These days, when Hollywood needs an A-lister to play a stuntman, it’s never a bad idea to follow a simple rule: Get the Gosling.
The trend began in 2011 with the neo-noir thriller Drive, in which Ryan Gosling played a man known simply as the Driver: a stuntman by day and getaway driver by night. Armed with a scorpion bomber jacket that is both impossibly cool and nigh impossible to pull off, a brooding Gosling followed the film’s lead by letting the action do most of the talking. Then, in 2013’s The Place Beyond the Pines, Gosling starred as Luke, a drifter who makes a living doing motorcycle stunts for a traveling carnival before learning he has a son with his former lover. Once again, Gosling inhabits a laconic loner who yearns for more in his life, even if he doesn’t always have the words to express it. (There’s also plenty of real-life significance tied to the movie: It’s where Gosling met his partner, Eva Mendes.)
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