Isn't he BEAUTIFUL? I'm in awe of him. 
In the article, he speaks about his relationship with Rachel, fan reactions to the breakup, playing Lars AND his now not-so-secret band. I just also found out that he smokes, which sucks, but I love him ANYWAY! Here's a great excerpt:
“You probably hear this a lot, but he was my first choice,” Lars director Craig Gillespie says of Gosling. “He’s got this innocence about him and this incredibly receptive face—everything in his eyes is positive and optimistic. I felt that’s what Lars was.”
Read the entire thing here: http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_6136&pageNum=1
that second pic is really hot