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  • Every Ryan Gosling Movie You Should Watch Before Seeing ‘First Man’

    Every Ryan Gosling Movie You Should Watch Before Seeing ‘First Man’

  • Ryan Gosling’s Daughters Think He’s a Real Astronaut

    Ryan Gosling’s Daughters Think He’s a Real Astronaut

    Universal

    After Ryan Gosling‘s young daughters visited him on the set of “First Man,” in which he plays Neil Armstrong, they think their dad’s a real astronaut, Mom Eva Mendes says.

    Mendes told ET Canada that their daughters, 4-year-old Esmeralda and 2-year-old Amada, loved visiting Dad on set. “And they now think Papi’s an astronaut.” She added, “We haven’t corrected them yet.”

    No rush. Maybe after the film hits theaters (October 12) and finishes its awards-show orbit. (Yes, we’re in for a season’s worth of astronaut puns.)

    In his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech for “La La Land,” Gosling memorably gave a heartfelt shout-out to Mendes, saying, “I would like to try to thank one person properly and say while I was singing and dancing and playing piano and having one of the best experiences I’ve ever had on a film, my lady was raising our daughter, pregnant with our second, and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer.”

    Since Mendes hasn’t acted much in the last few years (her last role was in Gosling’s 2014 directorial debut, “Lost River,”) she says the kids have no idea she’s famous too.

    “I’m just Mom to them, and they never see me get ready for anything. It’s very important for me for them to see me as just Mom, and I’m just, you know, a messy mom. When I go out with them, I really don’t put an emphasis on how I look — not yet.”

    [Via ET Canada]

  • ‘First Man’ Has Oscar Buzz … and Buzz Aldrin Joining Flag Controversy

    ‘First Man’ Has Oscar Buzz … and Buzz Aldrin Joining Flag Controversy

    First Man
    Universal Pictures

    One small step for man, one giant leap for Internet outrage!

    Ryan Gosling reunited with his “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle for “First Man.” Early reviews see it as an Oscar contender, but it’s already getting more headlines for the flag controversy.

    Canadian actor Gosling plays American astronaut Neil Armstrong in an intimate film trying to showcase the man behind the legend. And even though there are shots of the American flag on the moon, the film chose not to show the actual planting of the flag on the moon.

    Gosling told the Telegraph that Armstrong’s achievement “transcended countries and borders”; the moon walk “was widely regarded not as an American, but as a human achievement.” Gosling said, after talking to Armstrong’s family, he got a better picture of the man. “I don’t think Neil viewed himself as an American hero, quite the opposite.”

    Gosling’s various quotes — and the film’s lack of a flag-planting scene — faced backlash from people calling the film un-American for downplaying the American achievement.

    The backlash also got its own backlash:

    https://twitter.com/antovolk/status/1035651923465134084

    https://twitter.com/andresdavid/status/1035582034012504064

    Buzz Aldrin — the only other person who was actually there when the flag was planted — posted this tweet at the same time the debate was raging. It’s hard to see that as a coincidence:

    Neil Armstrong’s sons Rick and Mark, and “First Man” author James R. Hansen shared a statement on the controversy:

    Damien Chazelle also shared a statement:

    “In ‘First Man’ I show the American flag standing on the lunar surface, but the flag being physically planted into the surface is one of several moments of the Apollo 11 lunar EVA that I chose not to focus upon.

    To address the question of whether this was a political statement, the answer is no. My goal with this movie was to share with audiences the unseen, unknown aspects of America’s mission to the moon — particularly Neil Armstrong’s personal saga and what he may have been thinking and feeling during those famous few hours. I wanted the primary focus in that scene to be on Neil’s solitary moments on the moon — his point of view as he first exited the LEM, his time spent at Little West Crater, the memories that may have crossed his mind during his lunar EVA.

    This was a feat beyond imagination; it was truly a giant leap for mankind. This film is about one of the most extraordinary accomplishments not only in American history, but in human history. My hope is that by digging under the surface and humanizing the icon, we can better understand just how difficult, audacious and heroic this moment really was.”

    “First Man” opens in theaters October 12.

    [Via: THR, Twitter]

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  • New ‘First Man’ Trailer Sends Neil Armstrong on Dangerous Moon Mission

    New ‘First Man’ Trailer Sends Neil Armstrong on Dangerous Moon Mission

    First Man
    Universal

    One small step for mankind begins with one dangerous decision for astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) in “First Man.”

    The second trailer for the biopic plays up the dangers of Armstrong’s mission to the moon. To get there, he and NASA’s finest minds first have to figure out the “how” of it all — without blowing up Armstrong and his Apollo 11 team members.

    “We need to fail,” Armstrong says. “We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there.”

    More than the first trailer, this one lays out the incredibly high bar NASA engineer’s have to clear for everything to go perfectly. It also highlights the stakes involved, with Armstrong’s wife (Claire Foy) and child waiting for him patiently back on Earth and hoping he makes it back.

    Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, and Ethan Embry also star.

    “First Man” opens in theaters October 12.

  • Jimmy Kimmel Irritates Ryan Gosling in Space for ‘First Man’ Interview 

    NEEDS. MATT. DAMON.

    Seriously. “Jimmy Kimmel Live” fudged a George Clooney “Gravity” cameo (which was pretty funny) for this “First Man” interview with Ryan Gosling, but failed to tie-in the Matt Damon feud via one of Damon’s astronaut movies? Houston, we have a problem.

    As one fan suggested in the video comments:

    “They missed a perfect opportunity to pass by Mars and see Matt Damon calling Jimmy to pick him up.?”

    Classic. They could’ve picked either “The Martian” or “Interstellar” — either would work, or just pretend he’s been floating out there for years since no one missed him backstage.

    Anyway, Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong in the upcoming movie “First Man,” which debuted its trailer during Jimmy Kimmel’s show on Friday night. To promote the movie, Kimmel and Gosling did “the first talk show interview in outer space,” with Kimmel basically spending the whole time asking silly questions and irritating Gosling.

    Watch the interview:And check out the trailer: “First Man” opens in theaters October 12th.

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  • Ryan Gosling Is Neil Armstrong in ‘First Man’ Trailer & Poster

    Ryan Gosling is reuniting with “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle for “First Man.”

    The first trailer premiered Friday, June 8, timed with Ryan Gosling’s appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

    The official poster was revealed ahead of the trailer debut, showing Gosling as astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon:

    As the poster shows, Claire Foy is billed alongside Gosling, playing Neil’s wife, Janet Armstrong. Corey Stoll plays Buzz Aldrin, with Kyle Chandler as Deke Slayton, Jason Clarke as Ed White, and Pablo Schreiber as Jim Lovell. If not from history itself, film fans should at least recognize those names from “Apollo 13.”

    Here’s the official synopsis (via Collider):

    “On the heels of their six-time Academy Award-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ First Man, the riveting story of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969.

    A visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the movie will explore the sacrifices and the cost—on Armstrong and on the nation—of one of the most dangerous missions in history.”

    Here’s the trailer:We have very high expectations for this one, based on the subject matter and pedigree of everyone involved.

    “First Man” was written by Josh Singer (“Spotlight”) and Nicole Perlman (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), and also stars Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, and Shea Whigham. It opens in theaters on October 12th.

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  • Damien Chazelle, Ryan Gosling’s Neil Armstrong Biopic Set for Fall 2018

    TOPSHOT-US-OSCARS-PRESSROOMFrom city of stars to the actual stars — Damien Chazelle isn’t resting on his Oscar laurels.

    The youngest person to win the Academy Award for directing is already working on his next movie after “La La Land.” He’s teaming up again with Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling for a biopic titled “First Man” about Neil Armstrong, and Universal has set a release date right in the heart of awards season: Oct. 12, 2018.

    The combination of Chazelle and Gosling certainly puts a big “Oscar hopeful” sticker on the project.

    The script by “Spotlight” writer Josh Singer is based on James Hansen’s biography of the same time, and focuses on NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon. It’ll be a first-person account of Armstrong’s experiences from 1961 to 1969, and explore the costs of the incredibly dangerous mission to the astronaut and to the country. Armstrong himself died in 2012.

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