Ryan Gosling ’s newest costar is high-maintenance, had an entourage around him at all times and required his own wardrobe department on set.

In the early weeks of the pandemic, Ryan Gosling received the manuscript for Project Hail Mary a full year before The Martian author Andy Weir published the sci-fi space novel.

The extraterrestrial epic from Gosling — who starred as Ken in one of the highest-grossing films of all time in “Barbie” (a post-COVID Hollywood smash hit) — scored a massive opening weekend at the bo...