Crazy, Stupid, Love is one of my favorite romantic comedies, and that wouldn’t be the case without the sparks that fly between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. The 2011 movie began a fruitful collaboration between the pair that continued in La La Land and even a recent Oscars performance. But how did it begin? I just found out, and it’s an adorable story.
Apparently the directors had already cast Gosling, and they were looking for his match. They were very interested in Stone from the jump. But it was “really difficult” to get an audition from her at the time because she was living in New York. Once she did have the time, here’s how the story goes, per co-director Glenn Ficarra:
