David Leitch built his career as a stuntman for actors including Matt Damon and Brad Pitt. Now, he's directing Ryan Gosling in 'The Fall Guy,' his high-flying ode to the stunt world.
Director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick tease their "love letter" to the action genre, starring Gosling and Emily Blunt as exes turned co-workers.Devan Coggan is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly. Most of her personality is just John Mulaney quotes and Lord of the Rings references.action-comedy about the high-octane world of Hollywood stunts. Universal dropped the first trailer Thursday, teasing a first look at Gosling's goofy stunt performer .).
Here, Leitch and McCormick break down their "love letter" to stunts — from Gosling and Blunt's explosive chemistry to the real-life explosions on set.as a Hollywood-stuntman-turned-bounty-hunter. McCormick says that she and Leitch have long loved the show, praising it for its realistic stunts and how it"lit the fuse" for a whole generation of aspiring stuntmen.
The result, Leitch hopes, is a romantic, goofy, and action-packed role that the actor was born to play: "It's really watching Gosling fire on all cylinders."Blunt stars alongside Gosling, stepping behind the camera as Colt's director ex, Jody. A longtime camera operator, Jody is helming her first-ever feature film, a massive blockbuster that's part sci-fi epic, part Western-style shoot-'em-up.
"You're actually able to allow these stunt performers to do these dream, career-making stunts, which sometimes you don't get to do anymore when you're making a film," McCormick explains. "It takes too long, or there's too many risks, or you can replace it with CG. But this was such an awesome experience to get to do these things practically and make some stunt people's dreams come true. There's a cannon roll. The high fall is insane.
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