Actor Ryan Gosling was a wildchild as a youngster - rebelling against his strict Mormon upbringing.

The Lars And The Real Girl Star claims his trouble-making antics started when he was just two years old - when he set his home on fire.

And the 27-year-old's hellraising stunts didn't stop there - he once put the family cat into the dryer and was continually destroying household items in a bid to focus the attention on himself.

He says, "When I was two, I was sneaking out of the house, never wearing my clothes and breaking things, putting the cat in the dryer and setting the house on fire. I wanted to entertain."

"When I was six, I'd get into my red Speedos and do moves. I thought I was muscular. I didn't know everyone was laughing at me."