For years, Ryan Gosling has lived with a poster he wished looked different. Now, ahead of the 10th anniversary of La La Land, Lionsgate has fixed it.
The studio unveiled a new poster that corrects the position of Gosling's hand, the detail that has nagged at the actor since the film's original release. According to Deadline, Gosling addressed the issue in a 2024 interview with The Wall Street Journal, explaining exactly what went wrong during the photo shoot.
"We're dancing, Emma [Stone] and I, and I didn't know this would become the poster for the movie," he said. "We were supposed to have our hands up, and I thought it would be cool to put my hand [more flat] even though everyone told me it wasn't cool. I was sure it was cooler."
He did not stop there. "Now when I look at it, and I have to see it all the time, you know what would've been cooler…[the intended pose]. It just killed the energy that way. I call it La La Hand."
The corrected poster removes that regret from the image. The rerelease is set for Sunday, August 16, when Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres will screen the film.
La La Land won six Oscars when it was released in 2016, including Best Director and Best Cinematography. Damien Chazelle wrote and directed the musical, which starred Gosling as a struggling jazz pianist and Stone as an aspiring actress, both chasing their dreams in Los Angeles. The cast also included John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, and J.K. Simmons.
