Being Canadian is something you literally pretty much have to be born into, an obvious point to be sure, but one of those qualities that compounds a star’s cool factor without exception. It makes a star as familiar as possible while still remaining just slightly exotic. And getting back to the longevity point from the previous page, because of his Canadian citizenship you can be assured that he’ll have decent and morally sound healthcare coverage for the duration of his career. For those of us from Canada, he holds the dual factor of making it big in the American scene while still maintaining enough Canadianness for us to claim him as one of us. It’s the best of both worlds situation that many of us up here dream about: spending considerable time in the United States, benefitting from all the amazing things the country has to offer, and retreating back home to the north when things get a little crazy like Rick Santorum almost becoming the President. Gosling’s ability to now play on both sides of the border is enough for residents of either country to envy.
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Published: Sep 9, 2013 05:23 pm