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player ready...Ryan Gosling is used to sharing the spotlight with his leading ladies.
In “The Notebook,” the 27-year-old and Rachel McAdams had that MTV-Award-winning Best Kiss. In “Murder by Numbers,” he played alongside Sandra Bullock.
But none of his female leads compare to Bianca, the life-size silicone doll, who is his co-star in “Lars and the Real Girl,” opening Friday exclusively at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema. In the film, Gosling plays an introverted nice guy who develops a delusional — and adorably sincere — relationship with a 120-pound sex doll.
The Oscar nominee chatted about his career, his current film and his relationship with Bianca.
What did you think when “Lars and the Real Girl” was first pitched to you?
A guy and a sex doll? It seemed like it could never hold up for a whole film. And then I read it and was crying at the end of the script. It’s the script you always hope you’ll read.
Do you think “Lars and the Real Girl” is going to be a word-of-mouth kind of movie?
It’ll have to be. It’s a hard movie to define, which is what makes it special. My fear is that people will write it off and say, “Oh yeah, it’s a guy and a sex doll,” because it’s so much more than that.
Did you ever think, “Oh, this is never going to work.”
No. I knew it was going to work. As soon as I saw her. She came to the read-through.
You mean the doll?
Yeah. And I was looking at her, when we were doing the read-through, and I just knew it was going to work.
You did the read-through with Bianca?
Yeah. She was next to me. And I kept looking at her and — she’s so beautiful. She had a real presence.
So there was a lot of chemistry between you and her?
There was chemistry. I found her endlessly fascinating. I could look at her forever. I would do scenes with her, and I would think, “Oh, my God, she blinked.” Or, “She just looked at me, and she turned her head.” She was so lifelike.
Why isn’t the doll here?
She’s at my house.
Really?
Yeah (laughing).
You took her home?
Yeah. Well, I have a Bianca, and Craig has a Bianca. I took her out the other night. … That’s the thing — they dropped her off at my house, and I was going to go out that night, and I thought, “I can’t really leave her.” I felt bad leaving her. I was like, “Aw, well, I guess I’ll bring her.” So I brought her out to the bar. But as soon as you bring Bianca, the whole party livens up.
So do you, like … change her and dress her?
I bought her some outfits. I employed the help of a friend of mine. I said, “Just get her whatever she wants.”
I’m having a really hard time taking you seriously.
No, I’m serious.
I mean, it’s OK if you’re keeping the doll …
Is it? It’s going to have to be.
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But isn’t she going to get in the way of your future relationships?
Well, you know, we don’t have a physical relationship. We’re just buddies (laughing). And any girl who can’t accept that is not my kind of girl.
You’ve dated some of the women you’ve been in movies with, right? I imagine it’s easy to get close to someone when you’re working together like that.
Yeah. It’s hard not to.
So I guess you’re dating Bianca now?
Kind of. (Quietly) If only she were alive … we’d be married.
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MEET RYAN
Hometown: London, Ontario, Canada.
Tattoos: A naked lady and a skeleton, which he says he got because he liked it. “When I was a kid, there was a janitor at our school who was covered in tattoos, and he always had naked ladies and skeletons. I always thought that there was no other tattoo. It was a naked lady and a skeleton and that’s it,” he said.
Wanted to be: A dancer.
First job: At 13, he worked on “The All New Mickey Mouse Club” with Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aquilera.
Other TV work: Played lead in the syndicated show “Young Hercules.”
Studio films: “Remember the Titans,” “Fracture,” “The Notebook” and “Murder by Numbers.”
Indie films: “Lars and the Real Girl,” “The Believer,” “The United States of Leland” and “Half Nelson,” which earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Next up: “The Lovely Bones,” the story of a slain girl looking down from heaven on loved ones left behind.
[ AP, L.A. DAILY NEWS ]