Ryan gosling

He sometimes breaks up street fights

Don’t be fooled: Gosling’s white knight routine in movies like Drive and Gangster Squad and is no act – he really does have a crazy stupid love for his fellow man.

Did you hear about the time where Gosling appeared from nowhere to break up a New York street fight?

It was 2011, and Gosling was in town playing Luke in The Place Beyond the Pines, when he witnessed a fight breaking out between two men while walking through Manhattan.

Gosling leapt to the defence of the man who was seemingly under attack, while onlookers captured the incident on their smartphones.

The incident made Gosling even more of an internet heartthrob, though he later admitted to regretting ever getting involved.

It turned out the ‘victim’ had actually stolen a painting from his attacker, “and then the guy from The Notebook shows up and makes it weirder.”

«Бегущий по лезвию 2049», 2017

Я не испытываю к Райану Гослингу никаких особенных эмоций: он не кажется слишком уж обаятельным, в нем не чувствуется никакой изюминки. Вообще никакой. Не актер, а чистый лист. Подтянутый и внешне без изъянов, максимально сдержанный и беспристрастный — именно такой лучше всего подошел на роль репликанта в  «Бегущем по лезвию» Вильнева. Не узнавал, руководствовался ли Вильнев тем же самым, когда подбирал актера на главную роль — но получилось блестяще.

Особенно интересно наблюдать в кадре за Гослингом и постаревшим Декардом-Фордом — при том что репликанты неотличимы от людей, в последнем чувствуется больше человечности

А в Гослинге — что немаловажно, меньше. Ну и да: сам «Бегущий» Вильнева мне очень понравился — ставлю его в один ряд с фильмом Скотта

Забанить меня можно здесь.  

Стас Ломакин

He built a car for Drive

At this point, Ryan Gosling is well-known for learning a new skill on the sets of his movies.

On Lars and the Real Girl, for example, he was taught how to knit by “a room full of old ladies”.

In fact, there’s a pattern of Gosling putting his hands to use in some way on film sets.

For The Notebook, Gosling did it Daniel Day-Lewis style and built some of the furniture seen in the film, no doubt impressing co-star Rachel McAdams.

He went further for the 2011 neo-noir Drive, however, by building his petrolhead character’s car. That’s not something you get taught at the Mickey Mouse Club!

Reportedly, Gosling found a car that he liked – a 1973 Chevy Malibu – in a junkyard, then took it apart and rebuilt it himself. Like his character the Kid, that’s more than just being a driver.

He learned martial arts for a film for no reason

Building furniture and cars, learning the piano, learning how to fly – if a film demands it, Ryan Gosling will do it.

And so, when Gosling’s Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn came to him with a movie about Thai boxing, he got to training straight away.

In order to convince as Muay Thai club owner Julian, the near-mute star of Only God Forgives, Gosling adopted a rigorous diet and trained for two hours a day, four days a week.

This got Gosling into more or less the best shape of his life, and more importantly for the film made him a Muay Thai fighter to professional standard.

The only thing was that Refn would alter his idea for the film during production, leaving Gosling’s new fighting skills untapped.

In the final film, Julian never lands a punch and instead gets beaten to a pulp by Vithaya Pansringarm’s corrupt cop – meaning Gosling trained for months for nothing.

He once bought ‘hundreds’ of Girl Scout cookies and handed them out to the general public

If we’ve done our job right, it’ll be well established by now that Ryan Gosling, though an icon of cool, is also a bit of an oddball.

One of his strangest moments came a few years back, when he was confronted about a confectionary-related rumour live on Jimmy Kimmel.

According to Gosling, he had been out shopping one day when he saw some Girl Scouts hawking cookies.

Rather than just take a box or two, Gosling took them all, what amounted to “hundreds and hundreds” of boxes.

Not knowing what to do with the product of his impulse purchase, Gosling decided the best thing to do was hand them out to members of the public as he drove around in his car.

“I started just throwing them out the window to people on the street”, he told Kimmel. “At the time I thought this must be what Santa Claus feels like…through their eyes I was not Santa Claus, I was just a creepy cookie guy”.

He was suspended from school for throwing knives at other children

While he plays detective Holland March in 2016 caper The Nice Guys, Ryan Gosling hasn’t always been on the right side of the law.

In fact, the Best Actor aspirant could well have become a criminal had his instincts been indulged (more like his 2010 All Good Things character David Marks).

In his first year of school, aged just six, Gosling was already in trouble for a pretty serious indiscretion.

In a prime example of why film ratings are a thing, little Gos was inspired after having been allowed to watch the R-rated action movie First Blood.

Taking his cues from John Rambo, 6-year-old Gosling had the bright idea to take some steak knives from home to his school.

Once recess was in, Gosling proceeded to take the cutlery/weapons out of his Fisher Price kit and throw them at classmates. Less La La Land and more cloud cuckoo land!

Naturally, the school suspended him, while Gosling’s parents agreed to not let him watch any more violent movies.

He helped build a monastery in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina

Admirable as his cookie scheme was, Gosling’s good deeds have admirably extended beyond the Girl Scout community.

Since 2007, Gosling has worked for the Enough Project, a non-profit organisation supporting peace and an end to atrocities in Africa.

In 2008 and 2010, he travelled to Uganda and the Congo on behalf of Enough, and co-hosted a benefit for the organisation alongside Harrison Ford in 2016.

Gosling’s most surprising humanitarian effort, however, saw the actor leave Hollywood for Mississipi.

In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina had devastated the Gulf Coast, Gosling decided to help out by driving with a car full of supplies to Biloxi.

There, Gosling lent a hand by helping to rebuild a monastery alongside other volunteers.

He dated Sandra Bullock

Today, Ryan Gosling is happily shacked up with fellow actor Eva Mendes, with whom he shares two children.

Gosling’s history of celeb relationshipping goes back to his first days in Hollywood, however.

After they met on the set of the 2002 thriller Murder by Numbers (with Gosling starring as murder suspect Richard Haywood), Gosling and Sandra Bullock dated.

The pair – him 22, her 38 – were in a relationship for a year before they decided to call it quits.

Following this, Gosling was in a more high-profile relationship with Rachel McAdams from 2005 to 2007. He’d starred as Noah Calhoun in 2004’s The Notebook opposite McAdams.

Gosling then met Mendes while playing Luke on the set of crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines in 2011. They’ve been together ever since.

He’s actually Canadian

He may be one of the biggest stars of American films today, but Ryan Gosling doesn’t actually hail from America at all.

Born in London, Ontario in 1980, Ryan Gosling was raised by two parents of French-Canadian descent.

For much of his youth, Ryan Gosling was shuttled around various towns because of his father’s work, but never left Ontario.

For all bar two years – we’ll get to those in a moment – Gosling lived continuously in Canada until he was 16.

That was the age that Ryan Gosling bit the bullet and decided to pursue stardom full-time, by moving to Los Angeles permanently.

Gosling is humble about his roots. He once jokingly referred to Canada as “America’s hat.”

He had learning difficulties as a child

Gosling’s hard time as a schoolboy didn’t end at bullying and knife-related misunderstandings.

Gosling also struggled at school academically, and largely for reasons out of his control.

As a kid, Gosling was tested for ADHD and his mother was urged to put him on Ritalin, though she refused.

Gosling has said there was a good reason he acted out: until he was 10, he had an undiagnosed learning condition.

According to Gosling, he “couldn’t read. When you’re in class and you can’t read and everyone else can, it’s pretty frustrating. I couldn’t absorb any of the information, so I caused trouble”.

To get over his learning difficulties, Gosling turned to the arts, which – obviously – ultimately took precedence over education.

«Ларс и настоящая девушка», 2007

В 2007 году режиссер Крэйг Гиллеспи («Тоня против всех» с Марго Робби) снял очень странную комедию о парне, который немножечко повредился умом и влюбился в секс-куклу, которую заказал в интернете. Он думает, что она настоящая и ведет себя с ней соответственно — то есть как очень стеснительный и наивный романтик, каковым он и является.

Учитывая, что весь фильм снят в неспешной манере, а действие происходит в застрявшем в середине XX века захолустном городишке на севере США, это кино кажется, было обречено на забвение. Но взять на главную роль Гослинга оказалось гениальной идеей! Во-первых, это вызывает диссонанс, который усиливает комический эффект. Во-вторых, Гослинг действительно талантлив. Он играет поехавшего паренька так, что становится то жутковато, то смешно. Да и вообще от фильма веет то теплым уютным Рождеством, то вязким кошмаром. Наверное, если бы Линча попросили снять рождественскую мелодраматическую комедию для всей семьи, он сделал бы нечто подобное.

Лично для меня этот фильм приятен еще и благодаря воспоминаниям: смотрел его аккурат на Новый год с подругой, которая перепила кофе и изрисовала жопами все заледеневшие окна в моем доме.

Владимир Бровин

He’s a high school dropout

Considering the difficulties he faced as a child, it’s no wonder that Gosling wanted out of school as soon as possible.

In fact, Gosling got out early – he left education aged 17 without ever completing high school.

Such was his hunger for a Hollywood career, Gosling figured pursuing acting roles was more important.

You have to wonder what his Half Nelson character, schoolteacher Dan Dunne, would think.

Gosling is in good company in never having graduated, however: Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr all dropped out early.

His fellow Canadians Seth Rogen and Drake never finished high school, either.

Ryan Gosling’s Personal Life

Ryan Gosling, known for his good looks and talent, has dated several actresses in the past. However, he has been in a committed relationship with Eva Mendes since 2011, and they have two daughters together.

Ryan and Sandra Bullock were in a romantic relationship from 2001 to 2003 after meeting on the set of Murder by Numbers. Despite their significant age difference, with Sandra being 16 years older, the couple stayed together for almost two years before ending their relationship.

Starting in 2004, Gosling and Rachel McAdams were in a relationship that lasted until 2007. Throughout his dating history, he has also been connected to several other women, including Kat Dennings, Blake Lively, Casey LaBow, and Olivia Wilde.

He once gained 60 pounds for a part he didn’t get

When Ryan Gosling was first starting out as an actor, he would often take the method route.

He shadowed a schoolteacher before he starred in Half Nelson; he insisted his character’s doll girlfriend was treated like a real person in between takes in order to stay in character whilst filming Lars and the Real Girl.

Gosling’s biggest method commitment, however, was wasted on a part that ultimately wouldn’t be his.

After he was cast as the father in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, Gosling decided he needed to get himself a dad bod.

Gosling got his look by drinking melted ice cream, ultimately gaining 60 pounds. The only problem was he hadn’t consulted the director about his plan first.

When Jackson saw the transformation, Gosling lost the part to Mark Wahlberg and – in Gosling’s own words – was left “fat and unemployed”.

Ryan Gosling’s Career

Ryan Gosling became a familiar face at an early age when he starred in The Mickey Mouse Club on the Disney Channel at just 13 years old.

Throughout his youth, he continued to appear in family-friendly shows, including Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995) and Goosebumps (1999).

His debut movie role was playing a Jewish Nazi in The Believer (2001), after which he went on to appear in various independent films including Murder by Numbers (2002), The Slaughter Rule (2002), and The United States of Leland (2003).

Thanks to his remarkable performance in the 2004 romantic film The Notebook, Gosling gained wider recognition and became a popular celebrity. After that, he continued to shine in a string of critically acclaimed independent dramas, including Half Nelson (2006), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, as well as Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and Blue Valentine (2010).

In 2011, Gosling co-starred in three widely released movies: the action drama Drive, the political drama The Ides of March, and the romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love. Each of these movies received positive reviews from critics and audiences alike.

Following that, he appeared in the critically acclaimed financial satire The Big Short (2015) and the acclaimed musical romance La La Land (2016), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

After his performance in Song to Song, Ryan Gosling returned to the spotlight in 2017 with Blade Runner 2049. He then went on to star as Neil Armstrong in First Man, a film that depicts NASA’s mission to put a man on the moon during the 1960s.

The Netflix movie The Gray Man, with Ana De Armas and Chris Evans, starred Ryan Gosling in 2022, and The Barbie Movie in 2023.

Ryan Gosling also sings! His talent truly shines in his award-winning performance in La La Land. Despite showcasing his vocal abilities in some other films, the actor’s most notable musical endeavor has been with Zach Shields as part of the rock duo Dead Man’s Bones. Although they have only released one album in 2009, the pair has been active since 2007.

His childhood passion was ballet

As it turns out, Ryan Gosling didn’t need too much training to prepare him for screen musical La La Land.

La La Land – an all-singing, all-dancing production – had in fact only tested skills that Gosling had begun learning as a boy.

Performing in his uncle’s Elvis Perry tribute act in his spare time, the pre-teen Ryan Gosling also had regular dance lessons.

Gosling practiced ballet as a kid, getting involved with an Ontario ballet company – but he gave it up before he became any good at it.

“It was a struggle for me. I had an option to do ballet when I was a kid, but thought it was too girly”, he has said.

Since then, Ryan Gosling has been back in the ballet game, having regretted giving up on ballet so young. “I take a class, like a public class. I’m terrible.

“Everyone is good except for me … I’m so bad at it and unflexible that they have to bring out a special barre when we do the barre work part of the class.”

The film also gave him concussion

Gosling’s trials and tribulations on First Man didn’t end with an abortive flying lesson.

Shooting for a scene involved Gosling undergoing the same training that Armstrong did when he was preparing to fly to the Moon.

In the film, Armstrong is seen strapped into a multi-axis trainer, a device used to prepare prospective astronauts for space travel.

Being the dedicated actor that he is, Gosling strapped himself into this simulator for real – and got a concussion out of it.

According to First Man filmmaker Damien Chazelle, this was the culmination of shooting Gosling in real aircraft – along with the multi-axis trainer – in a single week.

“I don’t remember much from that entire time”, says Gosling looking back. “Except, Damien yelling, you know, ‘MOOOOORRREE!’ to the operator working the knobs.” We have to assume – or at least hope – that wasn’t the case with Neil Armstrong.

Ryan Gosling’s Business Ventures

Ryan Gosling purchased Tagine, a Beverly Hills restaurant with a Moroccan theme. He spent his life savings on the twelve-month renovation of the establishment. The restaurant is co-owned by Gosling and Moroccan-born chef Abdessamad Benameur, and is frequently visited by celebrities. Gosling oversees the restaurant’s operations and also crafts its menu.

Over the years, Ryan Gosling also appeared in a number of ad campaigns and commercials, most notably in a Hyundai Super Bowl ad in 2016.

According to Fashion Network, Tag Heuer announced Gosling as the brand ambassador for their watches in October 2021. The Swiss luxury brand chose him because of his sensitive yet confident energy, which typifies the new masculinity. For the photo shoots, the actor is seen sporting a Tag Heuer Carrera.

Filmography

Movies

Tomatometer	Audience Score	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Fall Guy	Colt Seavers (Character),Producer	—	2024
88%	83%	Barbie	Ken (Character)	$636.2M	2023
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Barbie: Trailer	Ken (Character)	—	2023
44%	90%	The Gray Man	Six (Character)	—	2022
87%	68%	First Man	Neil Armstrong (Character)	$44.8M	2018
88%	88%	Blade Runner 2049	«K» (Character)	$91.5M	2017
43%	37%	Song to Song	BV (Character)	$421.9K	2017
91%	81%	La La Land	Sebastian (Character)	$151.1M	2016
91%	79%	The Nice Guys	Holland March (Character)	$36.2M	2016
89%	88%	The Big Short	Jared Vennett (Character)	$70.2M	2015
29%	38%	Lost River	Director,Screenwriter,Producer	$45.4K	2014
58%	40%	My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn	Self	—	2014
82%	65%	White Shadow	Executive Producer	—	2013
84%	62%	Seduced and Abandoned	Self	—	2013
41%	37%	Only God Forgives	Julian (Character),Executive Producer	$775.9K	2013
31%	57%	Gangster Squad	Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Character)	$46.0M	2013
78%	75%	The Place Beyond the Pines	Luke (Character)	$21.4M	2012
83%	73%	The Ides of March	Stephen Myers (Character)	$41.0M	2011
93%	79%	Drive	Driver (Character)	$35.1M	2011
79%	78%	Crazy, Stupid, Love.	Jacob Palmer (Character)	$84.3M	2011
67%	60%	ReGeneration	Narrator,Producer	—	2010
86%	77%	Blue Valentine	Dean (Character),Executive Producer	$9.7M	2010
35%	37%	All Good Things	David Marks (Character)	$578.4K	2010
81%	84%	Lars and the Real Girl	Lars (Character)	$5.9M	2007
72%	73%	Fracture	Willy Beachum (Character)	$39.0M	2007
91%	82%	Half Nelson	Dan Dunne (Character)	$2.7M	2006
26%	69%	Stay	Henry Letham (Character)	$3.6M	2005
54%	85%	The Notebook	Noah Calhoun (Character)	$81.0M	2004
34%	81%	The United States of Leland	Leland P. Fitzgerald (Character)	$343.8K	2003
74%	43%	The Slaughter Rule	Roy Chutney (Character)	$13.1K	2002
30%	49%	Murder by Numbers	Richard Haywood (Character)	$31.9M	2002
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Grey Skies	Unknown (Character),Director	—	2002
82%	82%	The Believer	Danny Balint (Character)	$406.0K	2001
72%	93%	Remember the Titans	Alan Bosley (Character)	$115.8M	2000
No Score Yet	45%	Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy	Tommy (Character)	—	1998
No Score Yet	58%	Frankenstein and Me	Kenny (Character)	—	1996

TV

Tomatometer	Audience Score	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	47%	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Guest	2022
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Graham Norton Show	Guest	2016-2019
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Guest	2016-2018
No Score Yet	38%	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Guest	2011 2013 2016-2018
No Score Yet	58%	Saturday Night Live	Host	2015 2017
No Score Yet	50%	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Conan	Guest	2011 2013
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	33%	Young Hercules	Hercules (Character)	1998-1999
No Score Yet	67%	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Unknown (Guest Star)	1999
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Breaker High	Sean Hanlon (Character)	1997-1998

He learned how to fly for First Man (sort of)

He might not take the method approach quite so seriously anymore, but Gosling’s dedication to a role hasn’t dimmed completely.

For 2018 biopic First Man, in which Gosling plays first man on the Moon Neil Armstrong (a man who could, says Gosling, “fly before he could drive”), he learned how to pilot a plane.

Well. Sort of. At least, Gosling took flying lessons before deciding it really wasn’t for him.

From just a few lessons, Gosling noted “there was a reason why Neil Armstrong was destined to be one of the greatest pilots and I’m not”.

After being asked by a flight instructor to perform a “self-imposed stall”, Gosling brought his lessons to a halt.

Recalling the incident, Gosling has said: “This was a terrible idea. I’m going to land right away and I’ll spend my time learning other things.”

He has his own Halloween-themed rock band

He may have learned piano for the musical La La Land, but Damien Chazelle’s film wasn’t Ryan Gosling’s first brush with the music world.

Not content with just being an award-winning actor and filmmaker, Gosling also has his own band.

Dead Man’s Bones, which Gosling put together with friend Zach Shields in 2007, is a Halloween-themed indie rock outfit.

2009 saw the release of the band’s self-titled first LP, which includes tracks with names like My Body’s a Zombie for You and Werewolf Heart.

A dark doo-whop concept album with songs recorded live in no more than three takes, Dead Man’s Bones features a children’s choir and Gosling trying his hand at multiple instruments, more than just the piano-playing seen in La La Land.

Though Dead Man’s Bones have yet to release any new material post-2010, you may have since heard some of the band’s music without realising: their track In The Room Where You Sleep featured in 2013’s The Conjuring.

He lived in a tent for a while

He’s one of Hollywood’s most vaunted artists now, after critically adored films like The Ides of March (as Stephen Meyers), but Ryan Gosling’s life hasn’t always been all glamour all the time.

In fact, in the years before he was a household name, after he finished his stint with the Mickey Mouse Club, Gosling for a brief period was living in a tent – and no one seems to really know why.

It was 2005, after The Notebook and before his Oscar nomination, and producers were trying to track Gosling down.

They wanted him for a film called Fracture, a legal thriller that would star Anthony Hopkins alongside Gosling.

When they eventually found Gosling, they gave him the script, which he promptly read in his tent.

In a 2007 interview for the film, all Gosling could say about his former outdoor digs was “It’s a really long story.”

«Фанатик», 2001

Невероятно, но факт: Райана Гослинга миру открыл Московский международный фестиваль. Драма Генри Бина про еврея-скинхеда получила в Москве в 2001 году главный приз. Да, до этого был довольно теплый прием на «Санденсе», но это пусть и заметный, но все-таки локальный американский кинофестиваль. А тут — первый приз за пределами страны.

Райан Гослинг в «Фанатике» был столь убедителен, что напоминал еще одного младшего брата героя «Американской истории Х», сыгранного Эдвардом Нортоном. За пугающими внешними оболочками двух персонажей скрывались сложные личности со своими убеждениями, позицией и на первый взгляд и непоколебимыми идеалами. Но это кажущаяся твердь — и Гослинг в «Фанатике» прекрасно сыграл не столько радикального молодого нациста, а скорее, взрослеющего молодого человека в трудных жизненных обстоятельствах. Его ум и проницательность, смешанные с противоречивой фашистской идеологией в молодом возрасте дали термоядерный характер, который мы видим на экране.

Райана Гослинга сегодня лучше знают по более современным ролям — от «Ла-Ла Ленда до нового «Бегущего по лезвию». Но для меня он навсегда останется Дэнни Балинтом — молодой бритоголовой мразью, которая из-за любви меняет свою жизнь к лучшему.

Андрей Загудаев

He almost killed himself for Blue Valentine

For Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance’s 2010 romantic drama, Gosling got deeper into character than usual.

Paired up with Michelle Williams, Gosling lived with Williams for a month prior to shooting in order to give their on-screen couple an added realism.

Evidently, Gosling developed such affection for Williams’ character that he was willing to die for her.

In one scene, Williams’ Cindy confesses to Gosling’s Dean that she’s pregnant with another man’s child.

For effect, director Derek Cianfrance asked Williams not to give away her secret to Gosling under any circumstances, while Gosling was instructed to do whatever he could to get a confession.

This resulted in Gosling climbing a fence along the Brooklyn Bridge before Williams finally relented to get him down. There was no safety net; had Gosling fell, he would have died. Now you know: that Blue Valentine scene was entirely improvised!

He was bullied and had ‘no friends’ until he was 15

Gosling wasn’t the most popular kid in school, and not just because he thought it was a good idea to play Rambo with the other children.

Who can believe it?!

He might be among the most popular stars in the world now, but at school, Gosling was routinely bullied.

He got into fights, starting some of them himself, and “I just lost them all. I couldn’t follow through”.

So troubled was Gosling at school, he didn’t start making buddies until he was “14 or 15.” Since he was born November 12 1980, that means he didn’t have friends until the mid-90s – thankfully, just in time for friendship bracelets!

“I didn’t really have friends back then. It was a tight little family unit. We rolled with each other.”

This probably explains why his mother eventually decided to homeschool him – and also why he saw no problem with relocating to Los Angeles permanently aged just 16.

He could have played Batman

No one’s suggesting Ryan Gosling has had a disappointing career. Still, there’s one role that fans might wish hadn’t got away from him.

After Christian Bale exited the role in 2012, Warner Bros began shopping around for a new Batman.

Before Ben Affleck took the part, one of the actors considered was Gosling – but he’s since said he doesn’t think the public demand is there.

“I don’t think anybody wants that”, Gosling told Variety this year, adding that maybe he’d do it if his La La Land and First Man director Damien Chazelle got involved.

Batman wasn’t Gosling’s first superhero offer. Doctor Strange was also on the table before Benedict Cumberbatch accepted the part.

Had Gosling taken the part, he would have acted alongside ex-girlfriend Rachel McAdams playing his love interest. Maybe he made the right move.

Ryan Gosling’s Early Life

Ryan Thomas Gosling, who was born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada, grew up in Cornwall among working-class members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Blood, an action movie starring Sylvester Stallone, had a significant impact on Ryan Gosling as a young boy.

Gosling later recalled, «When I was in first grade, I watched First Blood, and I filled my Fisher-Price Houdini kit with steak knives and brought them to school and started throwing them at kids in recess.» Despite being suspended for this risky impersonation, he continued to be motivated by the movies he watched.

Harrison Ford once punched him directly in the face

Harrison Ford should think himself lucky that Gosling would appear with him at that 2016 Enough event, after how their previous collaboration went down.

On the set of Blade Runner 2049 (released in 2017), Gosling was on the receiving end of a Ford right hook.

The pair were shooting a confrontation scene between their two characters that descended into real fighting.

It was all accidental of course – Ford just happened to catch Gosling by mistake when he attempted to throw an air punch.

Thankfully, the crew caught it on camera for all to see, and Gosling and Ford helpfully brought the image to The Graham Norton Show to explain.

“You have to make the punch look like it’s intended, but… I hit him. One out of 100 times I hit him”, reasoned Ford. Let’s hope God forgives Ford for harming that beautiful face!

He started out on the Mickey Mouse Club

Everybody’s got to start somewhere, and Ryan Gosling didn’t reach the heights of Oscar-nominated glory overnight.

He did, however, become an employee of Hollywood titan Disney before he’d even hit his teens.

When he was just 12, Gosling bagged a two-year contract with the Mouse House.

Beating out 17,000 other kids in auditions, Gosling became a Mouseketeer alongside an impressive roster of future stars.

From 1993 to 1995, Ryan Gosling appeared on the Mickey Mouse Club TV series with a young Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears.

Check out this photo of Gosling and Timberlake in action:

Christina Aguilera, NSYNC’s JC Chasez and future The Americans star Keri Russell also joined Gosling in the cast. He would, of course, follow an adjacent path to his musical co-stars with films like La La Land.

«Славные парни», 2016

Райан Гослинг всегда казался мне каким-то неживым. Да, после фильма «Драйв» к нему пришла всесоюзная слава, но на тот момент я этого вообще не понял. Ну катается не от мира сего паренек на тачке под грустную музычку, ну убивает негодяев молотком с остервенением подростка-маньяка — чего бухтеть-то? На вид мне Гослинг не понравился, (какой-то он был слишком деревянный и невзрачный), при этом окружающие женщины в него влюбились поголовно — отчего это было, я тоже не понял.

Позже по рекомендации Владимира Бровина я посмотрел с Гослингом «Ларс и настоящая девушка», и вот тут во мне что-то зашевелилось. Глядя на усатого дурачка Ларса, я подметил в нем какую-то обаятельную хитринку, и с тех пор начал смотреть на этого актера с интересом.

К сожалению, из старых его работ меня ничего особенно не зацепило, да и из крайнего припоминался лишь «Ла-Ла-Лэнд» — больно уж хорошо он там плясал и перемигивался с Эммой Стоун. Поэтому и «Славных парней» с Гослингом и Расселом Кроу я поначалу проигнорировал. «Очередной второсортный боевичок с ветераном Кроу, — решил я. — Нет уж, спасибо, кушайте сами». Но, увидев в режиссерах Шейна Блэка («Хищник», «Смертельное оружие», «Ночь кошмаров» и т.д), все-таки дал «Славным парням» шанс — и это было просто нечто.

Не припомню, когда в последний раз я так часто хохотал над каким-нибудь фильмом. Чуть ли не в каждой сцене сюжет настолько лихо выворачивался, что я не успевал утирать от смеха слезы. Сцена, в которой Гослинг разбивает рукой стекло в двери, чтобы проникнуть в закрытое помещение, а вместо этого оказывается в карете «скорой помощи», — это просто шедевр, который должен войти во все анналы кино. В «Славных парнях» Гослинг вообще играет мастерски, отлично оттеняя сурового Кроу, при этом не теряясь на его фоне.

Нынче придерживаюсь мнения, что Гослинг — один из самых приятнейших и интересных комедийных актеров поколения, а вовсе никакой не суровый герой боевиков. Разве что еще неплохой герой-любовник, но и тут бабка надвое сказала — любит он в кино с какой-то «гослинговской неловкостью». А вот комедиант он отменный — не шут, не паяц с дурацкими ужимками, а именно отличный комедийный актер, знающий в какой момент и как правильно поддать юмора.

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He was raised Mormon

Though he isn’t religious, Gosling’s parents, Thomas Ray and Donna, very much were.

The Gosling household was especially devout, with both Thomas and Donna being model Mormons.

In particular, Ryan Gosling’s father has been described as a “zealot” by his now-ex-wife.

When Gosling was a child and living with Mom and Dad, Mormonism dominated family life.

Though he admits he “never really could identify with it”, Gosling still had to “pray in public, shake a lot of hands, talk in public, sing in church”.

For his parents, while they were together, it was even more serious: “it was a part of everything – what they ate, how they thought”.

Ryan Gosling’s Activism

Through his celebrity status, Ryan Gosling has dedicated himself to advocating for various social causes, including AIDS research, poverty relief, and animal welfare. He recognizes the importance of raising awareness and using his platform to make a positive impact on society.

Additionally, Ryan Gosling worked with PETA on a campaign to persuade fast-food chains to change how chickens are slaughtered, and in 2006, he even participated in Hurricane Katrina clean-up efforts in Mississippi. Additionally, he has traveled to refugee camps to provide aid to those in need through nonprofits.

He learned the piano for Los Angeles musical La La Land

It might not be quite on the level of building a car from scratch, but Gosling’s preparation for 2016 screen musical La La Land was still impressive.

Once cast in the part of jazz pianist Sebastian in Damien Chazelle’s film, Gosling decided he wanted to play his character’s parts himself on-screen.

This meant Gosling essentially learning the piano from scratch solely for La La Land, having been only a novice prior to filming.

Four months before cameras rolled, Gosling began lessons: two hours a day, six days a week.

The end result was that, while on the soundtrack it’s pre-recorded pieces by jazz musician Randy Kerber, Gosling’s own hands do all the work hitting the right notes on-screen.

Gosling’s co-star, the Oscar and Grammy-winning musician John Legend, admitted to being “jealous” of how quickly Gosling learned the piano to a professional standard. La La Land was nominated for several Oscars in 2017, notoriously being falsely announced as the winner of Best Picture.