In a second message, she added:
If there was any doubt about the identity of her rescuer, a passer-by
confirmed that it was indeed Gosling, the star of movies including Blue
Valentine and Drive.
Penny tweeted: “He said ‘hey, watch out!’ Identity of Ryan Gosling
confirmed by girl near me, who said ‘you lucky —–.”
Canadian-born Gosling has form as a New York street hero – last summer a
passer-by captured him on a mobile phone camera as he raced to break up a
fight between two men.
He later said he was embarrassed by the attention the video footage received,
after it was posted on YouTube.
Penny too seems to be tired of the furore surrounding Gosling, whose publicist
did not respond to requests to confirm the encounter. She later tweeted: