Ryan Gosling's astronaut movie to open Venice Film Festival
- 6 years ago
Ryan Gosling's new movie about Neil Armstrong is set to open the Venice Film Festival.
The 37-year-old actor will play the first man to walk on the Moon in the biographical film, titled 'First Man', and it's now been announced the movie will open this year's festival in the Italian city.
Director Damien Chazelle - who previously worked with Ryan on the award-winning 'La La Land' - has revealed he wants to show "just how radical, crazy and controversial the whole mission was".
He told the BBC: "I became fascinated by Neil, and in what must have been going through his head in the months and years leading up to that mission - and how superhuman it was."
The 37-year-old actor will play the first man to walk on the Moon in the biographical film, titled 'First Man', and it's now been announced the movie will open this year's festival in the Italian city.
Director Damien Chazelle - who previously worked with Ryan on the award-winning 'La La Land' - has revealed he wants to show "just how radical, crazy and controversial the whole mission was".
He told the BBC: "I became fascinated by Neil, and in what must have been going through his head in the months and years leading up to that mission - and how superhuman it was."