The more I watch Ryan Gosling, the more I like him. He started off as Sean Hanlon from Breaker High, and that was a hard image for me to break. Thank­fully he’s gone on to do a wide vari­ety of films, and pulling them off with impres­sive results. Lars and the Real Girl is just such an exam­ple. Not an award-​winning movie or per­for­mance, but con­sid­er­ing his “girlfriend from the internet” is a Real Doll, I’m impressed he didn’t break down laugh­ing in almost every scene.