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Ryan Gosling is having one of the best days of his life. The Project Hail Mary <\/em>star is heading to the Days of Our Lives <\/em>set after connecting with soap opera actress Deidre Hall, whom he recently praised on a podcast.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, Gosling appeared on the Happy Sad Confused <\/em>podcast<\/a>, where he gushed to host Josh Horowitz about his early love of soap operas and specifically Days of Our Lives<\/em>. The actor praised the daytime actors on the long-running series for their hard work, noting that they \u201cdo not get the love they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe amount they have to memorize the night before is like 10 pages of dialogue. They get one take,\u201d Gosling said.<\/p>\n Gosling also praised Hall specifically, recalling a 1994 storyline in which her character, Marlena \u2014 whom Hall has portrayed since 1976 \u2014 was possessed by a supernatural force. (Marlena was later possessed again in 2021.)<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s amazing is I remember thinking like, \u2018God, Deidre Hall is a great actress because she\u2019s having to act possessed right now,\u2019\u201d Gosling said.<\/p>\n Hall caught wind of the praise and on Thursday thanked Gosling for his appreciation in an Instagram video<\/a> shared on Horowitz\u2019s page. Hall said that she played the podcast in the Days of Our Lives <\/em>dressing and makeup rooms, and that everyone on set was \u201cthrilled\u201d that Gosling had spoken so highly of the show.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would be nice if you wanted to come over and see what we do in our neck of the woods,\u201d she said. \u201cSo this is an open invitation to visit the Days of Our Lives<\/em> set.\u201d<\/p>\n