Ryan Gosling urges Hollywood to hire Carlo Mendes
Ryan Gosling paused a promotional event for Project Hail Mary on Monday (23.03.26) to ask entertainment industry experts in the audience to cast his brother-in-law, Carlo Mendes, in a project.
Ryan Gosling urged film and TV bosses to give his brother-in-law Carlo Mendes a job during a promotional event for Project Hail Mary.
The actors were at the Directors Guild of America headquarters in Los Angeles on March 21, and Ryan, 45, took the opportunity to big up Carlo, 48, in front of the writers, directors and producers in the audience.
In a video shared to TikTok on Monday (23.03.26), the moderator was wrapping up the talk as Ryan jumped in with: "Can I stop you one second? Carlo, are you in the audience? Where? Carlo Mendes, can you stand up for a second?"
The camera then panned to Carlo as he stood up in the room.
Ryan - who is believed to have been married to Carlo's 52-year-old sister, former actress Eva Mendes, since 2022 - then proceeded to ask if there were any film bosses in the audience who could give his brother-in-law a job.
Ryan said: "OK, how many of you are directors? Raise your hand. How many producers? How many writers?'"
The Nice Guys star then introduced his guest, who has appeared in TV shows and films since the mid-2000s.
Ryan explained: "OK, this is Carlo Mendez. He's Eva Mendes' brother. He is the hardest-working nonworking actor in this town that I have ever met. So my Hail Mary is, please, hire this man! He deserves it.
"If you're writing something, directing something, put him in it. He deserves it."
Carlo has appeared in the likes of the 2024 erotic thriller film, Demise - in which he played lead Caleb - an episode of the CW teen drama, 90210, as well as two episodes of the NBC sitcom Parks + Recreation in 2011.
In April 2024, Carlo said his main goal is to act.
Asked by TheAU Review.com if he could see himself directing or producing a movie, in addition to acting, Carlo responded: "I think my main goal right now is I’m a specific stage of my career, and I’m (still) becoming a working actor. I think you just gradually gravitate towards producing.
"I look at Mark Wahlberg or Brad Pitt, and they’re producing more movies than they’re in, you know? I think that’s just something that naturally happens.
"Taking control and producing the ideas I have is something I’d love to do. I would love to produce. I think there’s a lot of pressure with directing and writing, so I think I would be more into producing.
"But my main goal right now is just strictly act, act, act."
