Ryan Gosling is one of the biggest actors out there to not have had a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it looks like it’s a case of ‘yet’. The Barbie actor had previously stated that he wants to be the new Ghost Rider, and it looks like things are happening on that front, if slowly.
Gosling appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to talk about his latest movie, Project Hail Mary, and was asked by Josh Horowitz what’s going on with him joining the MCU following a lack of updates over the last few years.
“We’ll keep hope alive”, he said. “Some discussions have been had. It’s a complicated situation.”
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Meanwhile, Gosling has joined another of cinema’s biggest franchises, one also owned by Disney, as he will be appearing in the upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter movie, which will be set in a time period not explored by any other movie so far.
In the interview, he talked about how his mother had dug out his old Star Wars bedding after he was cast in the film, and how that gave him “inspiration”.
Tom Cruise famously helicoptered onto the set and directed one particular shot of the film, and when asked about it, Gosling said he actually wasn’t there to witness it.
“I work on that movie that whole time, I get one day off [and it’s that]!” the actor lamented.
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He’s starring in the film alongside former Doctor Who Doctor Matt Smith, and also spoke about his fandom for the franchise after sporting a Ncuti Gatwa Doctor t-shirt.
“I’m not as deep [into it]”, he said. “It’s just, I remember, thinking it was super-cool when we were growing up. I didn’t get on the schedule with it. I couldn’t answer any trivia, but I think Ncuti as [The Doctor] is an all-time great casting idea.”
Project Hail Mary is out in cinemas now.
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