Ryan Gosling’s looks tested ‘limit’ of Project Hail Mary writer’s heterosexuality
Author Andy Weir has reflects on working closely on the film adaptation of Project Hail Mary, admitting he found Ryan Gosling so much more handsome in reality than on screen it tested the limit of his straight sexuality.
Ryan Gosling’s looks tested the heterosexuality of Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir.
The author, 53, made the admission as he praised Ryan, 45, during a panel appearance, telling an audience the actor is even “more” handsome in person while discussing the film adaptation of his Project Hail Mary book, which starred the actor as a science teacher forced to become an astronaut to save Earth.
Appearing at BookCon in New York City alongside May Cobb, Robinne Lee and Emily St. John Mandel, during a discussion focused on page-to-screen adaptations, Andy said when asked if Ryan was as handsome in reality as he is on screen: “I would say more. I’m straight, but we all have our limits.”
The panel, moderated by Jason Blickman, featured writers whose works have recently been adapted for film or television, including The Hunting Wives, The Idea of You and Station Eleven.
Andy’s best-selling Project Hail Mary, published in 2021, was adapted into a film released earlier this year, starring Ryan as Dr Ryland Grace.
Andy, who also wrote The Martian, which was adapted into a film starring Matt Damon, served as a producer on the project and also described his close involvement in its development.
He added: “I was there for the whole shoot. I was giving notes and feedback on the screenplay before that, and then after that, I gave notes in the edits.
“I was a very active participant and so that feels good because I feel like I was one of the team that made this movie, which I think came out really well.”
He also described the extent of improvisation during filming, noting actors frequently deviated from the script.
Andy said: “They would go off script all the time. Ryan would go off script all the time, James Ortiz, who was the voice of Rocky… they riff off each other and stuff. I would say that maybe half of the movie is basically ad-libbed variations of what the script was telling them to say.”
Andy added: “It was seeing the production that made me realise how much of the creative energy in the project comes just from the performance.
“The actors, they don’t just read the lines and perform the correct emotion, they’re actually part of the creation of the story.”
