Okay so maybe Josh Hutcherson’s new puppy Driver isn’t named exactly after Ryan Gosling, but there is a Gosling connection.   When US weekly caught up with Josh at last nights GLAAD awards, he shared the origin of his cute new puppy’s name.

“I’m obsessed with the movie Drive, and Ryan Gosling‘s character was named Driver,” he told Us Weekly at the GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles Saturday night. “I always thought it was a good name for a dog so it just kind of worked out.”

So there you have it, Josh’s puppy is named after Ryan Gosling’s character in Drive. I gotta say i love the name!  In case you missed the cuteness, here’s Josh and Driver :

Source : US Weekly