Michelle Williams, Who Lived With Ryan Gosling For 1 Month For Their Movie, Became Uncomfortable Standing Too Close to the Actor
Ryan Gosling is one of the most popular actors in Hollywood. From portraying the character of Noah in the romantic drama The Notebook to playing Officer, K in the critically and commercially hit sci-fi project Blade Runner 2049– the official heartthrob of the entertainment world has been a part of almost every movie genre.
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams came together for the 2010 released romantic drama Blue Valentine. Despite living together to get into the skin of their respective characters, Michelle Williams felt uncomfortable standing close to her co-star.
Michelle Williams Lived With Ryan Gosling For A Month, But Felt Uncomfortable Standing Next To Him
From Bradley Cooper to Emma Stone- Ryan Gosling’s co-stars always had the best things to say about him. During the filming of his critically acclaimed romantic drama Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams even lived together to understand the chemistry between their onscreen characters.
During an interview with The Telegraph in 2011, the Brokeback Mountain actor spoke about her co-star and even pointed out that she felt felt uncomfortable around the actor due to his observant behavior. She said-
“He’s an unsettlingly perceptive person, Ryan. Sometimes you don’t want to be too close to him because he sees so much it’s uncomfortable,”
During an interview with the media outlet NPR in 2010, Ryan Gosling spoke about the importance of building a rapport with Michelle Williams to understand the complex relationship shared between the characters. He said-
“During the month, we tried to dismantle this thing that we had been building. [Originally,] we all worked really hard to create this love story portion, when they’re falling in love. We wanted it to feel genuine and real and true. And we spent all of this time building it up, and then we had to tear it down.”
Blue Valentine revolves around the story of Dean and Cindy who are caught between their downward spiralling relationship.
Ryan Gosling On Filming Intimate Scenes With Michelle Williams In Blue Valentine
The R-rated romantic drama Blue Valentine talks about the complicated relationship shared between two people who are caught bewtween their day to day struggles. During an interview with the MTV News in 2010, Ryan Gosling reflected on one of the intimate scenes for Blue Valentine. He said-
“It was hard…a lot of times actors can trick people into thinking something is happening when it’s not happening, and we had to call ourselves out on anything that didn’t feel honest. Actors become very professional and proficient about watching out for each other’s light and not stepping on each other’s lines. All of these things are artificial, and you have to strip that away if you’re going to achieve a sense of intimacy.”
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Whereas, Michelle Williams labeled the intimate scenes with Ryan Gosling toxic. During an interview with W Magazine in 2010, the actor said-
“We never rehearsed anything, and those were really dark days. We shot the beginning of our relationship first, and it was fun and alive. Then we did the sex scenes and it was…toxic. Ryan and I had stopped relating to each other as Ryan and Michelle.”
She further said-
“Those scenes took forever. I had a long drive from set to home each night, and I would roll down all the windows and turn up the music as loud as I could and hang my head out the window like a dog and scream. It was my escape.”
With an IMDb rating of 7.3 out of 10, Blue Valentine is currently available on Amazon Prime Video.
