Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling

When The Place Beyond the Pines brought them together, it wasn’t just the film’s intensity that connected them – it was something real.

The pair had to pretend to be a family in the film and it made Gosling realise that he wanted life to imitate art.

The Barbie star told GQ magazine in 2023: "There were moments on The Place Beyond the Pines where we were pretending to be a family, and I didn't really want it to be pretend anymore.

"I realise that that this would be a life I would be really lucky to have... I'm glad I didn't have control over my destiny in that way, because it was so much better than I had ever dreamed for myself."