Ryan Gosling On Mickey Mouse Club With Britney Spears And Christina Aguilera: “I Wasn’t Really Up To Snuff”

Can you blame him though? Just look at all the other singing and dancing talent he was competing with!

Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling opens up about his past life on The Mickey Mouse Club to Interview Magazine, where he starred alongside Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake…

”It was kind of depressing because when I got there, they realized that I wasn’t really up to snuff in comparison with what some of the other kids were able to do. I remember one time they put four of us in a dance routine, but I was so off. I was on the end, so they just pushed the shot in closer on the other three guys to frame me out. I would just come in at the beginning of the show and then come back at the end, and occasionally I’d have a sketch here or there, but I didn’t end up working that much, which was disheartening.”

Photo credit: Mikael Jansson

Gosling – who’s interviewed by his Crazy, Stupid, Love co-star Steve Carell – danced backup for the trio for two years.

So random!

Next up for the singer and dancer turned actor? Blue Valentine, co-starring Michelle Williams, which opens in select theaters on December 31st.