Typically talking, Ryan Gosling {and professional} wrestling aren’t two issues that go collectively. Although he did as soon as have an disagreeable autograph encounter with The Final Warrior, “The Pocket book” star has by no means starred in a wrestling themed film, nor spoken in regards to the occupation. However Gosling nonetheless manages to get introduced up in wrestling circles, primarily due to the similarities in look to AEW star Orange Cassidy.
These comparisons got here up once more final week when Cassidy was interviewed by “TMZ.” Cassidy revealed the origin of the comparability between him and Gosling got here from his days on the indies. He additionally mentioned he’d be keen to comply with in Gosling’s footsteps relating to performing.
“Yeah, for positive, I am going to act, no matter, that is effective,” Cassidy mentioned. “Appears like I am going to determine it out. No, yeah, for positive, I would like to do one thing like that. When folks examine me to Ryan Gosling…let me let you know a fast little story. I used to be wrestling on an unbiased present down in Texas, I do not know precisely the place it was. There’s like 50 folks within the crowd, they do not know who I used to be, they might care much less. I come out…I stroll across the ring to get within the ring. And a few…child was like ‘Oh yeah, here is this man. He seems to be like Ryan Gosling.’
“And I am like ‘That’s the greatest praise anybody may ever give me.’ The concept that I seem like Ryan Gosling is like ‘Oh thanks! Thanks!’ I do not know…I haven’t got any hobbies outdoors of wrestling. Sleep, I believe is a pastime? Yeah, sleep’s nice. However yeah, the Ryan Gosling factor…when the film ‘Barbie’ got here out, my Twitter was blowing up with ‘Look, it is Orange Cassidy within the film.’ I am like ‘Yeah, I want I used to be subsequent to Margot Robbie in that film. Put me within the sequel.'”
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