Acclaimed actor Ryan Gosling
(“Drive,” “Ides of March,” “Crazy, Stupid, Love”) stars as an honest cop who
has a personal vendetta against the mob, in Warner Bros.' epic crime thriller
“Gangster Squad.”
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. |
Set
in Los Angeles, 1949, “Gangster Squad” revolves around ruthless Brooklyn-born
mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) who runs the show in this town, reaping the
ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and—if he has his
way—every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the
protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the
politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the
bravest, street-hardened cop…except, perhaps, LAPD outsider by Sgt. John O’Mara
(Josh Brolin).
To
take out Cohen, O’Mara will have to work closely with a team, and the chief
charges him with pulling together the roster. “
“Ryan
is so charismatic, so fun to watch,” director Ruben Fleischer says. “He really
brought dimension to this guy who’s become so disengaged, who just wants to get
lost in drink and women. That is, until something terrible happens that lays
this new war at his feet, and he realizes that by sitting this one out, it’s
costing the city, and he has an obligation as a person and a policeman to do
something about it.”
“Wooters
isn’t picked for the squad because he’s a great shot or a good fighter or a
technician,” Gosling adds. “He’s there because he has good instincts and knows
how to survive.”
But
Jerry Wooters has another motive for keeping a close eye on Cohen: Grace
Faraday (Emma Stone), the mobster’s current piece of arm candy. Despite the
obvious risk, Wooters finds her irresistible, and Grace is not immune to his charms,
either.
Ryan
Gosling has been honored for his work in a broad range of roles in both
acclaimed independent features and major motion pictures. In 2012, he earned a
Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture –
Comedy or Musical, for his role opposite Steve Carell and Emma Stone in “Crazy,
Stupid, Love.” and another for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture
– Drama, for his work in George Clooney’s “Ides of March.”
That
same year, Gosling was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best
Male Lead and a Critics Choice Award for Best Actor for his work in the action
drama “Drive,” directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. In 2010, he starred opposite
Michelle Williams in the romantic drama “Blue Valentine,” for which he earned
another Golden Globe nomination, and his third Critics Choice Award nomination
for Best Actor. He previously received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Award® and Critics Choice Award nominations for his work in the title role of
the indie film “Lars and the Real Girl.” He earned an Academy Award® nomination
and won an Independent Spirit Award, both for Best Actor, for his performance
in the 2006 release “Half Nelson.”
“Gangster Squad” is distributed by Warner
Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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