Ryan Gosling: Mormon talent show, age 9, three years before joining the Mickey Mouse Club. Still believe he's as cool as his Drive character? Bless!

Ryan: I like the way you moooove

Ahhh, Ryan Gosling wasn’t always the cool, brooding type we know and love today.
When he was a mere sapling of a boy, age 9, he entered a Mormon talent contest (his mother and father were Mormon, though he considers himself ‘non-denominational’) with a song and dance act that has to be seen to be believed.

Cringe as he sings his cheesy opening song… then cheer as he snaps into a nutty dance routine that would make MC Hammer blush.

Watch and wonder (and marvel at how his jacket is remarkably similar to the one he wears in Drive, yet his veneer of brooding cool so many, many years away).