'It's Actually Our Fault': Sir Peter Jackson on Firing Ryan Gosling After He Gained 27kg
Jackson said recasting is a casting mistake and praised Gosling as a fantastic actor while reflecting on the chemistry needed for films.
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Peter Jackson reflects on firing Ryan Gosling from The Lovely Bones after he gained 60 pounds for role
The Lovely Bones director Peter Jackson has spoken about his decision to fire Ryan Gosling from the film despite the actor already having gained 60 pounds for the role.The Lovely Bones was released in 2009 and starred Saoirse Ronan in the lead alongside Mark Wahlberg playing her father and Stanley Tucci as the villain.Originally, Gosling had been cast as Jack Salmon, the role audiences know Mark Wahlberg for playing, but was dropped from the fil…
Ryan Gosling Was Fired From ‘Lovely Bones’ After Gaining 60 Pounds. Peter Jackson Now Speaks Out: ‘Anytime We Recast an Actor, It’s Actually Our Fault’
Peter Jackson spoke at the Cannes Film Festival about firing Ryan Gosling from 'The Lovely Bones' after the gained put on 60 pounds of weight.
Ryan Gosling was fired from the film "The Lovely Bones" after gaining almost 30 kilograms for the role, and now, almost two decades later, director Peter Jackson is speaking out about the controversy that has been sweeping Hollywood. The filmmaker says the fault did not lie with the actor, but with the production team, who "didn't choose the right person for the role." Everything came to the surface again after Peter Jackson was asked at the Can…
Peter Jackson finally explains Ryan Gosling firing from 'The Lovely Bones'
Peter Jackson has defended Ryan Gosling after axing him from the cast of the 2009 film The Lovely Bones, admitting, “We got it wrong”. Gosling was famously cut from the drama, in which he was set to play Saoirse Ronan’s father, just days before filming was set to commence, and was replaced by Mark Wahlberg. The actor had gained 60 pounds to take on the part, which director Jackson disagreed with and ultimately axed him from the film because of …
The director of the film "From My Sky", Peter Jackson, finally pronounced on Ryan Gosling's controversial release on the 2009 film. Initially, Gosling had been chosen to play the protagonist's father, embodied by Saoirse Ronan. However, the actor revealed in 2010 that he was fired from the feature film after raising 27 kilos for the role without Jackson's consent. After his departure, Mark Wahlberg played the role. Peter Jackson talks about the …
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