If there’s not enough reasons to love Ryan Gosling, the star recently decided to take a break from filming to make a surprise guest appearance at an event for the Texas School for the Deaf.

“We knew that Ryan was in town, and he’s been on streets around campus often so we were just pipe dreaming (and look what happened!),” the foundation’s director Anne Adams gushed.

The pipe dream came true, and Gosling showed up during the Spooky Skedaddle 5K. If that wasn’t enough, he also brought along his co-stars Michael Fassbender and Rooney Mara.

“Ryan was extremely kind, allowing lots of photo ops with fans and when the director told him, ‘Enough,’ he said, ‘No, one more,’ and pulled a small deaf child out of the line for a picture,” Adams also added. “Ryan is a wonderful person and we were delighted that they came!”