In 2016, Gosling teamed with Russell Crowe in the dark comedy The Nice Guys and also dove into the musical comedy realm with La La Land, co-starring Stone. The project garnered multiple Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. Based on the nonfiction best-seller by Michael Lewis, the film focuses on the housing market bubble that fueled the 2008 financial collapse and a group of men who'd predicted the turmoil to come. The following year saw the actor co-starring with Christian Bale, Carell and Brad Pitt in The Big Short. The film, which he also wrote and produced, stars Christina Hendricks as a beleaguered single mom.
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The project had originally been set to debut in the fall of 2012, but after a gunman opened fire on a crowd inside a Colorado movie theater, the film was delayed for revisions and pushed back to January 2013.Īfter starring in the 2013 crime drama Only God Forgives, Gosling made his directorial debut with 2014's Lost River. Re-teaming with Stone, Gosling also played a lawman out to fight organized crime figures like Mickey Cohen ( Sean Penn) in Gangster Squad. That fall, Gosling co-starred with George Clooney in The Ides of March, playing a smart and savvy press secretary to a politician.Ĭontinuing to challenge himself and hone his craft, Gosling starred with Eva Mendes and Bradley Cooper in the crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines, which debuted at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Moving on to a more action-oriented role, he then starred in Drive, about a stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver. In Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), he played a smooth ladies' man who tries to help a man going through a divorce ( Steve Carell), before falling head-over-heels for a young woman played by Emma Stone. Gosling appeared in three very different types of films, ranging from romantic comedy to political drama to edgy thriller. The following year proved to be big for the actor. He gave a strong performance alongside Michelle Williams in the 2010 indie drama Blue Valentine, which followed the downward spiral of a couple. (1995–) 'Blue Valentine,' 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' and 'Drive'Īs his career developed, Gosling emerged both as a serious actor with impressive range and as one of Hollywood's most popular sex symbols.