What The Cast Of Remember The Titans Looks Like Today

At the time that they were casting for "Remember the Titans," Ryan Gosling was not yet Ryan Gosling. Back then, he was more known as Ryan, the Mouseketeer, and not the actor who would become a two-time Oscar nominee and the man no one can get 'Kenough' of. But even then, Gosling was already a standout, especially when it was time to shoot the "We Are the Titans" scene where the team dances their way to the field.

"Ryan got up in front of everybody and just did the moves, like, so smooth. I was like, 'What the ...?'" director Boaz Yakin recalled during an interview with The Washington Post. And while Gosling nailed that dancing part of the role, co-star Denzel Washington, who portrayed the Titan's Coach Herman Boone, kept him and the rest of the young cast on their toes. "There wasn't a whole lot of acting involved from us because, like, when Denzel is looking at you and he's yelling at you, you're scared ... " Gosling told Entertainment Tonight (via ESPN).

Since "Remember the Titans," Gosling has become one of Hollywood's hottest A-listers, rising to fame after starring opposite Rachel McAdams in "The Notebook." Years later, the actor also starred alongside George Clooney and Philip Seymour Hoffman in the Oscar-nominated thriller drama "The Ides of March," which Clooney also directed. Throughout his career, Gosling would earn praise for his performance in films such as "Drive," "The Big Short," "Blue Valentine," and of course, "Barbie."