Ryan Gosling "Too Fat" For Lovely Bones
OCT 23, 2007 AT 01:45 PM
Ryan Gosling has been ousted from the on screen adaptation of best selling book Lovely Bones. The reason? He's "too fat," for the part.
"Peter Jackson was said to be quite surprised that Gosling had showed up to start work on "The Lovely Bones" looking like he'd donned a fat suit. According to sources, the 26-year-old Gosling had apparently told the director he was going to gain weight to age himself up to play the part of a grieving father, but Jackson was still expecting some movie star allure -- not paunch and a beard. By Friday, Gosling had left the high-profile production over those pesky 'creative differences,' and, by Sunday, he'd been replaced by 36-year-old Mark Wahlberg, who actually could be old enough to father a teenager."
It's rare to hear of these situations happening to men in Hollywood. Usually the ladies are the ones being told they need to slim down for a role. It is kind of interesting to see the scenario reversed.
Oh well, one hot guy replaces another hot guy...doesn't matter much to me :)
In other news, I LOVED the book! So I will definitely be seeing this movie when it comes out. Anybody else out there excited?!?
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So exicited to see how they create this for the big screen. Wonderful, wonderful book. Bawled my eyes out!
Loved the book! I would have loved to see Ryan in the part, young as he is. I like Marky Mark, but I personally think Ryan is a better actor...
I heard that he was acting all diva like before the start of production so they replaced him with Mark who is more down to earth.
LOVED the book - and her other one! She just put another one out recently too (the Half Moon???), on my list to read. I hope the movie lives up to the book. Will have to re- read the book before I see the movie. Alice Sebold is an amazing author! Glad she is being recognized!
Hmm, last I checked, I'd rather have a paunch and bearded person who can ACT versus a not so talented, not really that attractive, former teen heartthrob. BIG mistake on Peter Jackson-BIG mistake. Ryan Gosling is a superior actor to all his peers, ESPECIALLY Mark Wahlberg. Peter Jackson's stupidity follows him from movie to movie.
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