Flashback: Watch 18-Year-Old Ryan Gosling's Adorable Pick-Up Attempt

Ryan Gosling turns 34 today - and what better way to celebrate the new dad than time traveling back to 1998 for our very first interview with the Hollywood heartthrob as he trained for his lead role in the TV series, Young Hercules.

[@kassandrad3230]

His personality really hasn't changed he's just more mysterious now 😩

[@SavingPrivateBob]

You fangirls always make me wanna throw up when I watch these videos 🤣

[@purefoldnz3070]

now he's gone from Hercules to Ken. Hero to zero

[@be1037]

What does he owe you?

[@chateaupig826]

​@@purefoldnz3070 a reflection on how sad movies are these days

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@chateaupig826 exactly

[@jpr2137]

This is what genuine 18 year old boys look , act and sound like. A far cry from the 28 year old men that play surly high schoolers in most tv shows.

[@taketheredpill1441]

+JPR 21 18 Year old MAN...

[@sdHansy]

Please... You are still a boy at 18.

[@NF-xy6br]

you are correct

[@VOchoa-rg1lj]

Omg your so rightttt

[@Brad_Pittstop]

He was 17 to be honest. This interview was from early '98, and Ryan would turn 18 in november of that same year. He basically just turned 17 a couple months before. #detailsmatter

[@danil.6667]

Ryan always had that mischievous smile. I think that's the main thing that draws people.

[@Anonymous-gt1eq]

Plus his expressive eyes

[@actualkarenokboomer3158]

I think it is his eyes and personality.

[@weentsie]

It's his whole body language thing that he expresses, when he talks, which makes him adorable.

[@jend995]

aww, that's so cute, he's like 'i'll go out with anyone' doesn't even put himself above anyone else. That's sweet.

[@dmullz100]

Jen D oh my god he's so fake like every other Hollywood person.

[@carriecardwell608]

@Thedude ...says EVERY other guy in America. 😂

[@MsNG82]

How the tables have turned! He used to be bullied in school and casted as a geek in his younger days...now look at him!

[@Curious2Know2]

Unless I miss my guess, he just wants to get laid, so he's casting a wide net.

[@a3lorenzo]

It's so cute he says sorry a lot.

[@SabrinaLovesPuffins]

Aythree Lorenzo well he IS canadian

[@piscesgroovesupreme]

Canadian

[@gabrielegagliardi3956]

If a ugly man says sorry a lot "omg he's so insecure, he says sorry all the timeeee". Ryan Gosling does the same "omggg he's so polite and cute ❤❤❤"

[@kaen1037]

*sigh* he is so dreamy

[@Protantagonist]

you are soo dreamy sigh

[@cosmouse7674]

Jens Blaze you are sigh dreamy

[@felixshengyang]

Wtf at 18 he had the confidence of a 40 year old

[@mike365fly]

Lol that's not confidence. It's called smug. Ryan Gosling nowadays does not talk like that

[@telmolicious]

SMug? Lol--- just fucking around

[@tinaelevation9868]

felixshengyang It was confidence, not smugness as some people say. You are right.

[@caramellokoala84]

Play-a-maker I agree, he's a lot more humbled down now compared to then. But youth makes one naturally smug don't it.... They call it blind confidence, most youngsters have it- until life gives them a bit of beating.

[@Jess-ew3tm]

age and confidence have no correlation. i was much more confident when i was a kid

[@actualkarenokboomer3158]

He is a doll and a sweetheart, then and now.

[@sara_jane99]

He is so cute, I actually love this interview

[@TheCNRProject]

It blows my mind how long he’s been acting since this interview when you think about how much the world has changed since. 1998 feels like a lifetime ago to me as a 90s kid and he has an extensive filmography. Yet he’s only early 40s. But you can see the passage of time not just in his looks obviously but in the change from the boyish charm to his very dry humour and mellowed persona (even more charming in my opinion!)

[@farah0n]

totally agree !

[@dewilew2137]

He’s been acting, singing and dancing well before 1998!

[@rukhsanazaidi629]

" Im not picky" lol xD

[@adi._.]

He is too adorable to handle 😍

[@Nick64266]

He had more charisma at 18 then I do now at 28! 😭

[@janetbeatrice9505]

He has more charisma than most people in general so don't feel bad! ☺️

[@irish7460]

It's more to do with light heartedness. btw when you get over 30 it gets waaaaayyyy easier to apporach women. You just stop caring about rejection and wanna live life the best way you can.

[@Sam-oo1uo]

Charisma isn't really something you gain with age, you either have it or you don't.

[@janetbeatrice9505]

@@Sam-oo1uo Yes, and many of the people who do are not as lovely as they appear. Nick, just be yourself. Charisma might take more people in more quickly, but it's overrated. It belongs on the movie screen more than real life.

[@mordecai3366]

charisma comes with being good looking

[@The64v]

What an awesomely supportive mother. Wish my mom did that. That's cool.

[@shantoo10]

Ryan would make a good Draco Malfoy :|

[@lillywhite-cx3ig]

Shant Shinde hahaha,

[@lillywhite-cx3ig]

Better

[@ccchezzaa]

noo. just no. tom was made for the part

[@noraz4807]

Shant Shinde especially when u see ryan at his 12.

[@zariyasimone7460]

@@lillywhite-cx3ig false

[@fvnt0miix953]

He kinda looked like a healthier version of Macaulay Culkin when he was young...

[@susanmuvi6562]

FVNT0M IIX Yes i think the same, he seems to Macaulay Culkin.

[@CatLives9]

Macaulay Culkin now looks like this today.

[@muhamadsyukribinhairuddin2028]

Ryan Gosling is the same age as Macaulay Culkin

[@madgepereira2891]

He reminds me of Macaulay Culkin

[@thebatman.]

😂😂 facts

[@MaggiePayne916]

My mom calls every kid that used to beat me and she's like , "Remember Ryan, used to beat him up? HUH? Well, he's Hercules now so you should shut up!" Best mom ever!

[@claudettemoran295]

"The Notebook" with Ryan Gosling, and Rachel McAdams is my favorite.

[@AmetafJohora]

God he’s so adorable

[@JordiLA]

He is so Ken! ❤

[@lissychangdgo]

What a lovely smile, and his sigh made me sigh! I'm just adore Ryan.

[@Brad_Pittstop]

He just turned 17 in that video a couple months prior to this interview. This was early 1998, and Gosling was born november 12th 1980. So he turned 18 in late 1998.

[@igloozoo3771]

Amazing how quickly life passes us by and we become senior citizens.

[@nooraqueen2716]

Back in the day 18 looked 18 now when you look at 18 year olds they look 25

[@paoloedddu7605]

Ikr

[@travisbickle4360]

Like Tom Holland

[@darladimple8437]

I am 13 but I look 15

[@nooraqueen2716]

@@darladimple8437 13 and 15 are only two years age gap technically they look the same

[@darladimple8437]

@@nooraqueen2716 true by the time I am 18 I will look 20

[@chesterthawkins7510]

he's a gem.

[@jessicastunden5562]

Ugh he’s always been so stinking adorable.

[@83drewski]

What girl wouldn't go out with HIM?

[@Cheetahgurl2024]

A lesbian

[@MsLogjam]

+Yasmine Sechrest And even then, maybe.

[@Laura-dh4sw]

Me. He seems such a player and full of himself. Everything is not about the looks :)

[@elizabethh1930]

lol stop lyin

[@tinymustache6156]

If I were that reporter I would've just been like "YEAH I WANNA GET MARRIED"

[@tinaelevation9868]

Even at 18 Ryan had game.

[@deannabanana1983]

Got dayum I’m about to build a Time Machine just to ask out 18 year old Ryan Gosling!

[@Shesawakeandyouredumb]

He was a charming flirt even back then 😅♥️💋

[@camilaparra2600]

this is so adorable

[@alchemyphoenix2374]

My god he was so charming and funny even then. 18 year old me would have been looking away at the floor and mumbling out the side of my mouth how I'm going to try my best.

[@mrtraveller2020]

always a nice guy. legend

[@veniceicesea]

he has aged so well

[@THOMAS2910able]

When did he stop being so goofy(in a good way)? He seems so bored with life whenever he does some sought of interview.

[@dragunmane3029]

Thomas Thas it's when he has the power To get every woman

[@chipotlenapkinz3551]

Thomas Thas Maturity

[@Jess-ew3tm]

he's still like this tbh now he's just hella used to interviews

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

Young Hercules was the first thing I saw him in. Love him in a lot of his movies but my favourite is by far now Blade Runner 2049. Masterpiece and he is superb in it.

[@missourigreen051]

I did see him in Young Hercules, but at the time I didn't know I already saw him in a Goosebumps episode. As a little kid I think I only watched Young Hercules just because I was attracted to him while still not knowing I'm gay.

[@Hassan-zw9tb]

blade runner, drive and the nice guys are very good

[@Walter.H.White1]

literally me

[@resared8538]

He is litteraly me

[@ayeshatabby1900]

His laugh! 😍❤

[@sheenaking1433]

Awwwwwwwww he was so adorable 😩

[@spaceandust]

yes. i am in love with this man.

[@s.f.694]

He’s adorable 👏❤️

[@melicA89]

those bedroom eyes tho😍 he's so gorgeous

[@Protantagonist]

you're so gorgeous ;*

[@nl2599]

What are “bedroom eyes”?

[@davidrabbit8868]

@@youtubechannelchannel9363 why is that attractive lol

[@fuckem187]

Now I see what he means when he said he was crazy as a kid, brought knives intro school and threw them at other kids etc lolol.

[@victoriaithinkweallsing6661]

WHAT??? tbh i can see it too

[@mildred298]

I'm in love

[@archdornan8013]

Literally me

[@itendj5386]

He's such a cutie!

[@sabrinashelton1997]

Love that 90's hair!

[@Shreddah]

Totally flew over my head that he was young Hercules.

[@ezequelleewsd4176]

He is amazing...

[@majorpayne100]

Ryan Gosling is a dream 💭

[@creamerasant]

Sigh, I was at the wrong place at the wrong time.. Why Ryan... why!???? What a dreamboat 💗

[@unreadablee]

I love the way he speaks 💓

[@Gabriel-kb1ju]

Blade Runner 2049 with Ryan Gosling was definitely his best movie, and I think it is the best movie made after 2000.

[@LexusTX]

Great movie but his best movie is The place beyond the pines & The Notebook

[@PureColumbianCocainum1949]

False. His best one is Drive

[@da96103]

Aww the interviewer must be kicking herself now. She could have been married to RYAN GOSLING!

[@Dan-1031]

1:34 that “surry” is so Canadian lmao

[@haleigh11]

He is so cute and charming!! I wish guys my age (well, I'm 20 now) acted like him!

[@benbergin538]

He's Just Ken

[@goldenboi778]

He is soooooo cute..

[@AnaGarcia-gm8rg]

Greta Gerwig saw this and decided he was the perfect ken

[@anipartom]

Knowing Ryan he was probably squirming in his couch while watching this.

[@annahimmel]

here because of mother margot

[@baldyhardnut260]

This insane confidence when he was very young was annoying ime glad hes toned it down a bit.

[@lynnomara601]

How adorable and cute!!!! ❤

[@abbysands9510]

Funny thing he almost quit acting after young Hercules because the director hated him. The director wanted someone to resemble Kevin Sorbo and because Ryan did not and was so slim he took out on him and made sure he knew he was not the right person for the role. He almost quit acting after the show ended but his friend who plays young Eyous (can be bother to look his name up but it is the one that not Jason) convinced him not to quit and now he huge star.

[@daltonyoung6866]

Compare Kevin Sorbo and Ryan Gosling now 😂😂

[@anujoseph_10]

Take that Kevin sorbo!! Look at Gosling now!!

[@kutter_ttl6786]

​@anujoseph_10 Why you gotta hate on Kevin? He wasn't the one that wanted Ryan out.

[@majorpayne100]

I have him on my wall

[@farah0n]

SAME

[@Sinller]

Barbie made me do this...

[@mckkidscrafts6897]

The Notebook is Ryan’s best movie ever!! 💓

[@krisharris6635]

The Place Beyond the Pines (automatic eyeroll everytime eva comes on screen). Happy birthday baby daddy

[@tinaelevation9868]

Kris Harris The Place Beyond the Pines. Yaasss.

[@EricRandhel-np3tr]

First comment 🎉

[@SoJustCool]

1997-1998 That's the Ryan Gosling I loved.

[@purplemarsmotionpictures]

Ryan was always Kenough

[@jasminbeckler9799]

Who is here cause Margot told you too

[@seerpou]

He’s so sweet🥹

[@eileenpizarro8905]

Drive.

[@supremeboii5388]

Eileen Pizarro Yes!

[@jitterbug121]

He is so cute!

[@pheebler]

I actually love this man

[@meimeizbackroom]

Mmm so hot he’s so cute and genuine I just adore him!❤

[@takmeg]

OMG i love him ❤😍

[@Melancholic_Loner]

Literally me moment

[@Lelc27]

He started out way before though in Goosebumps and the mickey mouse club with Britney Spears and JT didn't he?

[@mildred298]

Yup😂

[@Buddygrooveknight]

I believe he was in an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark with Gilbert Gottfried. Was he in Goosebumps as well?

[@markg999]

It was for sure Are You Afraid of the Dark not sure about Goosebumps.

[@creamerasant]

Eva, you LUCKY LUCKY woman!

[@tiptoptimo5553]

Where did you get this video of me as a teenager?

[@natym9209]

Cuteeeeee

[@florinivan6907]

'I'm not picky.' Long story short he smashes everything.🤣

[@leophan2049]

He's just literally me

[@thewizardofoz511]

What do you mean?😅

[@farah0n]

real (hes literally me)

[@domihaz7788]

hilarious! was scrolling down just about to write exactly this!!

[@6RshEuH2]

ryan gosling really is just a dork stuck in a really hot body.

[@gabby3830]

That’s literally me

[@kavanrana8500]

That Kid Didn't Know That He'd Be The Star Of World's Biggest Sci-Fi Films - Blade Runner 2049❤

[@IcyHot311]

Omg he was so awks:) love Ryan gosling though, he's definitely grown so much.

[@yannaht3080]

who else thought about Draco Malfoy when looking at him? they look exactly alike!

[@Julixx18]

THE NOTEBOOK!!!!! 😘😘😍😍😍😍😍💕💖💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💞💔❤❤💙💙💙💙😍😍😍😘💔💕💜💞❤💘💚💚💖💘💞❤💙💜😘💔💕😍💕😍😘💔💜💙❤💞💘💖💚💚💖💘❤💞💙💜😘💔😍💕

[@beeisboring]

Put me in coach

[@Amblin80s]

The sandbag dummy, the roomba... He's a compassionate guy!!

[@ecrinakcakayaa_1040]

He is so cute.

[@yolandarolon9006]

I love Ryan darling in all his movies

[@iloveryangoslingheismyhusb7294]

I love ryan so much

[@clanker3967]

He is literally me

[@kittencat1535]

That exactly what my younger brother says

[@amandaeves8028]

He's so lush!!! 💖💖💖😘😘😘😘💋💋💋

[@BakaryD]

"That's what I'm talkin about"