Ryan Gosling at Comic-Con 2026. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Logo text It seems Eva Mendes has also felt that her husband, Ryan Gosling, would be the perfect man to take on Ghost Rider. So when it was revealed at Comic-Con 2026 over the weekend that the Oscar-nominated actor would be the next person jumping on the Hell Cycle, Mendes was clearly elated.
The actress and businesswoman took to Instagram on Sunday to offer her reaction to the news. She reposted a fan-edited video of the opening scene of The Place Beyond the Pines, which starred both Gosling and Mendes, with the text displayed on the clip, “From this intro only I thought Ryan Gosling can be a perfect casting for Ghost Rider role.”
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Mendes added in the caption, “Love, Roxy,” referencing the character she played in 2007’s Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze.
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Elsewhere on her Instagram Story, she also reshared a video that featured clips of Mendes’ and Gosling’s characters from 2012’s The Place Beyond the Pines. It also included the text, “Ghost Rider in a parallel universe,” and the 2 Fast 2 Furious actress added, “Gracias @cinema.encyclopedia for this beautiful parallel universe connection.”
The video’s original caption highlighted the “perfect Hollywood full-circle moment,” as once Gosling’s new Ghost Rider movie, directed by Shawn Levy, hits theaters in 2028, it will be 21 years after Mendes starred in her Marvel movie.
The couple met while filming 2012’s The Place Beyond the Pines. While she stepped away from Hollywood more than 10 years ago to focus on raising their two daughters and other career endeavors, she’s continued to publicly support her husband despite their famously private relationship.
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