This was some pretty interesting news to find out today. Ryan Gosling has apparently been replaced the day before shooting Peter Jackson’s new film ‘The Lovely Bones’ by another A-list actor, Mark Wahlberg.
Slashfilm gives us this:
Wahlberg has taken the role of Jack Salmon, the grieving father of a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body. Rachel Weisz plays the girl’s mother.
According to Variety, Ryan Gosling left on Friday after gaining 20 pounds and growing a beard for the job. Sources have attributed the exit to “creative differences.” The movie begins shooting today in Pennsylvania, where Wahlberg most recently finished on M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening for Fox. I’m sure there is a very interesting story behind this last minute move, that will leak out sooner or later.
This is a really ballsy move to make and will most likely have a negative effect on the film. Mark Wahlberg is a wonderful actor, but he has had little to no time to prepare for this role. Ryan Gosling was committed enough to change his physical appearance and probably had months to prepare for role. There must be a real interesting story behind Ryan leaving a DAY before shooting. You don’t just replace an actor a day before shooting because of just “creative differences.” Something sounds fishy here, and we’ll most likely hear more details about the Peter Jackson/Ryan Gosling conflict very soon. What are your guy’s thoughts on this news?
well SML if gosling showed up over weight and not looking anything like what jackson was expecting then he has every right to get rid of him.
It’s jacksons film and as the director he has the last word.
I seriously doubt it is that anyway…..
there are other reports that gosling wanted to cut his own hair and design his own wardrobe and had all these weird demands and was generally being a diva.
who knows ……. there will be more to this story no doubt.
Marky Mark can’t act…. end of story… oh well…
UPDATE: LA TIMES blames Ryan’s weight gain. Jackson’s not a cool dude.
Gosling pwns Marky Mark.
Marky Mark better not fuck it up.
well it says he gained it “for the job”. But I watched trailers of “Lars and the Real Girl” and he looked like he put on some weight just from seeing him in the trailers. Perhaps it wasn’t for the role..perhaps he is just a FATTY!
Hmmmm….I like both actors, but if Gosling gained 20 pounds for the part, I guess they’ll just have to deal with a buffed out Wahlberg, as he’s been training for a boxing film. Which lends itself to Gosling getting fired for gaining the weight, not gaining the weight for the role.
This is nothing new for Peter Jackson. Like another poster said, he’s replaced Stuart Townsend at the very last minute with Viggo Mortensen for the role of Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings.
To Peter Jackson, it’s not about actors challenging him, I think he’s shown that he can accept ideas from actors and other collaborators. I mean, just look at the documentaries for LOTR and King Kong. He’s one of the most collaborative directors working now.
He has stressed before that he’d rather work with actors he can get along with because he will be working with them for a long period of time. I think Jackson is basically a non-confrontational guy. He’s willing to collaborate, but he doesn’t get a long with you, it just wouldn’t work.
It’s so easy to jump on this news with negativity spewing out of our ears, isn’t it? It’s the normal human thing to do, after all. I mean, it’s far easier, and probably much more convenient and fun to believe the worst in people.
Good move Gosling! Jackson sux and has yet to make a good movie! Ya..I said it! All the Lord of the Rings are terrible…so boring…so long. Same thing with King Kong…so boring…so long. Gosling is a better actor than Marky Mark, hands down.
Excluding things like learning accents and such a good actor shouldn’t need to ‘prepare’. A good actor just needs to do what they are told and follow the script. It’s the writers and directors job to ‘prepare’. Everything they need should be on the page or at least in the head of the director.
I have a feeling Gosling’s weight gain lost him the role. Not because it wasn’t the right choice for the part, but because the idea wasn’t discussed with Jackson. I think at this point in Jackson’s career he doesn’t want to be challenged by actors; he just wants followers (or, more rightly, human faces to legitimatize his technical marvels).
Sorry Marky, but I think Gosling is a much better actor.
But Gosling seems to have his diva-moments. This is not the first time you heard of him behaving not in the best way.
Could he be the next Stuart Townsend? Also a guy, who got off on a very promising start in the business, then pulled the douchebag-card and slowly squandered into nowhere….
Remember, Pete Jackson also fired Townsend after a few days of shooting on LORD OF THE RINGS. Townsend was originally cast as Aragorn. The official statement at the time said Jackson thought the actor was “too young”. Yeah right.
Obviously Peter Jackson doesn’t like to be fucked around with. Either you behave or you’re off.
Too bad for Gosling and I fear, too bad for the audience. That guy’s really good.
for certain reason he gained weight after his movie Lars and the Real Girl. it’s too unfair of Jackson to drop him and be replaced by Mark Wahlberg anyway he’s ok as an actor
might not have a negative affect on the film…..obviously it is not ideal for anyone involved but hell they were already shooting back to the future when they decided to replace eric stoltz with michael j fox.
they were already shooting when harvey keitel was replaced by martin sheen on apocalypse now.
maybe not the best example to use as they then went on to journey into madness but the film turned out great….
viggo replaced townsend on lotr during the first week of shooting…
so at least this happened before they had shot anything
better to have it happen now … at least they don’t have to reshoot anything…
I like both gosling and wahlberg so its fine by me…..
I think it Tom Wilikinson (Falcone in Batman Begins) should have played him.
well serena this is probably going to get out soon or later but i see no problems with it….so far the whole idea of this movie is new to me so it will be a great story hopefully…its weird that he gained the wieght and the beard….. hmmmm im sure there will be more to come.
No biggie. Jackson did the same thing with Viggo stepping into the Aragorn role at the last minute.
Like then I believe Jackson realized his first choice just played too young for the part.
Basically a gifted actor is being replaced by a gifted actor. The difference is flavour. I really don’t think Mark Wahlberg could pull off a “Lars and the Real Girl” or “The Notebook”, but Gosling likely couldn’t pull out a “The Big Hit” or “Invincible”.
I would think this changes the flavour of the film significantly.
Shame as I would like to see Gosling in more.