Ryan Gosling’s daughters assisted him during the filming of his new movie.
The Fall guy actor revealed People in a recent interview that his daughters, whom he welcomed with his long-time partner, Eva Mendes, sometimes expressed his alien friend during his absence in Project Hail Mary off camera so he can stay in character.
The fictional film tells the story of a science teacher, played by Ryan, who is sent to space to save humanity and there he meets an alien named Rocky who is also on the same quest.
“Sometimes when I was at work and I had to change things or whatever, my kids would come in and I would have an earpiece in my ear and they would talk for Rocky, so I could talk to them as Rocky,” Ryan said.
“And there are moments in the movie where I laugh or I’m just so enamored with him, which means it’s actually my kids talking to me and helping me,” Ryan said of his daughters, Esmeralda Amada, 11, and Amada Lee, nine.
The character of The Rocky is originally voiced by James Ortiz.
“They’ve seen a lot of parts of this movie,” Ryan said. “They gave me a lot of notes.”
When asked about a favorite memory from pre-production, he recalled, “When I was trying things on for the character and my daughter came over, she said, ‘You look smart in glasses.’ And I thought, ‘I have to look smart, so I’ll thank you for that.'”
