{"id":21753,"date":"2026-07-30T06:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21753"},"modified":"2026-07-30T06:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:45:42","slug":"emma-stone-ryan-goslings-crazy-stupid-love-casting-audition-detailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21753","title":{"rendered":"Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling&#8217;s Crazy, Stupid, Love Casting, Audition Detailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/emma_stone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Emma Stone<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s big move in her <em>Crazy, Stupid, Love <\/em>audition was to play it cool.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the movie&#8217;s directors, <strong>Glenn Ficarra <\/strong>and <strong>John Requa<\/strong>, picked the <em>Bugonia<\/em> star for the part of <strong>Ryan Gosling<\/strong>&#8216;s love interest because Stone wasn&#8217;t thrown off by Gosling&#8217;s aura in her audition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Emma came in and Ryan said a line and he flubbed the line. 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