Ryan Gosling took the mic for a special screening of his latest film “The Fall Guy,” the Oscar nominee was eager to salute the stunt community — in particular, to show off the record-breaking stunt that his double performed. “There’s a gentleman who buckles me into a car — that’s Logan Holladay — for a stunt he’s about to do,” Gosling told the audience assembled at the Grove in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. “Then he goes on to do eight-and-a-half cannon rolls, which is a world record.

And then he pulls me out of the car and pats me on the back for the stunt that he just did.” That’s what makes “The Fall Guy” unique, Gosling explained. “In any other movie, you wouldn’t know that.

But in this movie, you do. The lack of recognition [of] the contribution that they make to cinema, to some of the best moments in this film and the best moments in films in general that we love so much, you know, that ends here!” The crowd, which was made up mostly of press and stunt performers, cheered. “Let’s watch this clip,” Gosling then said, attempting to tee up footage of Holladay performing the dangerous stunt.

There was just one problem — Gosling and the “Fall Guy” filmmakers (director David Leitch, producer Kelly McCormick, producer Guymon Casady and stunt coordinator and second unit director Chris O’Hara) and his co-stars Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham and Stephanie Hsu still had a moderated Q&A to get through. “You did really well with that whole thing,” Blunt laughed, ribbing Gosling for the flub.

Ryan Gosling Presents ‘The Fall Guy’ Stunt Double Logan Holladay With Guinness World Record, Slams ‘Lack of Recognition’ for Stunt Performers

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