Ryan Gosling prefers to keep his private life out of the spotlight, but he made a rare exception recently when he commented on his two daughters with Eva Mendes.
The 45-year-old revealed that Esmeralda, 11, and Amada, nine, contributed to his new film, Project Hail Mary, by giving him their "very critical and very honest" opinions about the PG-13 sci-fi/adventure movie.
"My kids have seen multiple cuts," Ryan told Access Hollywood. "They give me multiple notes. They're basically the only critics I care about, and they are very critical and very honest."
Ryan added that having his daughters' opinions is "always better" and admitted that they inspired him to make the film.
"I made this for them essentially," he continued. "As a family, I'd like a movie like this that I'd like to see. I just feel really honored that I got to make one."
In Project Hail Mary, Ryan plays science teacher Ryland Grace, who wakes up on a spaceship light-years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. He joins forces with an alien named Rocky to save everything on Earth from extinction.
© Getty ImagesWhile Ryan and Eva are very protective of their children, they made their first public appearance as a family at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Eva did not share photos of the family on Instagram – but she did comment on the public outing.
© Getty ImagesAs she commented on how the paparazzi affected her, a fan responded: "Unfortunately the Olympics is pretty high profile and they are on the look out for celebrities. Hope you get to a place soon that you can go and just be a regular old family hanging out together."
To which Eva replied: "They were great about not [posting] the kids so I'm a grateful mama bear. Thx for a loving comment. Sending it right back!"
© Getty ImagesEva said eyebrows were raised when she fell pregnant at 40, previously telling People: "It was a big deal for people when I was pregnant, and it wasn't for me.
"And then I was 42, and I was pregnant with my second one, and people were like, 'Oh my God, you're going to be so tired. That's why people have kids in their 20s.' I was like, that's the most sorry, asinine thing I've ever heard."
She added: "It takes more patience. In my 20s, I shouldn't have even been around a child," explaining that in her 20s, she'd been "just foul-mouthed and smoking."
© InstagramEva stepped back from acting in 2014 to take care of her daughters and described it as "the easiest decision I've ever made".
"I was older, and I knew that my kids are going to be little once, and whatever I do or don't do right now is going to affect them the rest of their life," she explained.
"Your career comes and goes but kids, yeah, that was easy for me," she added. "They're just formative years. I wanted to be there for all of it."
