New dad Ryan Gosling got in front of the camera for Warner Bros. new film ‘Lost River.’
Despite macabre characters and fantastical imagery, Ryan Gosling’s behind-the camera-debut is ultimately a simple story about a mother (Christina Hendricks) and son (Iain De Caestecker) trying to survive in Detroit. Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn, and Matt Smith round out the cast of the film, which also boasts superb work from DP Benoît Debie (Spring Breakers) and composer Johnny Jewel (Drive).
Lost Rivers is out in theaters and on VOD Friday, April 10th.
Here are some highlights from The Creators Project interview with Gosling.
* On Lost River‘s harsh Cannes reception, Gosling notes, “Well… high school kind of prepares you for all this shit. It’s not that different, really. In high school every time you stuck your neck out there was always a bunch of people there ready to chop your head off. Hollywood’s not different. It’s just their opinion of the film, and my opinion of their reviews is “two thumbs down.””
* On almost directing a film he wrote about child soldiers in Africa, Gosling remarks, “I just wasn’t at a point in my career or life where I could actually get a movie like that made, though. I just didn’t have the relationships that I have now. Plus it was set in Africa and, you know, there weren’t any white people in it. People kept saying that if we put a big actor in it that it would be more appealing, but that’s not what we were trying to do. Opposed to doing that and making it, I decided to just not do it at all.”
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