Ryan Gosling posts tribute to 'Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal' creator Ryan McHenry
The 27-year-old died of osteosarcoma over the weekend
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Your support makes all the difference.Whether he's powering up a motorbike in The Place Beyond The Pines, screaming in the rain in The Notebook, or playing a brooding police sergeant in Gangster Squad, Ryan Gosling's not known for picking that many light roles.
And his reputation as a straight-faced "serious" kind of actor was perfectly skewered by Ryan McHenry's viral video.
In "Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal", Gosling is shown in some of his most famous screen roles, turning his head away at spoonfuls of cereal.
It's almost impossible to convey why it's brilliant, the video's below.
Sadly, McHenry - who posted the video in 2013 - was diagnosed with osteosarcoma the same year, and he died on Sunday. The disease is a rare form of bone cancer, and only 530 new cases are identified each year in the UK.
McHenry was candid about his struggle with the disease, and posted videos of himself while he was receiving treatment.
Gosling proved that he had a sense of humour and pathos when he posted a Vine of himself preparing and eating a spoonful of cereal on Monday night.
He also tweeted his condolences:
A perfectly understated tribute to a funny and candid man.
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