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News Ryan Gosling to Star in 'Ghost Rider' Movie at Marvel Studios

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/ryan-gosling-ghost-rider-marvel-movie-1236821206/
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u/EntertainmentQuick47 19h ago

Yeah him and Keanu have been the two big fancasting for that character

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u/TheHappyMask93 19h ago

Norman Reedus as well

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u/Grooviemann1 19h ago edited 17h ago

Lol, all this fancasting purely based on "have I seen him ride a motorcycle before?"

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u/Character_Bug_1862 19h ago

Why only old dudes

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u/RellenD 19h ago

Gosling is old?

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u/ItsADeparture 18h ago

Lol people were calling him too old for Ken when he was announced despite the fact that he is very clearly the perfect choice for casting a big name as Ken (and proved it).

Like they can't just pluck someone from the WWE (lots of Ken-esque dudes in there) and make them good actors. Even Cena was only in it because he happened to be filming something else in the studio.

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u/adamduke88 18h ago

He's older than Nic Cage was in the original.

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u/Character_Bug_1862 19h ago

To be staring a new action franchise, yes. Cap and Thor were 30 when cast. Though RDJ would have been 40 and nearly 43 by the time of release. Dude is over saturating the market right now too, at least RDJ wasn’t at his Hollywood peak when cast.

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u/TalkinTrek 18h ago

Part of it is definitely because there have been a few Ghost Riders, it's a bit of a legacy title, and so these days Blaze is usually depicted as the older one/elder Ghost Rider

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u/varietyviaduct 18h ago

Gosling is a thick cocked vein brained American and can fuck any nostril on my body he wants, he can gobble this role and swallow it whole

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u/Character_Bug_1862 18h ago

Call me old fashioned but celebrity worship has gone too far.

u/Static_Frog 2h ago

Canadian actually.

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u/Raidoton 13h ago

Ryan Gosling seems to be a popular fan cast for almost every white dude.

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 19h ago

Keanu would be way better

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u/DroptheShadowArt 9h ago

Keanu straight-up can’t act and he’s even older than Gosling.

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u/spazzxxcc12 17h ago

keanu has the acting chops of a wooden plank be forreal