VIDEO : Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were director's dream stars

Although Emma Watson and Miles Teller were previously linked to the leading roles in the Oscar-nominated movie, writer and director Damien Chazelle admitted Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were always his two dream stars for La La Land. Speaking at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, he said: "When I started writing 'La La Land' about six years ago, I dreamed about having Ryan and Emma in the movie.