Josh Brolin calls out Ryan Gosling for doing a phony DeNiro accent all the time
Ryan Gosling’s accent issues have never really bothered me that much, probably because I was never a Gosling super-fan and I really haven’t seen that many of his films. I’ve noticed how, at time, he seems to be attempting a New York accent for no particular reason (as in, his character is not from New York). Gosling has even been called out on it before, and he explained it once this way:
“As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn’t sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can’t shake, so it’s not phony anymore. I’m going for the Madonna thing, the Lady Gaga thing — a phony accent that becomes your trademark.”
That quote made me sad. I don’t want Gosling to be like Madonna or Lady Gaga! Even Madonna can’t keep her accents straight – sometimes she’s Detroit, sometimes New York, sometimes English, sometimes California Valley Girl. Well, anyway, Gosling’s peers have noticed the accent thing. Josh Brolin worked with Gosling in 2011 on Gangster Squad, and while Brolin doesn’t name Gosling in this new Man of the World interview, you know exactly who he’s talking about:
“I see young Hollywood punks on the set, and it’s funny to me. Because it’s absolutely me all over again. I’m the old guy who’s like, ‘Oh cool, you got your leather jacket and it cost you $400 and you bought it all ripped up!’ I remember a guy I worked with who was from Ontario, but he talked like De Niro. I was like, ‘Holy s–t, he’s actually doing De Niro. Does he know that I know? I’m not even listening to what he’s saying.’ It’s fascinating to me.”
What kills me a little is that Brolin makes it sound like Gosling does the DeNiro/Brando accent even when he’s not in character. As in, Gosling is just walking around the set, tawkin’ New Yawk. Sad. And while I’m not a fan of Brolin, it cracks me up that he’s calling out Gosling.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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