--- title: Watch Ryan Gosling Parody La La Land on Ellen YouTube description: Watch the comedian gamely take on the role of Ryan Gosling's love interest Mia in an amusing spoof trailer for hit musical 'La La Land.' canonical: https://time.com/4637527/ellen-la-la-land-parody/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-18T16:07:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:14.743Z og:title: Ryan Gosling and Ellen DeGeneres Have Great La La Land Chemistry og:description: Watch a spoof trailer the comedian put together alongside Ryan Gosling. og:url: https://time.com/4637527/ellen-la-la-land-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ryan Gosling and Ellen DeGeneres Have Great La La Land Chemistry twitter:description: Watch a spoof trailer the comedian put together alongside Ryan Gosling. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ellen DeGeneres Replace Emma Stone as Ryan Gosling's _La La Land_ Dance Partner > Sponsored content. 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But while both Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling [took home Golden Globes](http://time.com/4622027/golden-globes-2017-winners/?iid=sr-link8) for their lead performances as the lovestruck couple pursuing their dreams, they weren’t always the actors chosen to play the ambitious duo—or at least, not according to a spoof on _The Ellen Show._ “It turns out Emma Stone was not their first choice,” the comedian deadpanned on her show, cutting to an alternative trailer featuring herself playing the lead female role, Mia. “When we were casting up the movie, part of the appeal to me was that, you know they’re going to be a couple,” [director Damien Chazelle](http://time.com/4594589/la-la-land-opening-scene-musical-another-day-of-sun/?iid=sr-link2) explains in the clip. “You can see them and imagine them together.” Cue Gosling sweeping DeGeneres up into his arms. “You have two actors who have an onscreen chemistry that I think is one for the ages,” adds producer Marc Platt. Flash to Gosling barely concealing his laughter as DeGeneres gives him a chaste kiss on the cheek, and DeGeneres hamming it up for the cameras in a full wig. 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