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Yahoo
11 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Nick Nolte, 84, Goes Out to Dinner Dinner with Sean Penn & Josh Brolin
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, and Nick Nolte reunited for dinner in Malibu, California, this past weekend. The three actors previously worked together on the 2013 hit film Gangster Squad and have since maintained a close friendship with one another. We take a closer look at their 12-year-long relationship, as well as discover the must-know details about why this outing was so important for Nolte, 84, below! A look at Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, and Nick Nolte's friendship Penn, 64, Brolin, 57 and Nolte first worked together on the 2013 romantic thriller Gangster Squad, which also starred Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie and Giovanni Ribisi. It was directed by Ruben Fleischer and grossed over $105.2 million at the worldwide box office, and the plot followed a Los Angeles mobster named Mickey Cohen (Penn) in the 1940s as he deals with things like politics, gambling, drugs and more. 'Sean wrote me an email that I read a couple of years ago. He said, 'I'm watching you in Bed of Roses right now and I can't believe it didn't make you a huge star.' That was a joke obviously. I was very fortunate that I got to be in this business a long time before anyone took any kind of notice,' Brolin told Collider in 2012. 'Working with Sean is always the greatest. Sean and I are always looking for things to do together because we enjoy each other. We're veterans in our own right.' Since that film was released, Brolin has gone on to reach new heights of fame thanks to his performance as Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Nolte was also in the MCU thanks to his role as Bruce Banner's (Eric Bana) father in the 2003 film Hulk; however, that was before the franchise became a billion-dollar box office industry, and he has never reprised that role. That just leaves Penn, the only member of the trio not to be in the MCU, and according to Collider, he never will, because he thinks that the superhero films have "claimed so much time in the careers of so many talented people." Along with them, several other members of the Gangster Squad cast have been in superhero movies, with Stone starring as Gwen Stacy alongside Andrew Garfield in both The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). Mackie is also in the MCU and plays Sam Wilson/The Falcon/Captain America, a role that he is reportedly going to revive in the 2026 film Avengers: Doomsday. What to know about Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Nick Nolte's most recent reunion Penn, Brolin and Nolte recently went out for dinner in Malibu, California, and while Nolte might be the oldest one of the trip, we have to say he looked great in his halfway buttoned-up green shirt, silver hair and gorgeous tan—something that Brolin has made fun of him for in the past. 'I love that he came to the [Gangster Squad] premiere with a tan,' Brolin told The Hollywood Reporter in 2013. 'He's been really healthy, he's been running four miles a day, he's been in Haiti, he's been doing all these things. And, you know, he doesn't have time to put on makeup and go to a premiere, so he just shows up.' Nolte was born in 1941 and has been nominated for three Oscars. His most recent role was in the 2025 film Die My Love. He has two children and has been married to his wife Clytie Lane since 2016. For more entertainment news, keep scrolling! 'Wicked: For Good' Trailer Details You Might've Missed—Like That Glinda Wedding Scene! Netflix Just Dropped an Epic 'Stranger Things' Season 5 Trailer, Photos, Plot—and Surprise Details 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3 Is Here—With Romance, Drama and Taylor Swift Twists Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mirror
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling's ‘underrated' thriller now streaming
An underrated crime film from over 10 years ago starring two of Hollywood's biggest stars is currently streaming Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's forgotten team-up from 2013 has just been added to Prime Video. The A-list Hollywood duo are best known for portraying love interests in the romantic-comedy Crazy Stupid Love and the Oscar-winning musical La La Land. However, they co-starred together in between these two hits in a wildly different film that's been all but forgotten. Helmed by Venom and Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer, Gangster Squad received middling reviews when it was first released and was not a huge hit amongst movie buffs. Gosling stars as Sergeant Jerry Wooters, a WWII veteran tasked with bringing down Los Angeles mob leader Mickey Cohen (played by Sean Penn), along with fellow cop Sergeant John O'Mara (Josh Brolin). Stone features in the film as Grace Faraday, an etiquette teacher close to Cohen who eventually falls for Jerry in this glossy send-up of hard-boiled noir thrillers. While Gangster Squad didn't capture audiences' imaginations as much as their other two collaborations, Gosling and Stone fans should definitely take this opportunity to give it another go now it's on Prime Video. Plenty of fans have reassessed the film as an underrated gem, with a Letterboxd reviewer saying: 'Definitely underrated as a movie and I definitely didn't expect it to get such bad reviews on several famous platforms... 'Although its script and plot were nothing out of the ordinary and original the film's vibes and noir genre were definitely what I loved about it!' Another wrote: 'This one smashed it out of the park for me. I had low expectations going in but came out very pleasantly surprised and to be honest, pretty damn impressed. 'Great cast, superb production design, fantastic shootouts and overall, really well made and hugely enjoyable. I loved it.' Get 30 days of Prime Video totally free £8.99 £0 Amazon Get Prime Video here Product Description And someone else asked: 'What did this movie ever do to you guys to receive all bad ratings?' The film received a similar appraisal from a recent Reddit post, as a moviegoer argued: 'Gangster Squad (2013) is actually pretty good. 'This one really surprised me... And just to clarify right off of the bat, I'm not saying I think it deserved any Oscars or anything, but it's way more fun than I was expecting the gangster-movie from the director of Zombieland, Venom, and Uncharted to be... (man, Ruben Fleischer has an odd filmography.)' There are also scores of five-star Google reviews for the film, including one calling it 'CRIMINALLY UNDERATED'. 'This is the modern day untouchables,' it continued. '1940s LA is such a beautiful setting. The writing for the characters is great. 'A true sense of brotherhood. Sean Penn portrays a terrifying Mickey Cohen. The action is top notch.' Don't let Gangster Squad fall off your radar if you've not yet checked out Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling's most misunderstood cinematic team-up.
