Which is why Jessica Simpson’s recent revelation – that it was nearly her leaping into Gosling’s arms and snogging him senseless in the pouring rain – is so unsettling.

In her new memoir, Open Book, the singer reveals she was up for the part of Allie Hamilton but turned it down “because they wouldn’t budge on taking out the sex scene,” according to the New York Post.

However, she writes, it was only later that she learned Gosling had been cast – a shame, given he was Simpson’s first crush after they auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club together as children.