10 Actors Who Prepared Totally WRONG For A Role
9. Ryan Gosling Gained Too Much Weight - The Lovely Bones
For Peter Jackson's 2009 adaptation of hit novel The Lovely Bones, Ryan Gosling was initially cast to play Jack Salmon, the father of murdered protagonist Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan).
Yet during the pre-production process Gosling reportedly got twitchy about appearing too young for the part, given that the then-26-year-old actor had to persuasively resemble the father of a 14-year-old girl.
And so, Gosling made the decision to both grow a large beard and gain 60 pounds of weight by drinking melted Haagen Dazs ice cream whenever he got thirsty.
Because Jackson was extremely busy during pre-production, he and Gosling had minimal communication until shooting approached, and when Gosling turned up on set, Jackson wasn't best thrilled at the radical choice he made without consulting him.
And with that Gosling was fired from the movie, and in his own words was left "fat and unemployed."
Gosling was then replaced with Mark Wahlberg, who at almost a decade older than Gosling was a more natural fit for the part. Not that it helped the wildly disappointing end result much, though.