Fresh from its triumph at the Golden Globes this weekend, award winner Ryan Gosling and his La La Land co-star Emma Stone have a lot to smile about as their film waltzes into UK cinemas. The actor has an incredible few years behind and ahead of him, with The Nice Guys
His turn in Damien Chazelle’s film is, along with that of his co-star Emma Stone, one of the most delightful performances of the past few years. The sheer joy of the world of La La Land is infectious. Though, as we found out from this interview with Gosling, it was a tough, often daunting experience. Hayley Donaghy sat down with the actor to talk about the film.
He is candid about how close he came to giving up as an actor, and how he’s had more luck in his life than his character in this film. He describes La La Land as a movie made for people who don’t usually like musicals, and that they all wanted it to work as a musical but also as a film.
You can read our thoughts on the film here, we also spoke to Emma Stone, and the director Damien Chazelle about the journey to La La Land, as well as the new Neil Armstrong film he is making with Gosling.
Ryan Gosling La La Land Interview
Interviews from Toronto & London Film Festivals