TIFF 2016: EMMA STONE AND RYAN GOSLING SING & DANCE THEIR WAY TO LOVE IN “LA LA LAND” MOVIE

 Emma Stone talks about working with Ryan Gosling again in La La Land, and why their chemistry works onscreen.

Drawing upon studio-era spectacle, La La Land puts a spotlight back on the musical in this story of two star-crossed young dreamers determined to make it big in Tinsletown.

A devotee of the jazz legends Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, Sebastian (Gosling) plays a mean piano and is determined to uphold the values of the old masters. His plans include opening his own club, but to make ends meet he’s stuck playing tepid cocktail jazz in a humdrum Los Angeles restaurant.

Meanwhile, Mia (Stone) is a movie buff with an eye for the classics who aspires to be a serious actress. For the moment, the closest she comes to seeing stars is serving lattes in the canteen on the Warner Bros. lot.

This is the third movie that Stone and Gosling have worked on together, and Stone wouldn’t have it any other way. “It’s wonderful to work with somebody you know, trust and respect so much. He’s my buddy,” she told Variety of Gosling. “I knew he could sing and dance. Once you’ve learned to ballroom dance with someone, you’ve learned everything you need to know,” she told reporters.