Ryan Gosling Being Courted For Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong Biopic ‘First Man’
By Angie Han/Nov. 25, 2015 7:00 am EST
Chazelle broke out last year with Whiplash, which starred Miles Teller as an aspiring drummer and J.K. Simmons as the brutal conductor who pushes him toward greatness. He planned to reunite with Teller for La La Land, but Gosling ultimately took the role instead. Also starring in the contemporary musical is Emma Stone, who co-starred with Gosling in Gangster Squad and Crazy, Stupid, Love. La La Land opens next summer.
Gosling hasn’t been seen onscreen since 2013’s Only God Forgives, but he’ll be all over the place for the next year or so. Next month he stars with Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale in Adam McKay’s financial crisis drama The Big Short. In addition to La La Land, Gosling also has Shane Black’s The Nice Guys due out next summer. And at some point in the not-too-distant future, he’ll begin shooting Blade Runner 2 with director Denis Villeneuve.
