10 THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT
MOVIE hunk Ryan Gosling jumps into action in the movie reboot of The Fall Guy. As crime-fighting stuntman Colt Seavers, 43-year-old Ryan is boldly taking on a character originated by Lee Majors in the ’80s TV show of the same name. But the cheeky comedy leaps in a slightly different direction than its small-screen predecessor by revving up its highoctane action sequences. Here are ten things you don’t know about Barbie’s Oscar-nominated beau. 1He was raised a Mormon and says religion influenced every aspect of his family life.
2 At 12, he was given a two-year contract to be a Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club — but didn’t have as much screentime as his talented kid castmates Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake.
3 During the second season of the Disney show, Ontario native Ryan lived with Timberlake’s family, and the future SexyBack singer’s mom became his temporary legal guardian when his own mother had to return to Canada for work.
4From 2007 to 2012, he performed in the duo Dead Man’s Bones with his friend Zach Shields.
5 The crafty carpenter built the kitchen table featured in 2006’s The Notebook.
6 He gained 60 pounds to play Jack Salmon in 2009’s The Lovely Bones by eating melted ice cream — but reveals he was replaced by Mark Wahlberg due to creative differences, leaving him “fat and unemployed.”
7 He learned how to play the piano for his m usical scenes in La La Land.
8 He’s worked with an animal advocacy group to encourage fast-food chains to use improved methods of chicken slaughter.
9 His favorite dessert is rice pudding made by the mother of his longtime partner, Eva Mendes, and says the dish is “like an angel is crying on your tongue.”
10 He adopted a Doberman puppy named Lucho.