10 Child Stars That Actually Made It Through Okay

By Thomas Broome-Jones /

6. Ryan Gosling

Break-Out Role: The Mickey Mouse Club Probably the only young Hollywood heartthrob who is talked about more than Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gosling, like Timberlake, got his name out thanks to The Mickey Mouse Club. But Gosling seems to have achieved two incredible things as an actor: not only has he escaped the usual unwelcome legacy of child stardom, he has also managed to break type. After all, when watching The Notebook, who ever thought he could pull off a total badass more than once? Drive firmly established him as a force to be reckoned with and now he seems to be going through some kind of experimental phase, his films are getting odder and odder. Despite his appearances in "edgier" films, though, people are still flocking to see them just because he's in it, thanks to the enduring appeal of his profile, which is a sure-fire mark of mega-stardom.