UPDATE: The Lovely Bones.
Yesterday I reported that Mark Wahlberg had been called in the day before shooting began to replace Ryan Gosling. The reason given was “creative differences”. Well, looks like Ryan may have been replaced because he was too difficult? Here is what Page Six had to say:
Those old “creative differences” are to blame for director Peter Jackson’s firing of Ryan Gosling from “Lovely Bones.” “Peter couldn’t stand Ryan,” said one source. Though Variety reported that Gosling had “stepped down” and was replaced by Mark Wahlberg, our source said, “Ryan cut his own hair, and was fighting with wardrobe. He was so demanding . . . Peter booted him two days before filming started.” The flick is based on the best-selling novel by Alice Sebold. A rep for Gosling did not return calls.
UPDATE: Ryan too fat for the part, according to Peter Jackson
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 By Friday, Gosling had left the high-profile production over those pesky “creative differences,” and, by Sunday, he’d been replaced by 36-year-old Mark Wahlberg, who actually could be old enough to father a teenager.
Gosling’s departure comes on the heels of his indie pic “Lars and the Real Girl,” which, according to Boxofficemojo.com cost $12 million. So far the film has earned $316,000, and will go wide this weekend. A DreamWorks representative declined to comment, as did Gosling’s manager.
Still, “The Lovely Bones,” which starts shooting today in Pennsylvania, will continue relatively unhampered.
LA Times
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:55 am
This seems out of character (no pun intended) for him. I have never heard anything but good things about Ryan. Sounds like ugly gossip to me.