The Evolution of Ryan Gosling: From Child Star to Hollywood Hunk

Crazy Stupid Love, 2011
Gosling brings the funny in this summer blockbuster, which also stars Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon and Emma Stone. "The movie's biggest surprise is the revelation of Gosling as cunning comedian," wrote TIME's Mary Pols in her Aug. 8 review of the film. "He seems like the last guy who'd take on a role as frivolous and fun" as the one he plays in this film.

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