In the nice guys, Ryan Gosling improvised the high pitched scream and nearly made Russell Crowe break character.

Russell Crowe has a reputation that goes back decades: nothing breaks his focus on set. He’s said it himself, the Colosseum could be collapsing behind him mid-scene in Gladiator and he’d stay completely in character. Then he made The Nice Guys with Ryan Gosling, and that reputation didn’t survive contact. Gosling has one specific talent for undoing him, some improvised bit, some perfectly timed reaction, and Crowe just loses it entirely, laughing so hard he can’t hold his character together. He’s talked about it in interview after interview since, always with the same disbelief, like he still can’t explain how one costar cracked a wall nobody else ever could. Turns out even the most disciplined actor in the room has exactly one weakness, and his name is Ryan Gosling.