“It’s a weird story”: Ryan Gosling Got an Idea of the Business Side of Things at a Very Early Age
Ryan Gosling is the official heartthrob of Hollywood. After being the official face of Ken in Hollywood, the actor is basking in the critical and financial success of Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie. The Canadian star has been in the entertainment industry from a very young age.
Not many people know that Ryan Gosling was interested in entrepreneurship too. During an appearance on a reputed chat show, the actor opened up about his entrepreneurial stint when he was just a school-going boy.
When Ryan Gosling Became An Entrepreneur At A Young Age
During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show in 2017, Ryan Gosling spoke about his business skills. While talking about the entrepreneur in him he mentioned it’s a weird story. When Graham Norton asked-
“Ryan, you were also a young entrepreneur, weren’t you?”
To which the actor replied as-
“I wouldn’t say that”
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When the legendary show host pointed out about the cellophane story, Ryan explained-
“My parents came upon a truck of cellophane somehow. I was asked not to ask too many questions. I didn’t, and suddenly there was a basement filled with cellophane and they encouraged me to go to school and sell it to my teachers or put a few in my backpack and try and hock them at recess and convince kids that they might be stocking stuffers for their parents.”
Harrison Ford chipped in
“What are the uses of cellophane? How did you sell?”
Ryan jokingly asked-
“What do you mean by the uses of cellophane, to which the Indiana Jones actor replied that he knows the name but has no idea about its uses.”
Ryan Gosling explained that it is used to wrap sandwiches. It keeps things fresh. On being asked if he could manage to sell the cellophane, the Blade Runner 2049 star responded-
“It’s a weird story.”
Imagine what the entire world would have missed, if the Barbie star had become a businessman.
Ryan Gosling Talks About His Experience On Working With Harrison Ford
During an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2017, Ryan Gosling spoke about his movie Blade Runner 2049 and working with the legendary actor Harrison Ford. He said-
“The best part is that you hang out with him and you realize that all those iconic moments from his films that you love are his — like “I love you,” “I know” from Star Wars, or shooting the guy in Indiana Jones. He’s just like that all the time. Normally I’d say there are hundreds of ways to play any scene. Unless you work with Harrison and you realize there’s only one great way and he’s already figured it out.”
According to the actor Blade Runner 2049 was his first big-budget movie. While talking about the sci-fi drama, he said-
“I guess. I try not to discriminate against budget, but they never felt right. I’m glad I waited. [Blade Runner] was one of the first films that I saw that I didn’t know how to feel when it was over. The line between heroes and villains was so blurred. It’s not a hero’s journey in any way. When I was a kid that was the storyline I had seen. Thematically, there’s just so much there — it was rich, it was melancholy, it was romantic. It’s so special. So many other things have stolen ideas from it, but they could never steal its soul. I felt lucky to enter that world.”
Blade Runner 2049 is currently available on Amazon Prime Video.
