Hercules faces his greatest foe yet... Ryan Gosling, AKA Zylus! Fun fact: in one of his earliest on-screen roles, Ryan Gosling played the titular role in Young Hercules with a season that ran for fifty episodes! | Hercules & Xena

Well the secret is out, Ryan Gosling thinks he's like Young Hercules in real life... watch some of our favourite moments here. Young Hercules is a prequel series to the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, starring young Ryan Gosling in the title role. The show features the efforts of Ares, the god of war, played by Kevin Tod Smith, who attempts often to destroy his younger half-brother to win over Zeus' good graces. The series follows Hercules (Ryan Gosling) as he attends Cheiron