Ryan Gosling Will Be the New Jack Ryan?
Filed under: Action, Casting, RumorMonger, Remakes and Sequels
Back in November of 2006, I blogged about how Phillip Noyce, director of Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, had heard that Paramount was going to use the Jack Ryan character in stories not written by Tom Clancy, because of some legal loophole. Now, all these months later, there's more scoop. Noyce just talked with Moviehole and claims that while neither he nor Harrison Ford is returning to the world of Jack Ryan, there is, indeed, a film in the works -- a film starring Ryan Gosling.This comes from the man himself, after Moviehole posted a story that Harrison Ford could be returning to the franchise. Now, this is just what he's heard. Since Noyce isn't involved, this is far from concrete, but it sure puts an interesting spin on things. As you can tell from the last time I wrote about this whole thing, I'm not a big fan of taking characters and running wild with them outside of the author's context. On the other hand, Ryan Gosling is a flipping great actor, and I'd probably check him out in just about anything -- even (or especially) a Breaker High reunion.
But that's just me. What do you think? Can Ryan Gosling pull off Jack Ryan?
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2-25-2008 @ 6:33PM
marion said...
Ryan Gosling can turn himself into any character he so pleses, just take a look at The Believer and then The Notebook and you can see how diverse his tallent it. Go Ryan!
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1-21-2008 @ 2:39PM
Fred said...
So this would be the fourth time a different actor has played the character? Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, now Gosling...
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1-21-2008 @ 4:03PM
Marianne said...
Ryan Gosling can do anything, but let's wait and see if this is on the level.
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1-21-2008 @ 4:09PM
Mimi said...
Ryan's very talented, but he seems awfully young to play Jack Ryan. What the heck, I'll watch him in anything and give it a go.
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1-21-2008 @ 5:46PM
Philip said...
I agree with Fred. The franchise doesn't have the panache of a Star Wars or Bourne trilogy. I like Gosling, but I don't see that working. "The Lovely Bones" is the movie he'll wish he had stayed in.
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