Before the opening weekend of Ryan Gosling’s latest action flick The Fall Guy concludes, the actor is already confidently predicting a sequel.
The actor spoke to Fast Company in an interview published on Apr. 30, where he revealed that a sequel to the David Leitch-directed film could happen since the story is already written—as long as audiences give the first film enough support.
"The sequel sort of wrote itself. We already know [the story] intimately," Gosling told the publication. "We’re just hoping that people like this movie enough that we get to keep telling the story of these characters. We love them so much, and we love this world, and I feel confident that we can do it."
Gosling clarified that a script for a Fall Guy sequel already exists because the film’s stars and crew wanted to know how the story ends.
"We already—I mean, we love these characters so much that we wanted to know, just for ourselves, what happens to Colt and [Emily Blunt’s character] Jody after the movie ends?” he added. “What’s the next phase for them? And we know exactly what it is. So hopefully the audience wants to know, too."
According to the Hollywood Reporter, The Fall Guy is reportedly headed toward a $28 million opening weekend, becoming a major addition to Gosling’s conscious decision to take on less "dark" roles. The actor spoke to WSJ. Magazine about his career decisions as a father to daughters Esmeralda Amada, 9, and Amada Lee, 8, whom he shares with Eva Mendes.
"I don't really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place," Gosling said. "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."
