Actors Andrew Garfield and Ryan Reynolds are fondly recalling their viral awards ceremony kiss from 2017.
The two shared a sudden smooch after the “Deadpool” star lost out to Ryan Gosling at that year’s Golden Globes, as the pair recalled in an “Actors on Actors” conversation released online Monday by Variety.
“Garfield’s sitting beside me and goes, ‘Hey, if they call your name and you win, don’t kiss your wife [Blake Lively], just kiss me,’” Reynolds said, joking that Gosling “absolutely did not deserve” his victory in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy.
“I’m actually a genuine, nutty fan of his,” Reynolds continued. “But he, of course, won for [‘La La Land’] … as he should. And I love that we were just sitting there and we were just like, ‘Eh, let’s just do it anyway!’”
The stunt was captured in the background of the awards broadcast and soon spread on social media. Actor Emma Stone, who had previously dated Garfield and starred opposite Gosling in “La La Land,” seemed to find out about the kiss only after it occurred.
“What? They did not kiss each other! They did?!” Stone said to “Entertainment Tonight” backstage at the awards venue in Beverly Hills, California, while Gosling shared his own reaction: “I mean, I’m happy for them, honestly.”
Garfield later said on “The Late Show” that he wanted to assure Reynolds that he “loved him no matter whether he won or lost” — and figured a friendly kiss would do the trick. He then prompted raucous studio applause by sharing a smooch with host Stephen Colbert on air.
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During his “Actors on Actors” appearance, Garfield said he came to feel that his kiss with Reynolds was “a little bit insensitive” to Gosling’s award win, which remains his only Globe.
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“I did, too!” Reynolds added. “But I was grateful that it was in such a wide shot that nobody actually noticed until later, and it was actually kind of perfect. And then you went, ‘Oh, oh, oh.’”
Reynolds, who’s seemed to largely abandon the more dramatic leanings of his earlier career in favor of broad comedies and “Deadpool” sequels, couldn’t help but joke when Garfield noted that he eventually apologized to Gosling.
“I actually just egged his house,” Reynolds said, “which is super childish to do. But I didn’t feel so great about losing.”