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A year ago, Connor Storrie was an unknown actor who until recently, supported himself by working as a waiter. Now he’s about to go toe-to-toe with one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars in one of its biggest franchises.

Storrie, who broke out with the hockey drama series Heated Rivalry , is in talks to star opposite Ryan Gosling in Ghost Rider for Marvel Studios.

Shawn Levy is directing Ghost Rider , which reunites Levy with his Star Wars: Starfighter star Gosling and their scribe, screenwriter Jonathan Tropper.

It is presumed that Gosling is playing Johnny Blaze, although Marvel has not officially confirmed that. In the comics, Blaze is a stunt motorcycle driver that made a deal with the devil and becomes bonded with a demon named Zatharos. Blaze then transforms into a flaming skull-headed, fiery motorcycle-riding spirit of vengeance. (The character was created by writer Gary Friedrich and artist Mike Ploog and first appeared in 1972’s Marvel Spotlight No. 5.…