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The most captivating factor about this handsome hunk is that he looks great even when he is in his ugliest look. He has played some incredible roles in some great movies, and most loved character has been the boy Noah in the film 'The Notebook'. There are some things you did not know about this sweet looking lover boy.
- A broken childhood
Source: http://parade.com/168850/viannguyen/joseph-gordon-levitt-and-10-more-well-adjusted-former-child-stars/#well-adjusted-child-stars-joseph-gordon-levitt
His father was a salesperson and mother was a high school teacher. The family moved around due to his father's job description. His parents divorced when he was 13, and he went in to live with his mother and sister.
- The Knife Guy
Source: http://www.thewrap.com/will-ferrell-ryan-gosling-return-to-jimmy-kimmel-as-knife-guys-video/
He was too much into movies and got influenced very quickly. He was rather fascinated by the film First Blood when he was in his first grade and subsequently took steak knives to school and threw them at fellow students during the recess hour. He was suspended for the same.
- Homeschooling
Source: http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-09-10/ryan-gosling-brings-his-mom-as-date-to-ides-of-march-premiere-photos/
He was not a bright student at school and due to his various actions, his mother homeschooled him for a long time. He was not the smart kind and didn't even know to read when all other children at school did it very well. Due to this he started behaving troublesome and was later diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He was put on Ritalin medication and sent to school for special students.
- Love for performance
Source: http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/ryan-gosling-wanted-to-take-you-out-in-1998-which-means-we-missed-our-chance-46102
He and his sister sang at weddings, and his performances were the only field that he was praised for. This eventually proved to improve his self-confidence. He even took part in a local ballet company.
- School Dropout
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/ryan-gosling-young-hercules_n_2440623
He never fared well at school and took up an interest in performance. At the age of 17, he dropped out of school to pursue his career in acting. He immediately got the chance to play the role in Young Hercules which was a series.
- 'Trouble'
Source: http://www.buzznet.com/2016/07/the-best-ryan-gosling-memes-to-make-you-lol/212-3/
Ryan Gosling was nicknamed as 'Trouble' at school as he was constantly into fights. Later in an interview when he was asked to comment about this nickname, he replied that he used to take the tough guys into the fight so that the girls would like him, but when he got into fights, girls did not give a second look.
- First television appearance
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/young-ryan-gosling-interview-mickey-mouse-club_n_2005385
He made his first appearance on television through the show The Mickey Mouse Club as a Mouseketeer.
- Only source of income for family
Source: http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/51411/ryan-gosling-independent-spirit-awards-06/
At the age of 12, he was acting on The Mickey Mouse Club, and he was the only participant who was not living in the studio complex. He lived with his family in a trailer park at a little distant and was the only income source of the household at that time.
- Timberlake's mother a legal guardian
Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/15/it-s-been-20-years-since-britney-spears-justin-timberlake-and-ryan-gosling-joined-the-mickey-mouse-club.html
During the shoot of the show, he had worked with several of the top present day talents like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, etc. He was particularly close to Timberlake, and during the last section of the shoot, Gosling's mother had to go to Canada, and Timberlake's mother had been his legal guardian.
- Self-tattooing disaster
Source:http://www.thequint.com/photos/2015/06/11/in-pictures-check-out-these-celebs-and-their-smokin-hot-tattos
This tattoo lover wanted to ink by himself on his hand, and the idea was to draw a monster's crude hand. But after the completion of the tattooing, it looked more like a cactus.
- Restaurant Owner
Source:http://www.followmygut.com/dine-l-a-restaurant-week-tagine-in-beverly-hills/
He owns a restaurant which is a Moroccan styled one name as Tagine located in Beverly Hills, California. He had spent most of his money on it and even worked a year at the restaurant when he was facing issues with his acting career.
- Saves a woman
Source:http://www.etonline.com/news/184148_ryan_gosling_celebrates_eva_mendes_42_birthday_luxury_getaway_saves_dog_exclusive_pics/
He had once gone into the news when he saved Laurie Penny, a British writer from being hit by the cars in the streets of New York City.
- George, the love of his life
Ryan Gosling has women crooning over him, and he has his love for his cross bred dog named George. He even takes him for yoga classes and once he took George as a moral support to a show.
- Distributes Girl Scout Cookies
Source: https://in.pinterest.com/CookieArchitect/ryan-gosling/
Due to his life experiences, he had once bought hundreds of Girl Scout cookies from a group of Girl Scouts who were trying to sell it. And then he had ended up with so much of it that he didn't know what to do with it and threw out to the people.
- Oscar nomination
Source:http://www.bustle.com/articles/144707-ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-at-the-2016-oscars-didnt-show-up-quite-as-id-hoped
In 2006, he played the role of a drug addict teacher, and it got him a nomination at the Oscars that year.
- Philanthropist
Source: http://ryangoslingaddicted.blogspot.in/2014/01/the-gos-tattooed.html
Having lived a difficult life, he hadn't forgotten the downtrodden when he became popular. He takes part in PETA, Invisible Children and other such foundations for the children. He even donates money and his precious time to such activities.
- Turned down Backstreet Boys
Source:http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/ryan-gosling-couldve-been-a-backstreet-boy.html
He had his skills in singing and was offered the position of the sixth person in the Backstreet Boys but he turned down the offer as he felt that they were too childish to be successful.
- Love for Dick Tracy
Source:http://www.deviantart.com/tag/dicktracy
During his childhood, he was rather crazy about Dick Tracy and the character had inspired him to take up acting. He was so obsessed that he used to collect all Dick Tracy toys from Burger King
- Directorial Debut- Lost River
Source: http://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/movies/interviews/watch-interview-ryan-gosling-lost-river-film-movie/
The movie was initially named as 'How to Catch a Monster', but the name was later changed a year before its release in 2014. It was a fantasy movie and fared well.
- Dead Man's Bones
Source:http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2477782/ryan-gosling-rachel-bilson-dead-mans-bones-20/
He sings in the band Dead Man's Bones since 2009 along with his friend Zach Shields. He holds the nickname of 'Baby Goose.'
- Living in a Tent
Source:http://www.film4.com/reviews/2007/fracture
For the movie 'Fracture', he played a different character and was living in a tent at that time. But this actor does not want to discuss the reason why he did so.
- Gosling plays mediator
Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfl8oPJRA1M
The video of Ryan Gosling playing the role of a mediator had gone viral on YouTube. He had tried to break a dispute between two guys which was captured by an onlooker.
- Buys Cherokee
Source: http://www.mr-movie.com/murder-by-numbers-movie.html
After the shooting of the movie Murder By Numbers which was released in 2002, he bought the Jeep Cherokee which was driven by Ben Chaplin throughout the film.
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