Ryan Gosling has revealed he had a crush on Britney Spears during their time in the Mickey Mouse Club.
The actor, 32, has admitted the pair used to share the occasional innocent kiss when he was 12 and she was 11.
Child
star: Ryan Gosling recently admitted he had a crush on his Mickey Mouse
Club co-star Britney Spears, pictured in Los Angeles, in March
Quite
the cast: Ryan (front left) with Britney (middle) Christina Aguilera
(middle right) and Justin Timberlake (top right) on The Mickey Mouse
Club in the early 1990s
The actor told the The Sunday Times Style magazinethat the troubled pop singer was his 'girl next door'.
'Britney was a sweetheart. She lived right above me, the girl next door,' the Drive star said.
He added with a touch of nostalgia that Britney was: 'The little girl I used to play basketball and spin the bottle with.'
Dynamic duo: Britney with Christina in a vintage video from their Disney days
But the Hold It Against me singer quickly moved on to fellow pop sensation Justin Timberlake.
When asked if he kept in touch with his famous co-star, the Blue Valentine actor explained: 'Not really. I mean, sometimes you are at the same event...
'But it's a lot like I imagine what it's like to run into someone from elementary school.'
Dapper young man: Ryan was quite the charmer even then
The
Place Beyond the Pines star reminisced about his childhood cohorts,
noting their overwhelming success since the Mickey Mouse Club.
'It is remarkable, but it isn't, in a way,' the actor said, 'Now you have The X Factor and all that stuff, but back then it wasn't around.'
The star added: ''You give these kids an unparalleled work ethic which is why you see the difference between 'NSYNC and those other bands, and between Britney and Christina and the other girls.'
The other man: Justin pictured at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, in March
The actor, 32, has admitted the pair used to share the occasional innocent kiss when he was 12 and she was 11.
Child
star: Ryan Gosling recently admitted he had a crush on his Mickey Mouse
Club co-star Britney Spears, pictured in Los Angeles, in MarchQuite
the cast: Ryan (front left) with Britney (middle) Christina Aguilera
(middle right) and Justin Timberlake (top right) on The Mickey Mouse
Club in the early 1990s'Britney was a sweetheart. She lived right above me, the girl next door,' the Drive star said.
He added with a touch of nostalgia that Britney was: 'The little girl I used to play basketball and spin the bottle with.'
Dynamic duo: Britney with Christina in a vintage video from their Disney daysWhen asked if he kept in touch with his famous co-star, the Blue Valentine actor explained: 'Not really. I mean, sometimes you are at the same event...
'But it's a lot like I imagine what it's like to run into someone from elementary school.'
Dapper young man: Ryan was quite the charmer even then'It is remarkable, but it isn't, in a way,' the actor said, 'Now you have The X Factor and all that stuff, but back then it wasn't around.'
The star added: ''You give these kids an unparalleled work ethic which is why you see the difference between 'NSYNC and those other bands, and between Britney and Christina and the other girls.'
The other man: Justin pictured at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, in March