Is there a possibility thatTaylor Swiftchose to releaseher latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, to coincide with the upcoming premiere ofThe Fall Guy? We’re saying it’s a total possibility as one of the movie’s most iconic scenes doesn’t feature any action at all, but instead depicts an intense moment of emotion forRyan Gosling’s lead character, Colt Seavers, who isdownright sobbing behind the wheel of his carto Swift’s“All Too Well”.During an interview with Collider’sSteve Weintraub, Gosling shares that not all of his takes made it into the film as his ugly crying was a bit too much for directorDavid Leitchand the movie’s producers to handle.
Channeling the energy of all of us, Gosling said, “Who hasn’t had a good car cry to Taylor Swift, right? So it felt kind of obvious in a way.”Emily Blunt, who appears asGosling’s love interest and the person he’s imaginingwhile belting out the lyrics to the ten-minute version of the ballad, said that she was taken aback by her co-star’s moving work. “I actually wasn’t sure to what lengths you’d go with your car cry, so when the window went down, I was like, ‘Wow.’” And “wow” is right as even Gosling admits, “I went too far,” with Blunt confirming, “You were very emotional!”
Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling Remember Filming The Scene All Too Well
While audiences see part of Colt’s breakdown over losingthe love of his life, the leading man says that not everything made the final cut. “They cut to me post-cry because they didn’t want to include the actual cut because it wasn’t pretty.” In the scene, Blunt’s character appears almost out of thin air toconfront Coltafter seeing him for the first time since he left her high and dry years ago. Recalling her experience when “action” was called, Blunt says,
“Your face was sowet. But actually,it sparked off the scene in a very funny waythat I was like, ‘Have you been crying? What’s wrong with you?’ The scene was sort of scripted to a certain extent, and then we were able just to improv, and that’s always the fun part because he’s such a master at it andit’s so joyful doing those kinds of scenes with Ryan. I think that scene is fun to play because it’s sort of the aftermath of the fire burn scene, so maybe she’s a little ashamed about what she did, but she kind of loved it as well. It feels quite cleansed after it. It’s them awkwardly trying to find their feet with each other again. It was such a fun one to do.”
Watch our full interview with Blunt and Gosling above, and catch Leitch’s latest flick in theaters now. In the meantime,learn everything there is to know in our all-encompassing guide.
The Fall Guy
Colt Seavers is a stuntman who left the business a year earlier to focus on both his physical and mental health. He’s drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie, which is being directed by his ex, goes missing.
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