Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day Appear at “The Fall Guy” Premiere as Beavis and Butt-Head

When Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day played Beavis and Butt-Head in an SNL sketch this past April 13 during Gosling’s episode, the effect was so sublimely absurd that SNL star Heidi Gardner broke character and lost it. Gardner played a NewsNation anchor hosting a very serious discussion about the perils of AI, but then she notices two audience members who appear to be the flesh-and-blood incarnations of the iconic animated characters from the 1990s. And even though Gardner had seen Gosling and Day in their full prosthetics during rehearsal—and laughed then, too—she still fell apart during the live show. “This makes me feel almost even worse and unprofessional. When I looked and saw Mikey in the dress rehearsal, I lost it. I was shocked,” Gardner told Vulture. “I’m thinking about it right now and laughing. I recovered and tried to tell myself in between dress and the live show; You can’t laugh like that again.” Reader—she laughed like that again. And who could blame her? And now, Gosling and Day have taken their blissful buffoonery on the road.

The duo appeared at the Los Angeles premiere of The Fall Guy in the full Beavis and Butt-Head prosthetics, Gosling’s latest film in which he co-stars alongside Emily Blunt and plays a stunt performer turned real-life action hero.

First, Gosling arrived as himself on the red carpet alongside Blunt, wearing a mint-green Gucci suit and fully embodying the movie star look.

Then, Gosling returned alongside Day, both of them now as the iconic characters created by Mike Judge in the hit 90s animated series.

Their first go-round as Beavis and Butt-Head on SNL has become a bonafide sensation, with more than 13 million views so far. Gardner wasn’t the only one struggling to keep it together during the sketch—Gosling himself was holding on for dear life throughout.

Check out Gosling and Day as Beavis and Butt-Head below. The Fall Guy arrives in theaters on May 3.

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Featured image: HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 30: (L-R) Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day dressed as Beavis and Butthead attend the Los Angeles premiere of Universal Pictures “The Fall Guy” at Dolby Theatre on April 30, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)