Ryan Gosling's blockbuster with Emily Blunt promises not only to be one of those films that attract audiences due to its spectacular nature, but also a message to the industry.
This spring, Ryan Gosling returns to the big screen: the actor hangs up his singing outfits and temporarily closes his Barbie Mojo Dojo Casa House to face the dangers and tribulations of a shoot on The Specialist.
Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, A Quiet Place) accompanies him in this movie who has the controls David Leitchdirector of John Wick: Another Day to Kill, Deadpool 2 or Bullet Train.
The first stages of the final stretch of promotion for The Specialist have already begun, and make it very clear that the film, in addition to being an entertainment product, arrives with the ambition of reclaiming a role usually overshadowed in the industry.
And if the Academy generally tends to relegate action films to the background, the role of specialists, in general, is isolated in a corner underground on which they have built an amusement park so that no one gets involved. ask what's underneath.
Specialists claim their place in the industry with a film
David Leitch, who was a specialist in his day and one of Brad Pitt's doubles in sagas such as Ocean’s Eleven and movies like Troy y Sr y Sra. Smithis part of a generation of directors who are determined to see the long-standing request that the Academy award awards to film specialists fulfilled.
Another filmmaker from this wave is Chad Stahelskithe creator of the John Wick saga, who is also a prolific stunt coordinator.
With The Specialist, David Leitch enters the ring at a perfect time, with Ryan Gosling enjoying the popularity it has brought him Barbie and personally committed to ensuring that film specialists receive due credit for fundamental work.
And, although we associate them exclusively with action films, specialists are present in almost all types of productions: from historical biopics to epic science fiction films.
Few stars dare to do the risk sequences themselves, and even they, from time to time, need professionals who give their all so that they don't leave their face on a wall. Even Tom Cruise has specialists.
Ryan Gosling already recalled after the first screenings of The Specialist that all these professionals see their work overshadowed even behind closed doors, so he hopes that the premiere of the film will shed light on a job without which cinema would not be possible.
The specialist arrives in cinemas throughout Spain on April 26 from the hand of Universal Pictures. Will he be able to capture the attention of the Academy and make stunt professionals one step closer to having their category at the Oscars?