Gosling to take motorcycle stunt lessons for film

Actor Ryan Gosling is taking motorcycle stunt lessons so he can join the circus for a new film role.

The Blue Valentine star will play a steel cage rider in new movie The Place Behind the Pines and he's keen to perform his own stunts.

Producer Jamie Patricoff tells Eonline.com, "He'll take circus motorcycle lessons. I can guarantee you he'll want to do his own stunts in the cages."

The new film will reteam Gosling with his Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance.

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