San Diego, July 27 -- Actor Eva Mendes celebrated partner Ryan Gosling's casting as Marvel's Ghost Rider with a heartfelt social media tribute that also paid homage to the film where their love story began, according to E! News.

Following the announcement at San Diego Comic-Con that Gosling will portray Ghost Rider in an upcoming standalone Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film, Mendes took to Instagram to express her excitement nostalgically.

The actress reshared a fan-edited clip from the opening sequence of the 2012 crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines, the film where she and Gosling first met. The video features Gosling's character, motorcycle stunt rider Luke Glanton, walking through a carnival before mounting his motorcycle, with...