MCM: Ryan Gosling

So I meant to post this last Monday — the day after watching "Blade Runner 2049" in theaters — but then I got super busy, so...

This week's #ManCrushMonday, because I'm running with the whole hashtag thing, is Ryan Gosling.

Huuunkkk.

Yeah yeah, he's the one with the "Hey Girl" smolder of magical memedom, but as I said on Instagram, my love for him is as an actor today, and not from "The Notebook" (which, again, I hope he someday lives that down). His performances in "Drive" and "Ides of March" (though I wasn't much a fan of the story of the second one) are spot-on and largely unromantic. Plus, if you've seen him in "Crazy Stupid Love" (OK, another RomCom, maybe not a great example) and "Nice Guys," hopefully you've experienced his rolling-on-the-floor-laughing kind of humor.

But the latest blade runner movie was on a whole other level of intense and phenomenal acting. His portrayal of a stoic *spoiler* replicant who cracks with the understanding that he might have been *spoiler* born is nothing short of spectacular. I hope that he, like Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and Ryan Reynolds even (though I think he still has a ways to go) can break out of that cute, quiet guy role and show people how serious of an actor he is. 

Plus, he's a great interview (and he plays great piano!!) :)