Directors Joe and Anthony Russo tease their much-anticipated Netflix spy thriller as “a fight to the death.”

The Russo brothers love a story about a man on the run.

The result isThe Gray Man,a globe-trotting drama about a CIA operative who inadvertently triggers a manhunt.

The Gray Man (2022). Ryan Gosling as Six. Cr. Paul Abell/Netflix © 2022

Ryan Gosling in ‘The Gray Man’.Credit: Paul Abell/Netflix

(Evans is also rocking a very sinister mustache inThe Gray Man,just as hisLobby Herocharacter did.)

“It’s why you traditionally don’t get a Ryan Gosling versus Chris Evans movie.

They’re very complicated characters with competing agendas, and it’s a fight to the death.”

The Gray Man

Chris Evans (and his mustache) as Lloyd Hansen in ‘The Gray Man’.Paul Abell/Netflix

Still, they’re careful not to plan too far beyond that July release.

“Then you’re free to worry about how you expand it beyond that.”

“It goes back to the Italian thing,” Anthony says, laughing.

The Gray Man (2022) Ana de Armas as Dani Miranda. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

Ana de Armas as Dani Miranda in ‘The Gray Man’.Netflix

“We like to eat.

We like to eatwell.”

“And we like pizza,” Joe adds.

The Gray Man (2022). Rege-Jean Page as Carmichael. Cr. Paul Abell/Netflix © 2022

Regé-Jean Page as Carmichael in ‘The Gray Man’.Paul Abell/Netflix

Ryan was just like, ‘You know what?

Today I’m having some of that damn pizza.’

And he did, and he wasveryhappy."

Ryan Gosling The Gray Man

Ryan Gosling, behind the scenes of ‘The Gray Man’.