John Legend and Ryan Gosling (IMDb)
Ryan Gosling has captured our hearts forever. The actor rose to fame after his promising role as Noah Calhoun in The Notebook. But the actor received great love and applause from the audience after the release of his romantic musical “La La Land” in 2016. The film became a blockbuster, and Gosling was even nominated for an Oscar in 2017 in the Best Actor category. While everyone adored Gosling, John Legend felt a little differently. According to The Independent, John Legend revealed in an interview broadcast on Nova FM that he was jealous of Ryan Gosling while filming the film.
John Legend admitted that he was jealous of Ryan Gosling during the filming of La La Land
John Legend is a Grammy and Oscar winning artist who is known for both his piano talents and his singing voice. In 2016, Legend made his film debut, playing a role in the film La La Land. In an interview, he expressed envy of his co-star Ryan Gosling.
According to The Independent, Legend told Nova FM when asked if Gosling was successful, referring to how Gosling practiced tap dancing and piano for his character Sebastian in the film. Legend responded, “I was a little jealous that he studied as well as someone who didn’t usually do it. He works so hard that I have yet to notice any of his shortcomings.”
As for his role in the film, Legend still had something to brag about. The La La Land soundtrack, in which Legend sang “Start a Fire”, was named the No. 1 album in the UK.
John Legend once talked about his acting debut and how he got the role in La La Land.
In a 2017 interview with Billboard, John Legend talked about his debut film La La Land and how he got the role. The interviewer asked him: “When you first met Damien Chazelle, did you want to play Keith, despite your lack of acting experience?”
To which Legend replied: “I didn’t quite understand why we met. I assumed he wanted to work on something together, ask me to write a song for it, and we (executive producer) would ask her. However, after the meeting, he asked me to read the script and then stated that he thought I would be a good Keith, someone who would understand Keith’s point of view and be honest as a musician.”
Meanwhile, John Legend recently renewed his vows with wife Chrissy Teigen, and Ryan Gosling was last seen in Greta Gerwig’s hit hit Barbie, released this past July.