--- title: Ryan Gosling Lookalike Is Blogger Johannes Laschen: Interview description: While Ryan Gosling has yet to comment on his lookalike, Laschet shared with TIME what life's really like being this handsome. canonical: https://time.com/4850126/ryan-gosling-lookalike-johannes-laschet-interview/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-07T21:48:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:13.893Z og:title: Ryan Gosling's Lookalike Says Looking Like Him is 'Exhausting' og:description: "Sometimes, it's just too much" og:url: https://time.com/4850126/ryan-gosling-lookalike-johannes-laschet-interview/ 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's Lookalike Says Looking Like Him is 'Exhausting' twitter:description: "Sometimes, it's just too much" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ryan Gosling's Handsome Doppelgänger Says Looking Like Him Is 'A Little Exhausting' > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=76c5a3d2-ee46-4798-a1e9-19d9d903e658&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 7, 2017 9:48 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 7, 2017 9:48 PM UTC The Internet pretty much lost their collective minds (and hearts) when they discovered that [Ryan Gosling](http://time.com/4627989/golden-globes-2017-ryan-gosling-eva-mendes/) had [a doppelgänger in Johannes Laschet](http://time.com/4845673/ryan-gosling-doppelganger/), a law student and menswear blogger who’s a dead ringer for the _La La Land_ leading man. While Gosling has yet to comment on his lookalike, Laschet shared with TIME via email what life’s really like when your [celebrity twin](http://time.com/4758138/scarlett-johansson-grandma-lookalike-interview/) is [feminist heartthrob, Ryan Gosling](http://time.com/4354950/ryan-gosling-thinks-women-are-better-than-men/). Contrary to what you might believe, being as handsome as a Hollywood star can be “a little exhausting and sometimes it’s just too much.” According to Laschet, a law student at University of Bonn whose father is German politician Armin Laschet, people started making the comparison to Gosling in 2005, while he was studying abroad for a year in the U.S. with a high school exchange program. Laschet stated that while looking like Gosling isn’t a curse, he’s still firmly aware of his sense of self. “I am still me and nobody else,” he wrote. “On the other hand you shouldn’t complain if you have a resemblance to Mr. Gosling. It’s better \[than\] if people would say: ‘Hey, you look like Danny DeVito.'” Besides their strikingly similar faces, Laschet’s interests also intersect with other elements of the actor’s life. Laschet’s a big fan of jazz and counts [_La La Land_](http://time.com/4683534/oscars-2017-la-la-land-stars-reactions/) as one of his favorite Gosling flicks, although he noted that he personally believes “his best performance was in [_Blue Valentine_](http://healthland.time.com/2010/12/24/the-best-worst-date-movie-ever/).” He also says that the debonair Gosling can be a great style inspiration, a high compliment from someone who started moonlighting as a classical menswear blogger two years ago. “Mr. Gosling knows how to dress well and you can learn something from him,” he wrote. “Especially when he wears a smoking suit.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4850126/ryan-gosling-lookalike-johannes-laschet-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4850126/ryan-gosling-lookalike-johannes-laschet-interview/"},"headline":"Ryan Gosling's Handsome Doppelgänger Says Looking Like Him Is 'A Little Exhausting'","datePublished":"2017-07-07T21:48:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:13.893Z","description":"\"Sometimes, it's just too much\"","url":"https://time.com/4850126/ryan-gosling-lookalike-johannes-laschet-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Interview","Ryan Gosling"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4850126/ryan-gosling-lookalike-johannes-laschet-interview/","name":"Ryan Gosling's Handsome Doppelgänger Says Looking Like Him Is 'A Little Exhausting'"}}]}] ```