Ryan Gosling made a shocking move during a promotional event for Project Hail Mary and urged the Hollywood bosses there to give his brother-in-law, Carlo Mendes, a job in the industry.
The actors were at the Directors Guild of America headquarters in Los Angeles and Ryan took the opportunity to praise Carlo and his work ethic in front of the writers, directors and producers in the audience.
In a video shared on TikTok, the moderator was wrapping up the conversation when Ryan intervened with, “Can I stop you for a moment? Carlo, are you in the audience? Where? Carlo Mendes, can you stand up for a moment?”
The camera then panned to Carlo as he stood up in the room.
Ryan, who is married to Carlo’s sister, former actress Eva Mendes, then asked if any movie bosses would hire his brother-in-law.
“Okay, how many of you are directors? Raise your hands. How many producers? How many writers?” Barbie Star asked.
Ryan explained, “Okay, this is Carlo Mendez. He’s Eva Mendes’ brother. He’s the hardest working non-working actor in this town that I’ve ever met. So my Hail Mary is, please, hire this guy! He deserves it.”
“If you write something, direct something, put him in it. He deserves it,” he added.
Carlo himself is no stranger to appearing on big screens, having worked on the 2024 erotic thriller film, Doom – in which he played the lead role Caleb – an episode of the CW teen drama, 90210as well as two episodes of the NBC sitcom Parks + Recreation in 2011.
When asked earlier by TheAUReview.com If he could see himself directing or producing a film in addition to acting, Carlo responded: “I think my main goal right now is that I’m at a specific stage in my career, and I’m (still) becoming a working actor. I think you gradually get the urge to produce.”
“I look at Mark Wahlberg or Brad Pitt, and they produce more movies than they’re in, you know? I think that’s just something that happens naturally,” he said, going on to say, “Taking control and producing the ideas that I have is something that I would like to do. I would really like to produce. I think there’s a lot of pressure in terms of directing and writing, so I think I would be more into producing.”
“But my main goal right now is just to act, act, act,” said Carlo Mendes, Ryan Gosling’s brother-in-law, about his future goals.
