Ryan Gosling Opens Up About Falling In Love With Eva Mendes During 'The Place Beyond The Pines': 'We Were Pretending To Be A Family, And I Didn't Really Want To Pretend Anymore'

In Ryan Gosling's best romances, we've seen him fall in love on screen many times. However, his real-life love story with Eva Mendes might be the sweetest of all. The two met on the set of "The Place Beyond the Pines" in 2011, and in the years since they’ve gotten married and share two kids. Now, the "Barbie" actor has candidly opened up about his relationship with his partner, and the origins of their love story.

In "The Place Beyond the Pines," Gosling and Mendes play two lovers who share a child, and they have a complicated past and a violent present. The story is dark, and the drama is heavy, however, the love story that came out of it, in reality, is not. While speaking with GQ about his wife and kids, the "La La Land" star explained that he realized he wanted to be with his now-wife in real life after sharing the screen with her: