{"id":2408,"date":"2026-03-30T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=598425"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"ryan-goslings-sltty-little-glasses-in-project-hail-mary-have-a-mega-wholesome-backstory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/03\/30\/ryan-goslings-sltty-little-glasses-in-project-hail-mary-have-a-mega-wholesome-backstory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Gosling\u2019s \u2018sl*tty little glasses\u2019 in Project Hail Mary have a mega wholesome backstory"},"content":{"rendered":"

So-called “slutty little glasses” have been having a cultural moment for a few years now, with Ryan Gosling the latest to don them in Project Hail Mary.<\/p>\n

Written by Andy Weir, author of The Martian, Project Hail Mary<\/a> is about a scientist trying to save planet Earth from a sun-eating space virus. It’s shockingly funny, yet gutting at the same time, and apparently, it called for Ryan Gosling to sport some slutty little glasses. Suffice it to say that it worked, and people are obsessed.<\/p>\n

“Born too late to see dinosaurs, too early to see flying cars, but just in time to see Ryan Gosling wearing glasses with nerdy shirts,” one person wrote.<\/p>\n

“Ryan Gosling in glasses is doing things to me,” another said, as a third added, “We need more Ryan Gosling with glasses fr.”<\/p>\n

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For most of the film<\/a>, when he was not actively using them to read, his character, Ryland Grace, usually had his glasses hanging off his face. This was an invention of Ryan Gosling, who assumed that’s how people position their glasses.<\/p>\n

“Then Phil started making comments like, ‘You know that’s a really weird way to do that, right?’ And I was like: ‘It is? Oh, then I’ll do it the other way.’ He was like: ‘No, we shot for two weeks. That’s how you have to do it now.’ And so that’s what it is,” he revealed.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Gosling in glasses is doing things to me #ProjectHailMary<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Oas9i4Gc6R<\/a><\/p>\n

— \u2606 (@MENin4K) June 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n