Ryan and Russell are the nice guys

Director Shane Black’s new action-comedy The Nice Guys, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, is sure to take you on a fast-paced thrill ride. The movie is set in 1977 Los Angeles, where Ryan Gosling and his hired hitman Russell Crowe track down a missing girl played by Margaret Qualley.

“She is incredible. It’s her second film and you would think it is her 50th. She has such a strong point of view on her character and what she would and wouldn’t do. She’s definitely a kid but she’s not an annoying kid actor,” says Ryan.

The movie advances with their investigation and interesting turn of events that may even lead them to death. Ryan, who is usually seen in romantic and serious films like The Notebook, Crazy, Stupid, Love, etc., took up the challenge of playing a light-hearted comic role, thanks to Russell. “If it wasn’t Russell, I don’t think I would have done the film. When I read the script, I knew that Shane was on a plane trying to convince Russell to do it so I read it with Russell in mind,” he says.

This is their first movie together and the two clicked pretty well from the very beginning. By now, Ryan is used to meeting a certain amount of resistance while trying out something in a comedic direction. To have Russell around made it easy for him. “It’s been so surprising to me how he has been so supportive. I really am grateful for that. I just realized that I’m lucky just to be an actor. I grew up dreaming about doing this. Not just that but I get to have a choice and to work with people whom I admire,” he adds.

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Originally published on The Golden Sparrow