Ryan Gosling @ 'Lars and the Real Girl' Premiere

Ryan Gosling stands beside a life-size poster of himself at the premiere of MGM’s Lars And The Real Girl at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The film stars Gosling as Lars Lindstrom, a shy reticent whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of what is almost solitude, he invites Bianca, a friend he met on the internet, to visit him. He introduces Bianca to his brother Gus (Paul Schneider, pictured below) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer). They don’t know what to say to Lars or Bianca – because she is a life-size doll, not a real person, and he is treating her as though she is alive. They consult the family doctor Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson, pictured below) who explains that this is a delusion he’s created – for what reason she doesn’t yet know but they should all go along with it for the time being. Lars and the Real Girl opens in theaters nationwide on October 12.

Also pictured below: costar Kelli Garner and producer John Cameron.

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