Ryan Gosling Keeps Ghost Rider Hope Alive, Confirms Marvel Talks Have Happened

Ryan Gosling is still keeping the Ghost Rider dream alive.

While promoting Project Hail Mary in a new interview with Josh Horowitz, Gosling was asked point-blank if now was the time to finally announce he is playing Ghost Ride

. Gosling laughed it off, but he also did not shut it down. Instead, he answered, “We keep hope alive,” before adding that “some discussions have been had” and calling it “a complicated situation.”

Ryan Gosling Does Not Deny Ghost Rider

Gosling did not dodge the question by saying there is nothing to it. He did not deny meeting with Marvel. He did not act like Ghost Rider is off the table. He said discussions have happened, which is enough to keep the speculation going.

That will only add more fuel to the long-running fan campaign pushing for Gosling to take over as Marvel’s Spirit of Vengeance.

Josh Horowitz has also been part of that push for a while, previously bringing Gosling’s interest in Ghost Rider to Kevin Feige’s attention.

Why Ghost Rider?

Horowitz also asked Gosling why Ghost Rider is the Marvel character he keeps coming back to.

Gosling’s answer was simple: “Just a feeling.”

When Horowitz joked that Gosling probably just wants to set his face on fire, the actor agreed. That lines up with what fans have liked about the idea from the start. Ghost Rider is not a safe or obvious superhero role. It is strange, dark, supernatural, and a little unhinged, which is exactly why the casting has gotten so much attention.

Eva Mendes Joke Adds To The Moment

The interview also turned funny when Horowitz brought up Eva Mendes, Gosling’s wife, who starred in 2007’s Ghost Rider movie with Nicolas Cage.

Horowitz joked that this has to be a sore point at home since Mendes has already been in a Ghost Rider movie and Gosling has not. Gosling responded, “I’m just happy one of us got to do it.”

Project Hail Mary Opens This Week

The timing of the Ghost Rider comments comes as Gosling is out promoting Project Hail Mary, the sci-fi film based on Andy Weir’s novel. Search results tied to the film’s press tour note the movie opens March 20, 2026.