While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in 2010, Ryan Gosling revealed that he was fired from The Lovely Bones since his 60-pound weight gain didn't sit right with the director and the producers.
Saoirse Ronan, who was 14 at the time starred in the movie as Susie Salmon, daughter of Jack Salmon, for whom Ryan Gosling was cast originally. He was reportedly fired on the first day of shooting.
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During an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Ronan discussed Ryan Gosling's exit and said:
'I think I just loved Ryan. And his dog, George. And I was just sad that, you know, he wasn't gonna be around. But I think the reasons why they parted were totally valid, and I've spoken to both now and it happens."
Ronan went on to emphasize that it wasn't personal and that sometimes artists are "just not on the same page."
As per Gosling, his weight gain on account of drinking melted Haagen Dazs ice cream was a part of how he saw the character Jack Salmon, which was later essayed by Mark Wahlberg.
"We had a different idea about how the character should look. I really believed he should be 210 pounds."
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Gosling opened up about the experience and said that he had "gotten it wrong."
"We didn't talk very much during the prepoduction process, which was the problem. It was a huge movie, and there's so many things to deal with, and he couldn't deal with the actors individually. I just showed up on set, and I had gotten it wrong. Then I was fat and unemployed."
In 2009, Jackson's wife and collaborator, Fran Walsh, had a different recollection of how the events unfolded. Fran mentioned that Gosling had approached them two or three times and mentioned that he was "not the right person" for the role and that he was "too young," but the team noted that they could age him by thinning his hair and were very keen on casting him.
Fran noted that it wasn't until pre-production that they noted how Gosling was "so uncomfortable" and began to feel that he was "not right." Fran also blamed their their "desire to make it work no matter what" for the whole thing going wrong.
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