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Ryan Gosling recalls getting first autograph from Angela Bassett at 13

Ryan Gosling recalled getting his first autograph from Angela Bassett when he was 13 after watching her give 'one of the best performances I've ever seen.'

These days, plenty of moviegoers who would like to snag Ryan Gosling's autograph, but the star of The Fall Guy was once just a fan himself — and he was lucky enough to experience an exciting early encounter with an actress who truly wowed him: Angela Bassett. Gosling said the moment occurred when he was 13, just after he had seen the 1993 Tina Turner biopic, What's Love Got to Do With It, for which Bassett was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. "It was one of the best performances I'd ever seen, and still is," Gosling told Colbert, going on to explain that she was standing with actor and comedian Sinbad when he approached her for her signature.

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