Final Four Picks & Ryan Gosling on Project Hail Mary, Diva Puppets & Being a Liability at DB |Ep 183

TL;DR

Jason and Travis Kelce pick March Madness Final Four teams blindly, then Ryan Gosling reveals Project Hail Mary used real puppeteers instead of CGI for alien Rocky.

Key Points

• 1.Jason Kelce makes his Final Four picks with zero research. He chose Michigan State, Duke, Houston, and Arizona purely based on coaches he respects, accidentally placing three teams in the same bracket region.
• 2.Travis's Final Four picks: Duke, Arizona, Alabama, and Illinois. He admitted Alabama was a sleeper pick and Illinois was chosen just to 'make it interesting.'
• 3.Last-place bracket punishment is crowd-sourced to fans. The Kelces proposed eating a wing dipped in Mad Dog 357 hot sauce (6 million Scoville units) but left the final decision to New Heights commenters.
• 4.Ryan Gosling confirmed Project Hail Mary used five live puppeteers for alien Rocky, not CGI. A team called 'the Rocketeers,' dressed in all-black ninja suits, each operated one of Rocky's five arms on set.
• 5.Gosling produced the film and kept Andy Weir closely involved on set. Weir, a former engineer, insisted on scientific accuracy — he was famously bothered by incorrect constellations in Titanic while others were crying.
• 6.Gosling revealed he just finished filming a new Star Wars movie directed by Shawn Levy. It releases next year, features entirely original characters, and exists in its own separate timeline from previous Star Wars films.
• 7.Harrison Ford stapled his hat to his head during Raiders of the Lost Ark filming and, after punching Gosling in a Blade Runner scene, took the ice pack from Gosling's face and put his own fist in it, saying 'I forgive you.'
• 8.Gosling's entry into music came from his uncle, who became a full-time Elvis impersonator. The uncle bedazzled a white jumpsuit, performed at malls, and made 8-year-old Ryan his 'head of security' in a gold lamé jacket.
• 9.Gosling and Travis Kelce bonded over their Remember the Titans connection, with Gosling joking that no matter his career achievements, the internet will always remember he's 'an absolute liability at the corner.'