Ryan Gosling is the star of Project Hail Mary, playing Ryland Grace, who is played by him as the only person standing between humanity’s continued existence and extinction. The film, which hits theaters on March 20, stars Gosling with a strong jawline and an impish sense of humor, helps to sell audiences on an everyman thrust into extraordinary circumstances while still appealing to them with old-school snap, crackle, and pop. Despite being a sci-fi blockbuster with a directorial duo like Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and The Martian screenwriter Drew Goddard adapting source material from the mind of author Andy Weir, Gosling's performance and ability to combine these elements into a cross-species buddy comedy. The movie is praised for its ability to mix existential wonder and heartfelt underpinnings about our place in the cosmos.