Russo Brothers’ The Gray Man Starring Chis Evans and Ryan Gosling First Look Released

April 26, 2022, 11:39am

Netflix has released new photos from the making of The Gray Man. The movie adapts Mark Greaney’s novel series, with Gosling playing Court Gentry, a.k.a Sierra Six, a CIA operative recruited from federal prison by Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) to become an assassin for the agency. He doesn’t officially exist, hence the nickname “The Gray Man.” “The Gray Man is an incredibly mysterious character with a highly secretive past. In essence, he’s a ghost,” the Russo brothers tell the Netflix official blog Tudum. “A minimalist, [whose] job is to hide in plain sight. Kill when he needs to kill, and disappear.”

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“Ryan is exceptional at communicating volumes through a look or a gesture,” they say. “Creating an interior life that translates in the most subtle and sublime ways. He also has fantastic control of his physicality. In essence, he is The Gray Man (minus the kill orders).”

Evans plays Lloyd Hansen, Gentry’s former colleague whom he is now hunting. As Sierra Six, Gentry gets some help from Agent Dani Miranda, played by Ana de Armas.

The Russos, of course, have a history with Evans from working in the Marvel Cinematic Universe together. They also commented on casting him in the spy flick.

“Chris is one of the most technically gifted actors we’ve ever worked with. Highly trained. This allows him to take great risks as a performer,” the Russos said. “He’s also a brilliant student of human behavior, which makes all of his choices, whether he’s playing Captain America or a sociopathic ex-CIA agent, [emotionally] truthful. But we do want to go on record and say, where Ryan Gosling may be The Gray Man, Chris Evans is certainly not a sociopath. Well, as far as we know…”

The Gray Man also stars Regé-Jean Page, Jessica Henwick, Dhanush, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, and Alfre Woodard also star in the action thriller. Take a look at the new photos below.