“I’m Ryan Gosling and I did almost none of my own stunts in this movie.”

The star of “The Fall Guy” immediately won over the crowd at the Paramount Theatre before the movie began with this self-effacing announcement. There was nothing but wild enthusiasm and affection in the room for director David Leitch’s adaptation of the 1980s television series, now transformed into a crowd-pleasing tribute to the power of moviemaking and the sweet pull of romance.

In the film, Gosling plays Colt Seavers, a former stuntman who is called back into action when the star he most often doubled (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) goes missing during a shoot. The production is being directed by Jody Moreno (Blunt), the former camera operator with whom Seavers had a budding relationship before a career-ending accident.

Director Leitch, himself a stuntman turned filmmaker, said that seven years ago to the day he premiered his Charlize Theron-starring espionage thriller “Atomic Blonde” at SXSW. (A clip from that film features in a montage at the beginning of “The Fall Guy.”)

“This film is really personal to me, being a stuntman for 20 years,” said Leitch. “We wanted to celebrate crews and the magic behind the scenes and the people that make those movies.”

That the film’s stunts were duly spectacular was perhaps no surprise. What did sneak up on the audience was the romantic chemistry between Blunt and Gosling. It’s a charming and engaging tale told around explosions and car chases.

A scene in which the two of them begin to hash out what went wrong in their relationship while speaking on bullhorns in front of a whole film set is particularly delightful and captures the off-kilter energy of the movie at its best.

As to how accurate the film’s depiction of the production of a movie is, Blunt said, “Very, very accurate. I feel like there’s always a bit of chaos, like the bigger the movie gets, then the more chaotic it seems to get.”