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Ryan Gosling’s rise and fame came from his ability to play characters across genres and shine equally. The actor, however, is trying to limit and filter out the roles he plays. Of course, lately, Gosling has been doing lighter movies, while doing fairly great with his recent movies including claiming Oscar nominations for his roles inLa La LandandBarbie,fans would want to see him in intense thrillers again.
The nature of movies does have an impact on actors. Gosling recently revealed that limiting movie roles with the inherent nature of intensity in the narrative affects not only the actor but everyone surrounding him. Gosling has been turning down psychologically twisted roles, and it will certainly upset fans, but he has a good reason behind it.
Why Ryan Gosling Turns Down Psychologically Twisted Roles?
Ryan Goslingrecently revealed that he is not up for playing intense roles that are psychologically twisted. He isdoing this for his partner and fellow actorEva Mendesand their kids— Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 8. In a recent interview withJournal Magazine, he shared the reason behind leaving out these roles.“I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place,”Gosling said.
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“This moment is what I feel like trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us. The decisions I make, I make them with Eva and we make them with our family in mind first.”
Understandable but some of Gosling’s best works have been the roles he is now avoiding. In particular, Gosling’s collaboration with Danish film directorNicolas Winding Refncreated some intense thrilling works, including his 2011 classicDrive. The duo also collaborated inOnly God Forgives.
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Gosling was phenomenal inBarbieplaying Ken. The actor’s early career defines that he started as a romantic hero appearing in movies, includingThe Notebook. Gosling said his insistence on lighter roles for the future began after appearing in Damien Chazelle’s acclaimed musical romanceLa La Land.“I think ‘La La Land’ was the first,”Gosling told Journal Magazine. However, fans are not too happy with the shift of the actor.
Please, just no more fillers…
— MShiver (@ThisVictory)August 22, 2025
so ‘Drive 2: I Still Drive’ is a no go?
— 🅿️nuts (@larsajordan)July 26, 2025
I get it, but I hope he works with Nicolas Wending Refn again.
— Scott Fairbanks (@Sxottlan)July 23, 2025
Same. Some amazing dark films they did together. That how I became a fan of Ryan.
— Alexander Shayatovich (@AlexShayatovich)June 08, 2025
Ryan Gosling in psychological dark thrillers is my favorite Ryan Gosling cinema, but I get it, he’s gotta put his wife and kids first.
— I have so many questions? (@english_shamar)June 03, 2025
Regardless, Gosling’s priority is family now. He will not put them in a situation seemingly hard that might result from more potentially darker roles. The actor went on to add that his entire family can enjoy and relate to his lighter roles.
“It was just sort of like, ‘Oh, this will be fun for them, too, because even though they’re not coming to set, we’re practicing piano every day or we’re dancing or we’re singing.’ Their interest in ‘Barbie’ and their disinterest in Ken was an inspiration. I thought, they were already making little movies about their Barbies on the iPad when it happened, so the fact that I was going off to work to make one too, we just felt like we were aligned.”
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Gosling recently appeared in David Leitch’s action comedy,The Fall Guy,starring alongsideOppenheimeractor Emily Blunt.
The Fall Guyis now showing in theaters.
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