Eva Mendes has opened up about her transition from actress to full time mom to her children with fellow actor Ryan Gosling.
“It was a no-brainer,” the “Hitch” star said in an interview that aired on NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday.
“I’m so lucky. And I thought, if I can spend this time with my kids, and I’m still working, I just didn’t act, because acting takes you places, it takes you away,” he continued.
“It was almost like a non-verbal agreement that said, okay, he’s going to work and I’m going to work. “I’m just going to work here,” Mendes added.
Mendes and Gosling reportedly met as co-stars on the set of the 2012 crime drama “The Place Beyond the Pines.”
The long-time couple has two daughters together.
Gosling, who stepped away from Hollywood for four years to spend time with Mendes and their children between 2018 and 2021, was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role as Ken in Greta Gerwig’s film “Barbie” earlier this year. anus.
“He went and did his job. Turns out he’s very good at his job. And he did it and came home,” Mendes said.
Eva Mendes spoke with TODAY about her now partner Ryan Gosling:
“He had never experienced anything like that. The way she works, his commitment to his craft, how she wants to make everything the best it can be, and that means making her co-stars the best they can be.” pic.twitter.com/HZCxAmVpJv
– TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 26, 2024
In an Instagram post after Gosling’s Oscar nomination in January, Mendes praised the “completely original, hilarious, heartbreaking and now iconic character” he created, adding: “I am beyond proud to be this Ken Barbie.”
Following the night of the awards ceremony, during which Gosling took his “Kenergy” to a new level with a performance of the Oscar-nominated song “I’m just Ken” – Mendes made a post on Instagram that contained clear instructions for his partner: “You took Ken to the Oscars, RG. “Now come home, we have to put the kids to bed.”
Speaking of that moment, he said: “Because that’s what it’s all about. “You go, you do your job the best you can, and then you come home.”
Mendes’ last on-screen acting project was in 2014, when he co-starred in the fantasy mystery film “Lost River,” written and directed by Gosling.
In 2022, she made it clear in an Instagram post that she “never stopped acting,” but instead “wanted to be home with my babies and, fortunately, my other children.” business companies “It allowed me to do that more than act.”
Eva Mendes last appeared on screen in 2014. (Tim Hunter/Newspix/Getty Images via CNN Newsource)
Mendes said in the post that she was “not excited about the stereotypical roles she was being offered,” adding that “Lost River” was “a dream project” and “a tough act to follow.”
She has since lent her voice to the ABC Kids series “Bluey” and will appear on the YouTube celebrity series “Blue Book Readings”in May, according to the Bluey website.
In February, Mendes shared on Instagram that being a mother to her two daughters had inspired her to write her debut. Photo album“Desi, Mami and the endless worries”, which will be available in English and Spanish starting September 17.