If you’re a fan of “Never Forget,” you may have heard about the rocky relationship between its two leads during filming. Indeed, the film crew experienced difficulties due to disagreements between Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, who simply could not stand each other. Even if they pretended to be in love on screen, behind the cameras it was something else, a tumultuous relationship that even led to Ryan Gosling They demand to change the actor. how do we know The film’s director, Nick Cassavetes, told the press about it in 2014.
The romantic drama, based on Nicholas Sparks’ novel of the same name, was released in theaters in 2004. In 2014, on the film’s 10th anniversary, Cassavetes gave an interview in which he explained how difficult it was to make the film. The tension that reigned during filming between its two headliners. Ten years later, the film is now celebrating its 20th anniversary, and the director admitted to EW that he regrets everything he revealed about his personal life. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams By that time.
“The last time I gave an interview about it, I revealed everything. I regret it. Everyone asked, “Why do you say that?” I said, I don’t know. It happened to me on a bad day, but if you’re listening, I’m sorry guys. I shouldn’t have revealed everything.“
Finally, after parting with the director on the set, everything was fixed: “We were isolated in a room with the producer; They started yelling and then yelling at each other. I left the room. I smoked a cigarette and they all came out and said, “Okay, let’s do it!”,” Cassavetes told VH1 in 2014.
After this successful intervention, filming resumed quietly and Never forget It subsequently became a reference title for the romantic comedy genre.
When reality imitates fantasy
The most interesting thing about all this is that the two actors turned from enemies to lovers in real life. Two years after the film’s release, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams Indeed, they found themselves in New York and began a relationship that lasted three years.
“God bless and never forget you“, he said Ryan Gosling In a 2007 interview with GQ.It introduced me to one of the greatest loves of my life. But people hurt me and Rachel because they assume we’re like the characters in this movie. Rachel and My Love Story is much more romantic than that.“

“We didn’t throw Ming vines at each other, so it wasn’t hate, but our relationship wasn’t what you saw on screen. I would say we were both professionals“, he explained Rachel McAdams to British newspaper The Times in 2013 about their troubles on set.
“ Definitely not what any of us expected after this cinematic experience. Which goes to show that you can create chemistry on screen just by telling the audience that these two people love each other. And unless your actors are doing a really terrible job, I think people will want to see it. As an actor, you don’t have to feel that. You don’t need to feel anything. You just have to imagine it– he added in an interview with The Independent in the same year.
Never Forget needs to be rediscovered on VOD.
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