Fall Boy: Which actors were approached before Ryan Gosling?

The release of The Fall Guy in French cinemas this Wednesday, May 1, marks the end of a long road for the producers. And fans of The Man Who Falls at the Right Time who have been eagerly awaiting its film adaptation.

Because the feature film wasn’t always this David Leitch action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. In development since the early 2000s, the project has seen several names cast to play Colt Seaver, a stuntman who embarks on an adventure that goes beyond the confines of a movie set.

George Clooney – Jason Statham duet?

Unsurprisingly, given his taste for stunts in the Mission: Impossible saga, Tom Cruise was clearly one of the candidates, but we have to believe that he was the only one mentioned by name, nothing more. Like Keanu Reeves or Nicolas Cage.

Dwayne Johnson, on the other hand, was in talks in 2013 to have McGee direct the film, but nothing came of it. Jason Statham was also talked about… but for the role of Colt’s cousin (and also a stuntman), who at the time could have had the qualities of George Clooney, but the project never got beyond the rumor stage.

Discussed in the early 2000s, it even disappeared into Hollywood Surprise for a decade before resurfacing around 2010. on the Dreamworks side, who then contacted director Martin Campbell to make a feature film. White cabbage again.

The project will be completed in 2020

Therefore, we had to wait until September 2020 for the project to be mentioned again, with David Leitch behind the camera and Ryan Gosling in front. Then May 2022 The Fall Guy should be confirmed, a few months before filming begins in October of that year. Emily Blunt joined the cast before filming began.

Less than two years later, the result is in our theaters from May 1. And it takes the form of a romantic action-comedy, accompanied by an homage to stuntmen, whose profession was David Leitch.