He made "The beleiver" in 2001 which should have put him on the road to stardom but didn't ..but even so I'm not sure I'd call him up and coming ?
The Believer, Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson. All great films, all fantastic performances by Gosling. Did wonder if he'd ever start to make more mainstream films so I'm looking forward to checking out Drive.
Drive is not a mainstream film, far from it; it will unfortunately make about 50p in this country.
Which is a shame as its awesome, but chavs wont understand characters expressing emotions by looks rather than explaining everything they say and do.