Pablo O. Scholz
08/13/2021 6:01 AM
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Updated 08/13/2021 8:48 AM
No one should dislike
Ryan Reynolds
.
Not only does he have a good face, but the guy is.
There are no adverse comments or comments against him, and if there is any known fight or discussion, it is with
Hugh Jackman
, most of the time in front of cameras to promote his films.
The excuse was the premiere of
Free Guy: Taking Control
, the action comedy that has just been released in theaters around the world (do not search for it on streaming, because it is not there).
In the film by Shawn Levy (director of the
A Night at the Museum
saga
, and several episodes of
Stranger Things
), Ryan is Guy, the guy in the title.
He does not know it, but he is a non-leading character in a video game, until he notices it and begins to take control of his life.
Which causes an internal and external disaster.
The game's designers (Jodie Comer, from
Killing Eve
, in her first comedy, and Joe Keer, from
Stranger Things
) and the owner of the game (actor and director Taika Waititi, Hitler in
Jojo Rabbit
) will have to intervene so that everything returns to the normal.
Or not.
Canadian Ryan Gosling does not escape any topic.
Photo Magdalena Wosinska / The New York Times
Ryan is extremely tall (1.88 m.), But sitting as he is for the Zoom with
Clarín
, that is not noticed.
Yes his tattoo on his left wrist, which is usually digitally removed in movies.
As a good Librian (although he is on the edge: he was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, on the west coast of Canada), Gosling tries to balance each answer in the exclusive interview he had with
Clarín
.
For example, in the exclusive interview by Zoom, see the video that accompanies the note and notice how it is laughable that a voice-over has interrupted the note, because he believed that the stipulated time had ended.
"He's my digital bodyguard," he laughs.
When Guy puts on his glasses, he discovers a city ... different.
Disney Photo
-Do you have any connection with Argentina? What do you know about our country?
-I have never been there.
I would love to explore it at some point.
My brother took a motorcycle trip over there once and he loved it, he loved every second.
So that's my kind of goal.
One day I'll get there and do that.
-I hope so. Can you tell me what the inspiration for the movie was?
Do you want to come to Argentina on a motorcycle like this?
Disney Photo
-Inspiration… I mean, it's possible that I mean in cinematic terms about themes and morals, and all that stuff. But at the end of the day, the inspiration was to put giant, incredibly big smiles on people's faces when they leave the theater after watching the movie. The news has been so depressing and so challenging and difficult to handle for the past few years. And this movie was really made as a kind of antidote to that. So if I had a little more verbal flourishing… It's definitely about stepping out of the shadows. It's about being the authority over your world. It is, you know, to unite and form agents of change. And it's about culture. It's about all those kinds of things. Our kind of culture is sarcastic and sometimes it seems superficial,like we all feel like maybe we live in a simulation or a video game. All of that is there, in
Free Guy
.
Selfie.
With the cast and director, Shawn Levy, in the middle of filming.
Disney Photo
- "Free Guy" is not based on anything previously written. I mean, it's an absolutely original idea, something new for today's Hollywood, right?
-Well, Hollywood by tradition has always generated new, incredibly interesting and original stories in recent years.
And look, I love comic book movies and I love using existing (ideas) to create new stories.
But in recent years it has become increasingly difficult for studios to take their chances with new and original stories.
And so I was so happy that Disney supported this movie in such a sincere way and that they loved it so much.
And that, from the very beginning, then we've been showing it to the public, and the public has embraced it as well in ways that I found incredibly moving, and also a little surprising.
I love that people are so excited about something new.
Jodie Comer from the series "Killing Eve" is the co-star.
Disney Photo
Rewriting on a train
-You and director Shawn Levy were rewriting the script on the train to Boston, where they were filming, from New York. Was it because they didn't have any topic of conversation?
-Ha ha! No, Shawn, Shawn Levy is a very, very good friend of mine and also a colleague. But we really love to tell stories, and I think when we put something in a place where we feel like it's cool or maybe “in quotes,” perfect, we both have a similar kind of work ethic around that, which is that we now have than making it 30 percent better than perfect. So we try to keep working and massage ideas into the movie until, you know, until you finally have to drop them and walk away. But I love work and so does he. And we both love to "listen" to our movie, because it will speak to you. And that's something that we both practice, I think, almost in a religious sense, like we love it. So yeah, I found in Shawn a true creative partner that I wish I had found earlier in my career.
Guy is a non-leading character in a videogame, who takes center stage.
Disney Photo
-Did you have room to improvise during filming?
-Oh my God, yes, we always do.
And with Shawn, the two of us, if we're not talking about movies, we're talking about our families (get hooked on the question above).
I mean, he has four daughters, I have three daughters, we have so many different things in common.
We are both Canadians.
We both have similar value systems where we are never short of conversations, that's for sure.
Reynolds answered which video game he would be comfortable in if he had to live in one.
Disney Photo
-And what video game would you like to live in?
-Oh God.
I don't think I'd like to live in a video game, Pablo, to be honest.
But if I had to pick a video game that I absolutely had to live in, I think I'd probably pick the simplest ones.
Miss Pacman.
All good.
Yes, I think I could survive, Ms. Pacman.
(A voice intrudes) -Thank you Pablo, this is all the time we have for today ...
-OK, well Ryan, thank you very much.
-Thank you very much for the interview…
- (The voice that interrupted) I apologize, Pablo, I lost track of time ... Keep going.
-Hahaha! Oh my digital bodyguard… We're back at work…
Jim Carrey on "The Truman Show."
Reynolds himself admits similarities.
Disney Photo
- Are you tired of answering how "Free Guy" is like "The Truman Show"?
-Oh, there are many similarities.
I mean, the tones are wildly different, but both films explore ideas of surveillance and being watched and being used for fun.
I think Guy is different from Jim Carrey's character on
The Truman Show
, they are both used by audiences for something.
They're almost like a disposable "snack" of sorts, and that's something that
Free Guy
, you know, is really very inspired by.
With his wife, actress Blake Lively, he has three daughters.
AP Photo
-And the fact that Guy repeats the same actions over and over again, is it a critical look at everyday life in the real world?
-No, I'm not sure it's a super critical look, I think it's meant to offer a kind of anecdotal link.
I mean, we all get into potholes and get stuck in the systems.
And sometimes we need something to really get us out of that, to see things clearly, which are love, comfort, and the repetition of humans ... That can sometimes be quite bad for your soul.
Dude, the other character Ryan plays.
Disney Photo
-And what was the most difficult scene to film for you, and why?
-For me, the hardest thing was probably the scenes with Dude, because I was actually playing two roles, and that's always a challenge.
Logistically, because it was not a performance challenge.
Logistically, it was just a challenge to figure out the "geography" all the time and how to do it.
"Free Guy" was signed in Panavision, so his vision in cinema is even more spectacular.
Disney Photo
-Guy says, and I quote, "You can become whatever you want." Do you really believe it, from your own personal experience?
-I think so, not in an unrealistic sense.
I probably can't become a mermaid, but I know I can be the best version of myself at something.
You know, if you look at it from a much more realistic context.
Yes. Sure you could be whatever you want within the realm of your own abilities.
Sure.
Look also
Free Guy: Ryan Reynolds Plays The Truman Show In A Video Game
Do not breathe 2, and at times, do not look
