Ryan Gosling has finally paid a cafe a visit during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 12, after the cafe officially made him the major part of their “#Ryanneedsgrinder” campaign–as a cardboard cutout–on Twitter.
And this happened… #ryanneedsgrinder worked. The man himself showed up. What a good sport, a well brought up Canadian boy. We truly appreciate Ryan taking the time the time to visit us during #tiff. Take that @idriselba your loss. pic.twitter.com/8rMMWOs32J
— GrinderCoffeeGerrard (@GrinderCoffeeTO) September 11, 2018
On Sept. 1, the cafe Grinder Coffee, posted a photo of their “Ryan Gosling” cutout board on its Twitter account, writing “Good news we are back on twitter cause Monday begins our #ryanneedsgrinder. Come have coffee with us @RyanGosling while you are in town for #TIFF2018.”
Good news we are back on twitter cause Monday begins our #ryanneedsgrinder. Come have coffee with us @RyanGosling while you are in town for #TIFF2018 pic.twitter.com/M9ObVsbdhb
— GrinderCoffeeGerrard (@GrinderCoffeeTO) September 1, 2018
In order to lure the Golden Globe-winning actor to visit the cafe, the owner Joelle Murray and patrons have been tweeting photos on and off of them and the cardboard during the 10 days before Gosling was actually convinced by his mother to call on the cafe, according to CTV News.
“She has free coffee for life at Grinder whenever she wants,” Murray told CTV News.
Day 4 of #ryanneedsgrinder .Real @RyanGosling meet Grinder Ryan. Think of the fun you could have taking selfies with a selfie. If you do you get to be entered into our contest. @idriselba didn't get that treatment #YYZ #TIFF #welovethis pic.twitter.com/8tvUK1c0yq
— GrinderCoffeeGerrard (@GrinderCoffeeTO) September 6, 2018
Day 8 of our #ryanneedsgrinder campaign. We took Grinder Ryan out for drinks to celebrate #TIFF2018 . Listen #ryangosling this is getting weird. We need the Real Ryan to show up so we can show him our Grinder hospitality. #TIFF #leslieville #coffeehouse #cafeyyz pic.twitter.com/r7igABrQgc
— GrinderCoffeeGerrard (@GrinderCoffeeTO) September 10, 2018
They even won over the support from Toronto’s mayor John Tory, who swung by on the day the campaign started.
Mayor Tory tweeted “Got my morning coffee at @GrinderCoffeeTO today and checked out their campaign to get @RyanGosling to visit during @TIFF_NET,” attached with a photo of him and the Gosling cardboard.
Got my morning coffee at @GrinderCoffeeTO today and checked out their campaign to get @RyanGosling to visit during @TIFF_NET. pic.twitter.com/Ckyu1hSQTF
— John Tory (@TorontosMayor) September 1, 2018
On the day when Ryan Gosling arrived in Toronto for the screening of his latest movie “First Man,” the cafe reminded him with a screenshot of Google Map, showing him the way and joking about paying for him to uber there.
Day 9 of our #ryanneedsgrinder campaign. Perhaps you are lost? Do you need us to call you an #Uber ? You can pay us back when you get here. It only takes 18min to get here so no excuses now. #ryangosling #Toronto #tiff #coffee #gerrardstreeteast #tdot pic.twitter.com/hysK2ZrbF1
— GrinderCoffeeGerrard (@GrinderCoffeeTO) September 11, 2018
According to CTV News, Murray said the star only stopped by to greet her and the staffs at Grinder Coffee for a few minutes.
From The Epoch Times