With the scorpion jacket being a reference to the old fable, the movie is littered with hidden scorpions. Not only is the jacket emblazoned with a giant gold scorpion, but there is a scorpion in a painting behind Bernie in the restaurant when him and Driver make the exchange.
Though Cranston might be best known for his two iconic TV roles , his portrayal of Shannon is so unique. From the very beginning of the movie, when Driver is hired as a getaway driver from a heist, he can be seen holding the steering wheel in a very unique way. But during the auditions, one adult actress stood out from the rest. Dimas can be seen in the strip club that Driver visits midway through the film.
Refn has been very vocal about his love for Taxi Driver in the past, and though there are many parallels between Driver and Travis Bickle, there are some more overt references to the Scorsese classic. In collaboration with costume designer Erin Benach and the director, the actor designed the jacket he wore in the film.
No less than thirteen jackets were made, all adapted to the build of Ryan Gosling through various linings. The model consists of a white satin fabric, yokes that structure the shoulders, elastic woolen cuffs and of course, a yellow scorpion embroidered on the back. It took Erin Benach about 20 tries to design the perfect bomber, but she succeeded just an hour before filming started. It all started with Kiss, the legendary group from the s - s.
Nicolas Winding Refn is continuously inspired by this period and this particular rock group which mixes the glamour of disco and hardcore rock. For Ryan Gosling , he imagined a costume that married these two notions, making the character as dangerous as he is visual and alluring.
The actor set his sights on " souvenir jackets ", these satin-finished bomber jackets with embroidery on the back, the fruit of the encounter between the American military and post-war Japan.
But Erin Benach wanted to create her own take on the jacket and make it more fitted to suit Ryan Gosling 's rigid character. Will Smith has one a slim black suit and sunglasses built for alien counterterrorism ; so do James Dean the red jacket and jeans and even Robert De Niro mohawk, army jacket.
And Gosling earned his in when he wore a silk jacket with an embroidered scorpion on the back in Drive. View Iframe URL. At the time, Gosling was already pretty popular thanks to the success of The Notebook in Many a teenage girl wanted to kiss Ryan Gosling after The Notebook. But after Drive , everybody wanted to kiss Ryan Gosling. This larger-than-life moment was crystalized when Gosling's character, wearing the jacket, turns to a man at a diner and says, with a spot-on Brandonian accent, "How about you shut your mouth or I'll kick your teeth in and shut it for you?
The jacket itself was a custom design made just for the film; in a Grantland interview , costume designer Erin Benach revealed it took months to perfect.
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