‘The Fall Guy’ Raises The Roof At SXSW World Premiere Even Without Ryan Gosling’s Singing

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to sing — I promise” beamed Fall Guy star Ryan Gosling to a crowded Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX tonight.

He promptly received an immediate collection of “Awws” and “Boos” at the world premiere of the Universal title at SXSW. That’s not a bad thing: a number of people are still riding high from his amazing Oscar performance of nominated song “I’m Just Ken”.

Similar to Amazon MGM’s Road House, this fire-ablazing, cars-a-crashing movie played to loud laughs and big cheers. The start of summer during the first weekend of May is missing a Marvel film, but, wow, this action movie inspired by the hit 1980s TV show is a great back-up plan.

“I want to say, I’m Ryan Gosling and I did almost none of my stunts in this movie,” to great cheers.

Gosling gave a shoutout to his stuntman, Logan Holiday, who broke the Guiness World Record for the most canon rolls in this movie. “Eight and half rolls,” explained Gosling to great laughs, “There’s a moment in the film where he buckles me in for a stunt he’s about to do, and after it happens, I come out of the car and he pats me on the back for a stunt he just did.”

“How fu**ed up is that?!” he said.

“It’s an opportunity to finally acknowledge the stunt performers, the incredible contribution they make to movies,” said Gosling.

“This film is really personal to me, having been a stunt man for 20 years, it’s amazing that Ryan (Gosling) could bring that to life,” said Leitch.

SXSW was a special place for Leitch as it’s where he world premiered Atomic Blonde, which went on to make $51M at the late summer domestic box office.

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