The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling has Steven Spielberg's seal of approval

When it comes to Hollywood icons, they don't get much bigger than Steven Spielberg, so when he approves of your movie, you know it's good!

That's exactly what happened to Ryan Gosling when he ran into the legendary filmmaker, who gave his seal of approval to Gosling's new action comedy The Fall Guy.

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“I saw Steven Spielberg walking in my direction," he recalled to Variety about The Golden Globes in January.

“I don’t know Steven Spielberg. I thought there’s no way he’s coming to talk to me. And yet he kept getting closer, and then I thought I know what’s going to happen. I’m going to point to him, and he’s going to go, ‘Not you, behind you,’ so I’m not going to do that. Finally, I said, ‘Me?’ and he goes, 'Yeah you.’ I go, ‘I’m sorry I didn’t think you were coming to talk to me.’ And I stood up and he gave me a hug and said, ‘I just saw Fall Guy and I loved it.'

“As far as I’m concerned it doesn’t matter anymore what happens. Steven Spielberg liked it. That was an all-time moment for me. I’m really excited for people to see it. I think it’s a really special movie.”

The Fall Guy is based on the TV show of the same name starring Lee Majors.

The official synopsis reads:

'A battered and past-his-prime stuntman finds himself working on a movie set with the star for whom he doubled long ago and who replaced him. The star then goes missing.'

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The Fall Guy movie is unique

Action comedies are commonplace, but Gosling has promised a unique quality about The Fall Guy.

“The stunts are amazing, they’re practical stunts," the star explained.

“The Fall Guy is so special.

“You can feel the difference. It’s such a love letter to movies and moviemaking and the people who make movies…It’s a very unique perspective on a genre of movie that we all love so much but it’s from a perspective you’ve never seen it, from the people who actually make it and how sort of much they’ve been taken for granted.”