United Kingdom, March 28 -- Ryan Gosling urged film and TV bosses to give his brother-in-law Carlo Mendes a job during a promotional event for Project Hail Mary.

The actors were at the Directors Guild of America headquarters in Los Angeles on March 21, and Ryan, 45, took the opportunity to big up Carlo, 48, in front of the writers, directors and producers in the audience.

In a video shared to TikTok on Monday (23.03.26), the moderator was wrapping up the talk as Ryan jumped in with: "Can I stop you one second? Carlo, are you in the audience? Where? Carlo Mendes, can you stand up for a second?"

The camera then panned to Carlo as he stood up in the room.

Ryan - who is believed to have been married to Carlo's 52-year-old sister, former a...