Fall Boy: Did Ryan Gosling himself do all the stunts in this action comedy?

Fall Boy: Did Ryan Gosling himself do all the stunts in this action comedy?

When it comes to stunts on the big screen, there are currently two schools of thought. On the one hand, Mission: Impossible, most of its promotion revolves around moments when Tom Cruise put his life in danger on set (and needless to say, there were a lot). And on the other hand, the autumn boy.

Adapted from The Falling Man series, the film stars Ryan Gosling as a stuntman tasked with finding a missing star (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and recapturing the love of his life (Emily Blunt). During the credits to the end of the credits.

Production credits that do something truly rare: show the faces of the star’s subordinates. Who thinks about this aspect when we talk about him, while in response to our question he specifies that he still managed to do stunts himself.

“I did some essential stunts”

“I did some essential stunts”He explains. “Like the one on Sydney Bridge where I get dragged. Or the fight in the dumpster, which we filmed throughout the shoot. Because it’s a very important scene. I also did a stunt in the opening scene.”

Since the movie is called The Fall Guy, we knew he had to fall. And we started with that. It’s a great way to show how stuntmen do a different job than others on set because it’s part of a long sequence. A shot that begins as a normal day in the office before he climbs twelve stories and falls off a building.”

“We had to do it all in one go. We did a few, which meant a few falls. I’m afraid of heights, so I had to wear sunglasses to hide my fear. But in the end, it wasn’t necessary. There was no skill on my part, I just had to overcome this mental block. “

Will stunt performers soon be nominated for Oscars?

“The real skills are in the other stunts: the record breaking car, the big fall that Troy Brown does at the end of the movie, the parkour, the car crash, the fire stunts that Ben Jenkin does.”

Along with Emily Blunt, director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick, Ryan Gosling also returns to our microphone in general, stunt work and the fact that they deserve more recognition. From Oscar Academy for starters.

Comments collected by Maximilien Pierret in Paris on April 23, 2024 – Editing by Arthur Tourneret

Source: Allocine

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