Ryan Gosling in “The Fall Guy”.Photo:Universal Pictures/YouTube
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Ryan GoslingandEmily Blunthave much to celebrate with their new movie — including a special record broken!
At a special screening of the movie held Wednesday in Los Angeles, Gosling, 43, and Blunt, 41, presentedLogan Holladaywith aGuinness World Record: for most cannon rolls in a car.
Stunts are among the human achievements that Guinness World Records keeps track of, published annually in a reference book. In 2015, for example, the James Bond movieSpectretookthe recordfor largest film stunt explosion.
Holladay, 34, has worked on stunts in dozens of projects, includingLogan, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawandNope. InThe Fall Guy, which filmed on the beaches of Australia in 2022, he achieved “an astonishing eight and a half rolls” in a car, per a press release from Universal Pictures.
“The cannon roll, a classic stunt dating back to the early days of cinema, involves fitting a cannon-like apparatus beneath a car that shoots toward the ground. As the vehicle reaches a designated speed, the mechanism triggers and propels the car into a series of rolls,” it continues.
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in “The Fall Guy”.Getty
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“When I learned aboutThe Fall Guygoing into production, I knew I had to be part of it,” said Holladay in a statement.
“After two practice runs and one real take, we had one car and one shot left,” he said of the cannon rolls. Upon hitting eight and a half, “I had a pretty good feeling that I had broken the record because it felt like the spinning was never going to stop. It was a surreal moment and I’m incredibly proud of what the team achieved.”
Gosling leadsThe Fall Guyas stunt expert Colt Seavers, while Blunt plays Jody Moreno, the director forced to hire him. AsEntertainment Weeklyrevealed in December, the movie features many of the stunt doubles Gosling has worked with on other action-packed projects.
Starring alongside the impressive stunt team inThe Fall GuyareHannah Waddinghamas a movie producer,Winston Dukeas a stunt coordinator,Aaron Taylor-Johnsonas a cocky leading man — who disappears, setting off the events of the story — andStephanie Hsuas his beleaguered assistant.
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt at the SXSW premiere of “The Fall Guy” March 12.Daniel Boczarski/Getty
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Leitch told EW that he considered stunt performers “the ninjas of the movie business,” and wanted to remakeThe Fall Guyinto a feature-length homage to their craft.
“They’re the ones that really make the magic happen,” said the director. “I just thought it was time to tell a story from their perspective.”
At Sunday’s96th Oscars ceremony, where Gosling and Blunt were both nominated in supporting acting categories forBarbieandOppenheimer, respectively, the two presenteda tribute to stunt performersonstage.
That community, Gosling said, has “been such a crucial part of our industry since the beginning of cinema,” while Blunt called stunt performers “the unsung heroes” of Hollywood.
Gosling has also revealed he is “text buddies” with screen legendLee Majors, who led the long-running CBS seriesThe Fall Guyas Colt Seavers. “It’s pretty cool,” theLa La Landstar told PEOPLE in January. “He’s so funny and he’s very lovely and gracious.”
source: people.com
