being Gosling's largest box office opening, grossing $31.5 million domestically, the film generally underperformed at the box office. In 2018, Gosling portrayed Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became the first man to walk on the Moon in 1969, in Chazelle's biopic First Man, based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong. Writing for IndieWire, Michael Nordine commended him for bringing "quiet charisma" and "grace" to his role, while Nicholas Barber of the BBC hailed him as the "best deadpan actor in the business". In 2022, he starred in Netflix’s spy-action thriller The Gray Man, opposite Chris Evans. Upcoming projects Gosling is will next star in Greta Gerwig’s live-action adaptation based the eponymous fashion doll line Barbie, opposite Margot Robbie. Since 2017, Gosling has been attached to co-produce a film adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s 2012 graphic novel The Underwater Welder. Deadline confirmed in March 2020 that Gosling will produce and star in Project Hail Mary with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in negotiations to acquire the project, based on the Andy Weir novel centered on a solitary astronaut on a space ship who is trying to save Earth. In late May 2020, Gosling was cast in the role of the Wolfman in Universal's reboot of The Wolf Man from 1941. The film will be directed by Derek Cianfrance, making Gosling's third collaboration with him. Later, Deadline reported in September 2020 that Gosling is set to star in an untitled stuntman drama from director David Leitch and screenwriter Drew Pearce, who previously worked together on the Fast and Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw under Universal. In April 2022, it was announced that the project, now titled The Fall Guy, began production with Gosling spotted filming scenes on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the early hours of the morning. In February 2021, Gosling signed to star in The Actor, an adaptation of Donald E. Westlake's novel Memory. Duke Johnson will direct the film and produce with Abigail Spencer under their Innerlight Films production banner. Gosling, who will also produce alongside Ken Kao, will play the lead role of Paul Cole, who must deal with his damaged memory as he struggles to rebuild his life after being left for dead and hospitalized in 1950s Ohio. Music career In 2007, Gosling made a solo recording called "Put Me in the Car" available for download on the Internet. Also that year, Gosling and his friend Zach