Ryan Gosling shouted out his longtime partner Eva Mendes in a surprise Jeopardy!-themed advertisement for his new science fiction movie Project Hail Mary
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Mendes and Gosling famously met on the set of their 2012 movie The Place Beyond the Pines; they share daughters Esmeralda Amada, 11, and Amada Lee, 9
Project Hail Mary releases in theaters March 20
Ryan Goslinggave hislongtime partnerEva Mendesa sweet shoutout in a surpriseJeopardy!-themed advertisement for his new movie.
Gosling, 45, appeared in a video shared byJeopardyto itsofficial YouTube accounttitled "Ryan Gosling Plays Final Jeopardy" on Thursday, Feb. 26 that saw theProject Hail Maryactor take part in a scripted round of "Final Jeopardy" in which he and two other "contestants" answered the prompt, "This specific type of injury has made news at least since 1967 when it happened to Red Sox star Jim Longborg."
The video sees Gosling seemingly struggle to find an answer to the prompt. While one of the two other "contestants" answered the prompt correctly by writing out "ACL," as in ananterior crucate ligament injury, Gosling wrote, "What is IDK? I <3 Eva," in reference to Mendes, whom he has been in a relationship with since 2011 and sharestwo daughters.
"I'm told by our judges we will accept that,"Jeopardy!hostKen Jenningssaid in response to Gosling's answer. "An ACL tear is also known as IDK - internal derangement of the knee. Well done, Ryan. What did you wager? Everything! You've doubled your score to $51,200! Ryan Gosling, congratulations! What a Hail Mary from our champion Ryan Gosling!"
Gosling only spoke once in the video after learning of his surprise "victory." "Wow," he said, while putting his hands on top of his head. As the advertisement wrapped, text appeared across the screen at the end of the video that read, "Believe in the Hail Mary," in reference to Gosling's new science fiction movie.
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Despite the clever ad, the actor did not actually appear onJeopardy!on Feb. 26; the game show'swebsiteshows that contestant James Hirsh won the game aired on that night's episode.
Mendes, who has participated in a number ofProject Hail Mary-themed marketing efforts via her social media pages as Gosling's new movie approaches its release date, also shared the video to herInstagram. "Look Ma! I made it to @jeopardy 😉 Believe in the Hail Mary @projecthailmary," Mendes wrote in a caption to her post.
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Mendes and Gosling famously met on the set of their 2012 movieThe Place Beyond the Pinesand began dating by the end of 2011, before the movie released. The couple share daughters Esmeralda Amada, 11, and Amada Lee, 9.
Project Hail Mary,in theaters March 20, is based on is based on author Andy Weir's2021 novel of the same name. In the movie, Gosling portrays a science teacher-turned-astronaut named Ryland Grace who sets off on a mission deep in space to learn why the sun and other stars in the solar system are dying. "11.9 Light-years from home. 6th grade science teacher. 1 chance to save us all," reads a shortsynopsisfor the movie, which also starsSandra Hüller.
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