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Ryan Gosling has fanboyed over an interaction with legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
The 43-year-old actor opened up about a meeting with the 77-year-old Raiders Of The Lost Ark director in which he praised Gosling's highly-anticipated film The Fall Guy which dropped a trailer months ago.
The two crossed paths at The Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles back in January as Ryan detailed the meeting with Variety on Wednesday: 'I saw Steven Spielberg walking in my direction.
'I don’t know Steven Spielberg. I thought there’s no way he’s coming to talk to me. And yet he kept getting closer, and then I thought I know what’s going to happen. I’m going to point to him, and he’s going to go, "Not you, behind you," so I’m not going to do that.
'Finally I said, "Me?" and he goes, "Yeah you." I go, "I’m sorry I didn’t think you were coming to talk to me." And I stood up and he gave me a hug and said, "I just saw Fall Guy and I loved it."'
Ryan Gosling (pictured left) has fanboyed over an interaction with legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg; they are both seen at The Oscars luncheon in LA last month
The 43-year-old actor opened up about a meeting with the 77-year-old Raiders Of The Lost Ark director in which he praised Gosling's highly-anticipated film The Fall Guy (pictured) which dropped a trailer months ago
Ryan could not believe that the directing legend had heaped so much praise on his latest project and explained that it was very validating.
The actor explained: 'As far as I’m concerned it doesn’t matter anymore what happens.
'Steven Spielberg liked it. That was an all time moment for me. I’m really excited for people to see it. I think it’s a really special movie.'
In The Fall Guy Ryan stars as Colt Seavers who is a stuntman who left the business a year earlier to focus on both his physical and mental health. He's drafted back
