Ryan Gosling: Three String Guitar in New York City!

Ryan Gosling plays a three-string guitar as he strolls the streets of New York City on Thursday (May 5).

The 30-year-old bespectacled actor is set to reunite with his Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance for a new drama entitled, The Place Beyond the Pines.

Ryan will play a professional motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son, but when he crosses paths with a rookie police officer their confrontation spirals into a generational feud.

Bradley Cooper has been offered the role opposite of Ryan, according to Variety.

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