Ryan Gosling is an incredible actor who has worked in several iconic roles in a range of notable projects over the years. With a career spanning years, the actor has had his fair share of failures and successes over the decades.
Back in 2013, the actor starred in a film titled Only God Forgives. The film received terrible reviews at the Cannes Film Festival. Getting booed at the film festival was quite a terrible sight to see. Luckily, however, the actor himself wasn’t there to witness it!
When Ryan Gosling Got Booed At The Cannes Film Festival
Being booed at the Cannes Film Festival is a pretty big deal. Gosling starred in a 2013 movie titled Only God Forgives, which is a project almost unheard of, today. Portraying the story of Julian, a criminal outlaw who is forced to take revenge because of his mother, the movie received terrible reviews.
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The reviews were so terrible that the actor got booed at the Cannes Film Festival. As per a report by E! News, the report narrated how Ryan Gosling was booed off during the premiere of Only God Forgives. Luckily for the actor, Gosling wasn’t there at the event to witness the insult.
“During a press screening for his upcoming film Only God Forgives at the Cannes Film Festival, reviewers reportedly lambasted the movie and booed through Gosling’s performance. Audience members credit the gratuitous violence and disturbing dialogue for the film’s negative feedback.”
The film received terrible reviews and negative ratings as the people allegedly walked out during the premiere of the movie. Amidst all of the chaos, Ryan Gosling did not get to speak his side of the story but he revealed it in an interview later on.
Ryan Gosling Talked About Only God Forgives
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With the hilarious failure of the movie, Ryan Gosling had some words to say about how people treated his movie back in 2013. In an interview with IndieWire, the Barbie actor talked about how he himself did not understand all of the movie!
“It’s like the worst feeling, because you work on something as intimately as we did on this and to not be able to be there with it is an awful feeling. But also I was directing a film at the time, so it was like “Sophie’s Choice,” you know? Because you’d have to leave halfway through the shoot in the middle of a shoot week to go to Cannes. It was like a “Sophie’s Choice” situation.”
Having an average rating of 5.7/10 on IMDB and a meager 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, Only God Forgives managed to earn a box office collection of $10.6 million at the global level. The 2013 movie is currently available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
