WSJ Why Ryan Gosling Wants to Redo "La La Land"

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The video leverages a popular movie and a well-known actor to discuss a relatable moment of artistic regret. The use of a specific, memorable term like "hamburger hands" adds a touch of humor and intrigue, making the content shareable.

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Ryan Gosling discusses a specific moment in "La La Land" where he feels his hand gesture was not ideal, calling it "La La Hand" and comparing it to dancers' "hamburger hands." He reflects on how this moment became the movie's poster and questions if a different gesture would have been better.

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1Gosling wants to redo a moment from La La Land
2He describes a specific dance move with his hand
3He calls his move "La La Hand" and compares it to "hamburger hands"
4He questions if the move was cool or killed the energy
5He reflects on the moment becoming the movie poster

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WSJ Why Ryan Gosling Wants to Redo "La La Land"

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Actor Ryan Gosling shared the reason he’d like to redo his role in “La La Land” with WSJ. Magazine in 2024. For the movie's 10th anniversary, Lionsgate released a new version of the poster to make Gosling's hand stick straight out, Variety reported.

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What's the one role you'd like to do over? Maybe LaLaLand. There's a moment that haunts me where we're dancing, Emma and I. And we—I didn't know this would become the poster for the movie. But I thought to have our hands up, and I thought it'd be cool to put my hand like that. Even though everyone told me it wasn't cool, I was sure that that was cooler than that. And now when I look at it and I have to see it all the time, would've been cooler than this? That. It just killed the energy that way. It was sort of like all leading to what? Just like a lazy—I call it "La La Hand." Dancers have something similar. They call it "hamburger hands." Hamburger hands? Really? Yeah. It's a thing. Did having a dance background help you for that role? Well, I thought it would help in "La La Land." And then, of course, hamburger hands Gosling over here. It didn't help me at all in the end.