'The Fall Guy' director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick talk about conversations with Ryan Gosling doing his own stunts in the movie. Plus, Kelly McCormick dishes on choosing Taylor Swift's "All Too Well" for the car scene.
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00:00 Hello, congratulations on this.
00:03 Thank you.
00:04 So Ryan does a 12 story fall in this.
00:06 What were kind of the conversations about him doing his own stunt on that?
00:10 Well, I mean, you know, he does kind of get into character and it's called the fall guy.
00:14 So I think in his heart of hearts he knew he was going to have to fall at some point.
00:17 He does a lot of falling in the movie. He falls in love.
00:20 Yes.
00:21 You know, he takes the fall.
00:23 Do you know what I mean? And then, yes, he actually finally went for falling the 12 stories as well,
00:30 which I think was really like a big sort of gauntlet for him and his experience of the cult seabirths, you know.
00:38 And I got to tell you, the day that he did it, I may have been bawling my eyes out because I was watching from below and he was way up high.
00:45 And I was like, you know, I trust the system. I trust the team.
00:49 There was something so emotional and beautiful about him trusting them, too, and going out there and going for it,
00:56 as scared as he is of heights. And it was just really, really cool.
00:59 Totally.
01:00 Yeah.
01:01 It was really thrilling. And like it was sort of like the moment we knew, you know, he was really embracing the character full on.
01:09 And look, he's he was a great partner all the way through the movie.
01:13 And that's just sort of one physical demonstration of it.
01:16 Like he he was ready to do any of the stunts that we'd asked him to do.
01:21 How did you choose all too well for the car scene? Was that the number one choice?
01:24 That was Kelly's choice. That's great.
01:26 Producing. I felt like the I really felt like their romance is very modern.
01:32 And it's actually hard to put Taylor on a movie because she's such a storyteller and she's so evocative and like all of her imagery and everything.
01:39 And this was just a moment where it was kind of quiet.
01:42 They were going. Yeah, I think Ryan was going through the motions of that song.
01:46 It's a heartbreak anthem of for all ages.
01:50 And and it just felt really right for their sort of modern love song.
01:55 Plus, I think it's funny. And at the end when it's ripped out and she is a really she's also like really funny in her songs, too.
02:02 You know, so it ended up being like once I got him to try it, it was like there's nothing else for it.
02:09 Yeah. Yeah.
02:10 Thank you so much.
02:11 - Congrats. - Thank you.
02:11 - Thank you. - Thank you very much.
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