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It’s no secret that Ryan Gosling had one of his earliest acting roles at age 14 when he appeared on the Canadian anthology TV series, Are You Afraid of the Dark?. But I had no idea that Gosling’s particular episode … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xoZDtHqBy0 Yesterday, we posted our latest Shouts From the Back Row podcast about the career of Ryan Gosling. Given how he has been acting since childhood, Mr. Gosling has probably provided me with more “Before They Were Stars” material than pretty … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRnbt4Zn6i0 Our “Before They Were Stars” features have never hesitated to remind you that, yes, Ryan Gosling is Canadian and spent his childhood working on Canadian projects. And, well, what could be more Canadian than Road to Avonlea? In 1996, … Continue reading →

A friend of mine who works in promotions for the town of Cornwall, Ontario led me to this clip, which may be the most exposure Cornwall has ever gotten on an American TV show. For those of you who don’t … Continue reading →

I don’t think anything is a bigger “Before They Were Stars” goldmine than The Mickey Mouse Club circa 1993-95, as their cast contained no fewer than FIVE kids who went on to much bigger things: Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Ryan … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLfiguMJlEs Like many Canucks who go on to have a successful career as a serious actor on Hollywood, Ryan Gosling had to spend much of his youth working on Canadian television and started out making guest appearances in such popular … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hf4_WZoIJ8 For young Canadian actors who made it in Hollywood, it almost seems like a rite of passage that they had an early childhood role on the Are You Afraid of the Dark?. Notable examples include Ryan Gosling, Hayden Christensen … Continue reading →