Ryan Goslingis trying to get a very important person a new job.
TheLa La Landactor paused a promotional event for his latest movie,Project Hail Mary, to praise his longtime partnerEva Mendes' brother, urging someone in the audience to scoop him up.
"Can I stop you one second?" Gosling asked the moderator at the Directors Guild of America headquarters in Los Angeles this week, as shown ina videoposted by TikTok user @t.nonamer.
He continued, "Carlo, are you in the audience? Where? Carlo Mendez, can you stand up for a second?"
The video then panned to Mendez sheepishly rising to his feet in the middle of the theater.
"Okay, how many of you are directors? Raise your hands," Gosling asked the crowd. "How many producers? How many writers?"
TheNice Guysstar then introduced his guest. "Okay, this is Carlo Mendez," he explained. "He's Eva Mendes' brother. He is the hardest-working nonworking actor in this town that I have ever met. So my Hail Mary is, please, hire this man! He deserves it."
Gosling added, "If you're writing something, directing something, put him in it. He deserves it."
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Mendez has been working on TV and film projects since the mid-2000s, when he appeared in an episode of90210. He appeared in two episodes ofParks & Recreationin 2011, and has acted in multiple episodes of shows likeThe Rich & the RuthlessandThe Bay.
The actor also popped up in an episode of9-1-1in 2022, and recently had a recurring role as Hector Estrada in four episodes ofDexter: Original Sin.
"Portraying a character like this was a dream come true," Mendezsaidin an Instagram post about his turn onDexter. "[Dexter: Original Sin] is an amazing show, and I'm so lucky to have had a part in it. I remember being so nervou,s and I was just hoping I didn't forget my name or my dialogue or even drown."
Mendez attended the2024 SAG Awardswith Gosling, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance inBarbie.
Gosling and Eva Mendes began dating after working together on 2012'sThe Place Beyond the Pines. They share two daughters.
Mendes has not appeared on screen since 2014, when she acted in Gosling's feature directorial debut,Lost River. She also performed a voice role in a 2021 episode of the animated seriesBluey.
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Project Hail Marystars Gosling as Ryland Grace, a scientist who travels lightyears away from Earth to investigate a phenomenon causing the sun and other stars to dim. It is currently the second-highest-grossing movie of 2026 at the domestic box office.
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