Actor-turned-director Ryan Gosling apparently still seeks a muse in his rumoured ex-girlfriend actress Eva Mendes

Ryan Gosling might have a massive female following and tag as the most eligible bachelor may be intact given his rumoured breakup with Eva Mendes, the actor reportedly still views Eva as his muse.

The Hollywood stars met on the set of 2012 movie The Place Beyond the Pines and she appears in his upcoming directorial debut titled How to Catch a Monster.

There has been speculation that the pair had split last year, with further report saying they were no longer together. Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling met on the set of 2012 movie The Place Beyond the Pines and she the actress appears in Ryan's upcoming directorial debut How to Catch a Monster.

`Ever since they broke up, Ryan's been pleading with Eva to take him back,` an insider informed a British magazine.

`He was a wreck without her - she's his muse and the only woman alive who could give him the courage to try directing.`

It was apparently Eva, 40, who initially ended things, after becoming concerned about where the relationship was really going.