At The Hollywood Reporter’s annual cast roundtable in 2010, Ryan Gosling, who was hosting his cult hit Blue Valentine at the time, recounted how he had been fired the previous year after falling out with director Peter Jackson on the set of Lovely Bones. About the vision of the character he was supposed to play: namely, Jack Salmon, a role that fell to Mark Wahlberg at the last minute.
The reason for their disagreement: preparation for the role, Ryan Gosling He had a beard, during an intensive diet, which gained at least 27 kilograms. First and foremost was the weight gain — due to consuming melted Häagen-Dazs ice cream when he was craving it, he revealed — which didn’t sit well with the Lord of the Rings director or the producers. favorite bones. for that Ryan Gosling However, it was part of how he viewed Jack Salmon’s grieving father character.
“We had a different idea of what the character would be like“, he said Ryan Gosling The Hollywood Reporter. “I really thought it must have weighed 210 pounds (95 kilograms).“
Mark Wahlberg “The Lovely Bones” (2009)
Peter Jackson Totally disagree, thanks Ryan Gosling A few days before production began in 2007 – or even a day earlier according to some sources.
“We didn’t talk much during the pre-production process, which was the problem“, he added Ryan Gosling. “It was a huge movie and there was a lot to do and he couldn’t handle the actors individually. I went to the set and everything was bad.“
Another version of the facts: too young?
employee and spouse Peter JacksonFran Walsh, on the other hand, presented a slightly different version of events a year ago, again in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“Ryan came to us two or three times and said, “I’m not the right person for this role. I am very young”. And we said: No, no, no. We can grow old. We can lighten your hair.’ We were very excited.“
“While we were in pre-production and we had the actors there, it became more and more clear: it was so uncomfortable after that, and we started to feel that he wasn’t the right person. It was our blindness, to want it not to stay.“
To recall, Lovely Bones tells the story of a murdered young girl who watches from the outside as her family is shocked by her disappearance and tracks down her killer as well as the investigation. The film, directed by Saoirse Ronan, Mark WahlbergRachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci notably earned Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
race results, whether he felt too young or whether his weight was an issue (or both); Ryan GoslingHe was not part of the adventure and concluded:I was fat and unemployed then.“Don’t worry though, we know that didn’t stop him and his career has taken off ever since.
But this role is clearly not the only one that the La La Land and Barbie actress almost played. From Batman v Superman to Fifty Shades of Grey, including 28 Days Later, we could see him in a whole range of films: discover a list of 10 roles he almost played here.
Lovely Bones can still be seen on VOD. Ryan Gosling can be seen in Barbie, which is currently available to stream on MyCanal.
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