Ryan Gosling’s wife is said to play a glammed-up cantina owner in Shawn Levy’s Star Wars movie. It would be her first live-action film role in more than a decade.
Eva Mendes is reportedly heading to a galaxy far, far away with her husband, Ryan Gosling.
Knight Edge Media reported Oct. 28 that Mendes will appear in Star Wars: Starfighter, director Shawn Levy’s movie starring Gosling. According to the outlet, she has a minor role as an intergalactic cantina owner.
Lucasfilm hasn’t confirmed it, and Mendes wasn’t part of the studio’s official cast announcement.
Still, the report lines up with rumors that have been floating around since production started.
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Who is Eva Mendes playing in Star Wars: Starfighter?
The Star Wars leak site MakingStarWars previously claimed Mendes plays a fully glammed-out cantina owner named Belle. Another account described the character as a glamorous 650-year-old alien in a gold dress.
None of those details are confirmed. Knight Edge Media’s report only says she plays a small role as a cantina owner, which fits with earlier sightings of Mendes on set during filming in the summer of 2025.
An earlier rumor from insider Daniel Richtman claimed Mendes would play the wife of Gosling’s character. The newer reports point to the cantina instead.
When was Eva Mendes’ last movie?
Her last feature film was Lost River in 2014, which Gosling wrote and directed. The two met while making The Place Beyond the Pines, which came out in 2012.
Mendes largely stepped away from acting after they started their family. She has said that choosing to stay home with their daughters was an easy call.
A Starfighter cameo would put the couple on screen together for the first time in roughly 15 years.
Will Eva Mendes be in Ghost Rider too?
Here’s the fun twist. Mendes played Roxanne Simpson, Johnny Blaze’s love interest, opposite Nicolas Cage in 2007’s Ghost Rider.
Now Gosling is set to play Ghost Rider for Marvel Studios, also directed by Levy. But according to Knight Edge Media’s sources, Mendes isn’t expected to return as Roxanne.
When does Star Wars: Starfighter come out?
Star Wars: Starfighter hits theaters May 28, 2027. It’s a standalone story set about five years after The Rise of Skywalker, in a stretch of the timeline no Star Wars movie has covered.
Gosling leads a cast that includes Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre and Amy Adams. Recent filings reportedly put the movie’s cost at about $226.5 million.
If the cantina scene makes the final cut, it’ll be a quick family reunion inside a very expensive movie.
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Hat Tips:
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Knight Edge Media, Caleb Williams (Oct. 28): Mendes’ cantina owner role and Ghost Rider note.
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ComicBook.com (Oct. 28): Lost River and the 650-year-old alien description.
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Comic Basics (Oct. 28): Lucasfilm’s official cast list.
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LRM Online (Oct. 29): MakingStarWars’ earlier leak.
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GeekTyrant (Sept. 2025): Daniel Richtman’s earlier rumor.
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