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Ryan Gosling Says He Would Redo La La Land If He Could

The Fall Guy star Ryan Gosling said he would redo La La Land if given a chance due to one small decision he made during a pivotal scene.

Published Fri, 03 May 2024 19:32:07 -0500

by Kaitlyn Booth

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Ryan Gosling reveals redoing La La Land due to his 'La La hand' moment.
A split-second choice haunts Gosling, knowing the scene became iconic imagery.
The subtle arm position in question is now a fixed moment in cinematic history.
Gosling's anecdote offers a glimpse into the actor's self-critical perspective.

Everyone has that moment when you're lying in bed, trying to sleep, and for some reason, you flashback to that one moment in your life where you might have said something awkward or you did something embarrassing. Now you're reliving that moment, and you can't sleep. Actors have these moments as well, but unfortunately for them, these little moments can live on in pictures or moments in films. We might not even know they exist, but that actor does, and it might haunt them. For Ryan Gosling, one of those moments just happened to be the moment used for nearly every piece of marketing for the film. While doing press for The Fall Guy, Gosling was interviewing with the Wall Street Journal series The One (via The Wrap), and when asked if he could redo a project, he chose La La Land for a very small reason.

"Maybe 'La La Land.' There's a moment that haunts me where we're dancing; Emma and I didn't know this would become the poster for the movie. But I thought … we were supposed to have our hands up, and I thought it would be cool to put my hand like that," Gosling said.

Ryan Gosling Says He Could Redo La La Land If He Could — Photo by Lionsgate – © Lionsgate

Gosling explained, "Even though everyone told me it wasn't cool, I was sure that it was cooler than that. Now when I look at it, and I have to see it all the time, you know what would have been cooler than this? That. It just killed the energy that way. It was sort of like, all leading to what? Just like, a lazy — I call it 'La La hand.'" How many people noticed that arm? Not as many people as Gosling might have thought, but now, when we look at the La La Land poster, we will look straight at that arm. Gosling can't unsee it, so he's making all of us live with that. Thanks, Ryan.

The Fall Guy: Summary, Cast List, Release Date

Oscar® nominee Ryan Gosling (The Gray Man, La La Land) and Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place films, Edge of Tomorrow) star in this feature film inspired by the hit 1980s TV series. The Fall Guy is directed by David Leitch, the blockbuster director of Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and the producer of John Wick and Nobody, from a screenplay by Hobbs & Shaw screenwriter Drew Pearce (Hotel Artemis, Iron Man 3).

The film also stars Golden Globe winner Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train, Tenet), Winston Duke (Black Panther franchise, Us), Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso, Sex Education), and Academy Award® nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). The Fall Guy is produced by Kelly McCormick (Bullet Train, Nobody, Atomic Blonde) and David Leitch for their company 87North, by Ryan Gosling, and by Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones, Steve Jobs) for Entertainment 360. The film is executive produced by Drew Pearce, Geoff Shaevitz, and the creator of the original Fall Guy television series, Glen A. Larson. It will be released on May 3rd, 2024.