There’s a certain expectation that comes with starring in a hard sci-fi movie. You don’t necessarily need to be a scientist, but you at least have to look like you know what you’re doing. For Ryan Gosling, that turned out to be a little trickier than expected while filming the new book-to-screen adaptation of Project Hail Mary. Because, as it turns out, the “space math” wasn’t exactly clicking, but luckily, the production found a little trick to get him through.
In an interview with Discussing Film on X, Gosling admitted that the complex equations his character had to solve on screen were a real challenge. That’s especially true in scenes where he’s at a whiteboard, working through advanced calculations that are meant to look completely legitimate. As he explained:
