Daily News & Analysis | 'The Notebook' actor Ryan Gosling to play Neil Armstrong in biopic? Daily News & Analysis It will be directed by 'Whiplash' helmer Damien Chazelle from a script by 'Spotlight scribe' Josh Singer. Ryan Gosling-First Man Ryan Gosling. The Notebook actor Ryan Gosling is being eyed to play Neil Armstrong in 'First Man', a biopic on the famed ... Ryan Gosling to play Neil Armstrong in biopic? Biopic on Neil Armstrong titled First Man to star Ryan Gosling |