Friday, May 1, 2009

Gosling Movers

Back to the game of musical chairs being played on 7th Street these days, it’s not just businesses that have been coming and going. People are moving out, too. And today, weirdly enough, actor Ryan Gosling was there to give them a hand.



Word on the street is he's doing research for a new movie called Blue Valentine in which he plays the part of a mover. (His co-star is Michelle Williams.) So he’s traveling around town with Steinway Movers, lugging furniture and boxes in and out of a big red and yellow truck. (Steinway, by the way, has been moving the city since 1926.)



He found a fan in Susan, the lady with the walker who sits outside Howdy-Do most days. She’s been in the neighborhood for 60 years and welcomed Ryan with a bouquet of pink roses.





An apparently warm and affable guy, he posed for pictures with Susan, at her request, asking her, “We didn’t disturb you here, did we?”

When was the last time you heard a visitor to the East Village ask that question of a long-time resident?

See more shots of Mr. Gosling, Susan, & the Steinway guys on my flickr

11 comments:

EV Grieve said...

Nice!

I always liked Half Nelson.

Jeremiah Moss said...

you gotta see "lars and the real girl." fantastic.

Will Hennessy said...

Cool story and photos...i like that guy.

Anonymous said...

OH my susan is my neighbor! WHY wasn't I home or strolling the street.

Jeremiah Moss said...

susan's great. when gosling asked her how he could send the photos of them to her, she replied, "oh, you can find me right here, on the sidewalk!"

Keitii yeah yeah said...

Simply dreamy.

Miss Roq said...

He is soo sweet, and whatta hottie! yummers!

Ken Mac said...

who knew he was a stand up guy?

Girl said...

"Lars and the Real Girl" is brilliant!!!

sagey said...

i'm sure he'll be really nice when the film crew takes over the entire block and adjoining blocks and susan's and all her neighbors lives are indefinitely interrupted.

Anonymous said...

sweet. how nice that he and (yet another) film crew are coming to completely disrupt the lives of people trying to work and live there!