A Ryan Gosling "Hey Girl" meme reference slipped in among the barrage of tweets Warner Bros. Pictures sent this week to promote the Jan. 11 premiere of Gangster Squad.
The tweet says, "Hey girl," and links to this promo art, which features Gosling:
The "Hey Girl" meme was first spotted in December 2008 on the F___ Yeah! Ryan Gosling Tumblr blog, according to Know Your Meme. Gosling knows about all of the photos with text on them (examples below) circulating everywhere. He discussed them with MTV in two interviews, once saying in 2011, "This is so stupid. This is so dumb." Then he recited a few.
Gangster Squad, which tells the story of the Los Angeles Police Deparment's efforts to fight a mafia boss in 1949, was originally set to hit theaters on Sept. 7. But Warner Bros. postponed its release and tweaked a gun scene because of the deadly Colorado shooting spree.
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