Ryan Gosling’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ Interview Takes Wild Turn After Reporter Gets Stranded on the Side of the Road: ‘Do You Have Help on the Way? Do You Have Water?’

Ryan Gosling’s press junket for “Project Hail Mary” took a wildly unexpected turn after reporter Jake Hamilton was forced to interview the Oscar nominee on video while stranded on the side of the road. Hamilton, who publishes video interviews on his “Jake’s Takes” YouTube page, was on his way back from the Grand Canyon in order to attend the press junket when his bus broke down, causing him to miss the Gosling interview in person.

“Are you in a volcano?” Gosling asked when he discovered Hamilton was conducting the interview while outside in rocky terrain. “You look like Tom Cruise in ‘Mission Impossible,’ the one where he’s climbing!… This is amazing. I don’t want you to be stranded, but the production value on this… Do you technically need a permit to shoot there? It’s like you’re doing a Western!”

Hamilton tried to redirect the…