Ryan Gosling has been part of memorable on-screen duos, and he’s found his next great scene partner — a faceless, rock-like alien.

In the early weeks of the pandemic, Ryan Gosling received the manuscript for Project Hail Mary a full year before The Martian author Andy Weir published the sci-fi space novel.

The extraterrestrial epic from Gosling — who starred as Ken in one of the highest-grossing films of all time in “Barbie” (a post-COVID Hollywood smash hit) — scored a massive opening weekend at the bo...