Ryan Gosling Talks About the Time He Got Locked Up Back in 2011

Don't let the pretty-boy features fool you. Ryan Gosling is a hoodlum with a seedy criminal record. Just kidding. But the actor/director did get into some actual trouble while doing some location scouting back in 2011 for his future directorial debut, Lost River.

After wrapping production in Detroit on the George Clooney-directed The Ides of March, Gosling felt inspired by the gritty atmosphere to do some guerilla reconnaissance work with his digital camera hoping to snag some useable footage. All his lurking around abandoned factories and dilapidated houses appeared sketchy to passing by police, who detained the actor on suspicion to steal copper.

Gosling was able to rationalize the blemish on his otherwise clean record: