The Slaughter Rule (2002)Īlex Smith and Andrew J. Thanks to confident direction and a commanding lead performance, I think The Believer is a must watch. Some scenes in Bean’s directorial debut are hard to watch, and having watched Gosling in all his later roles before this, it was incredibly strange to see him as this incredibly violent and malicious character. Gosling delivers and incredibly strong first lead performance and it’s not hard to see how he continued landing lead roles after this. Henry Bean’s The Believer, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, stars Ryan Gosling as a young Jewish man who becomes a neo-Nazi. Right from the off he embraces his new teammates and his enthusiasm and camaraderie will be sure to put a smile on your face. In general, Gosling’s character is definitely someone you’d want on your team. Whilst he didn’t have the right moves on the field, we are treated to a couple scenes of him showing us his own moves as he dances with his teammates. Gosling plays a supporting role as the Titan’s cornerback, but as becomes evident, he’s not all that good at it and is quickly taken off field and replaced with Donald Faison’s character, Petey Jones, for the majority of the season. – Remember the Titans (2000)įirst up in my marathon was a first time watch of Boaz Yakin’s Remember the Titans, which is based on a true story of Herman Boone, played by Denzel Washington, who was hired to coach the desegregated T. This first part of my journey will take us through Gosling’s first 10 years of acting in film, from Remember the Titans to All Good Things, with a few of my thoughts on Gosling’s performance, and the films, along the way.ġ0 years, 12 films, and 1 Oscar nomination. Shockingly, I hadn’t seen much of his earlier work and it wasn’t until I got to Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, which was released in 2011, that I started hitting re-watches. As part of the JumpCut Charity Initiative this year I decided to marathon the filmography of JumpCut’s unofficial official mascot, Academy Award-nominee Ryan Gosling, in order to rectify my blindspots in his career so far.
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