Ryan Gosling on 'The Nice Guys'
Ryan Goslingis charming in the manner of truly charming people. His trick is to make you think that it’s you who’s charming. He laughs easily, a husky, conspiratorial chuckle. He listens attentively, answering thoughtfully, as if he hasn’t been asked the same question a thousand times before, like the two of you are old friends catching up, not two strangers sitting in a hotel in LA, surrounded by publicists.
This is Gosling’s magic – to be the devastatingly handsome but sensitive guy with the firm handshake and the sly smile. And we all love him for it. Men, women, children – we all go weak at the knees for Ryan Gosling. It helps that he is tremendously talented, a child actor done good, a kid from Nowheresville, Canada, who somehow clambered over the wall into Hollywood.
After a poorly received directing debut, Lost River, and threatening to retire from acting, Gosling is back with a vengeance. He plays a jazz pianist in the upcoming musical La La Land and a brooding indie rocker in Terrence Malick’s new film Weightless. Before that, he’s sporting a Ron Burgundy-ish handlebar moustache in the hilariously funny 1970s-set buddy comedy The Nice Guys, playing a crap private detective whose precocious daughter might be better at solving crimes than he is.
Your character in The Nice Guys is a single father. This is your first role as a dad since you became an actual dad. Did experience bring anything to the role?That’s a good question. I guess this character in The Nice Guys is y