He may not have won the statuette at this year’s Oscars, but Ryan Gosling is getting lots of face time with a blowup doll.

Gosling’s newest film, Lars and the Real Girl, follows his character as he introduces his family and friends to his internet friend: a doll named Bianca who he treats as if she is alive.

Gosling told MTV News in a recent chat that though the concept may sound creepy, the film is sweet and endearing.

“The script did an amazing job of walking that line. I mean, you don’t want it to be funny [and] you don’t want it to be too serious. [Lars is] quite an innocent in a way. He has all this romantic love to give ? it’s not dissimilar from a kid and his teddy bear, the idea that kids love their teddy bear and they experience very important moments in their life with them when they’re young. It’s a very complicated relationship.”

As for his leading lady, Gosling has nothing but kind words.

“Bianca, she has a real calming presence. It was pretty interesting, actually ? in the film people find themselves gravitating towards her, and a lot of people think that’s conceptually a funny idea, but it’s actually quite true. All of the crew, you’d see them off talking to her in the corner. The focus puller [the member of a film crew responsible for keeping the camera's focus], he’d apologize if he got too close to her eye. She had handlers that gave her magazines in between takes. They call it a blowup doll in some of the advertisements, but it’s very different. I mean, Bianca had these beautiful little freckles on her face! They have this real sort of presence.”

Lars and the Real Girl will be released October 12.






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