'Project Hail Mary' turned to puppeteer James Ortiz to bring Rocky, Ryan Gosling's alien buddy, to life. When Ryan Gosling interacts on screen with his alien buddy, which he does for more than half of “Project Hail Mary,” he wasn’t staring at a green screen as cameras rolled. Instead, he was playing off of an elaborate puppet manned by James Ortiz, a Ne... [4940 chars]