the whole moment was ‘funny’ to him. Explaining the reason, Carell mentioned,
“Oh yeah, he kept hitting me. It was funny, cause he says I have an extremely loud head when I get hit. Apparently, there’s something in my bone structure that really resonates and echoes and yeah, he did that over and over and over. It was pretty funny, it became a running gag.”
Their funny moment had pretty good takes before they eventually settled on the one featured in the movie. Another interesting fact about the project is Gosling’s great chemistry with his co-star, Emma Stone with many believing that it could have been a result of their genuine love in real life.
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone’s Real-Life Bond Helped in Their Reel-Life Chemistry!
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, director Glenn Ficarra talked about the duo’s incredible chemistry in the rom-com movie. He believed that they had a great bond in real life which enhanced their performance on-screen.
“They love each other in real life, and they get on like a house on fire. It wasn’t a lot of heavy lifting on our part. It’s making a move to hire the right chemistry.”
He continued to praise the actors stating,
“They’re so much fun to work with, willing to try anything. They both like to laugh, so that’s a great plus when you’re doing a comedy, but they’re not outside the characters because they’re serious actors.”
Their goofy personality helped the duo in growing extremely close. The movie ended up grossing $146 million at the global box office, according to The Numbers. With the duo becoming best friends in real life, they donned the screen together once again in the 2016 flick, La La Land which was critically applauded, grossing $448 million worldwide.
Crazy, Stupid, Love and La La Land is available to stream on Max.
Source: Collider, Entertainment Weekly, The Numbers
