Eva Mendes Would Only Return to Acting if It’s Alongside Her Husband Ryan Gosling

Eva Mendessays the only way that she could be convinced to return to acting is if it’s alongside her husbandRyan Gosling.

It’s been a decade since Mendesstepped away from acting. Her last role was a small part in Gosling’s feature directorial debutLost River. The actress’ last credit, though, was lending her voice to a 2021 episode ofBluey.

“I was never in love with acting. I don’t mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn’t a great actress. I had my moments when I worked with really great people,” she said in an interviewwith the U.K.’sSunday Times.

Mendes says her best work was opposite Gosling in films likeLost RiverandThe Place Beyond the Pines, which is the 2012 film where they first met.

“He gets something out of me that’s never been accessible before,” she said.

In her 16-year career on screen, Mendes appeared in several films includingThe Other Guys, HitchandGirl in Progress.

Since then, she’s focused on raising her and Gosling’s two daughters and other career opportunities.

However, she still occasionally gives acting tips to Gosling, who has starred in films likeBarbie, The NotebookandLa La Land.

“I would just simplify everything. I’m like, ‘Just make Barbie notice you, that’s what Ken is all about.’ So then there was this desperation. He really loved that,” Mendes said. “I’d remind him, as he’s literally walking out the door, ‘Make Barbie notice you, make Barbie fall in love with you.’”