TORONTO — Canadian actor Ryan Gosling’s pre-teen dance moves are showcased in a series of amateur videos that resurfaced online last weekend.
In a video recorded at a 1992 talent show in his native Ontario, Gosling — sporting MC Hammer-style pants and a purple rayon shirt — dances to the Cathy Dennis 1984 hit “Touch Me (All Night Long)” with a group of girls.
Another shows him in black parachute pants moving to “Everybody Dance Now” by C+C Music Factory.
In one short clip, Gosling gyrates and lip-synchs “Hound Dog.”
Another video shows him lip-synching and dancing to The Countours’ 1962 hit “Do You Love Me.”
The videos were posted by Shaun Swire, who owns frozen yogurt shops in the Ottawa area. When CBC producer Jane Chupick tweeted to Gosling about his “penchant for MC Hammer pants” — the actor tweeted back: “Obviously I peaked early. Thank you … for the check up from the neck up.”
Gosling’s school talent show performances came just before he joined the Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club, in which he starred opposite then-unknown Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears.
Born in London, Ont., Gosling grew up in Cornwall before moving to Burlington, Ont. Now 34, he and actress Eva Mendes are parents of daughter Esmeralda.
In 2012, Rossana Odar posted a video of Gosling and his sister Mandi singing and dancing in a 1991 talent show. It has been viewed more than 1.7 million times.
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