Peter Jackson Fired Ryan Gosling on Lovely Bones For Gaining Weight

Summary: Ryan Gosling was supposed to play the dad in the 2009 movie The Lovely Bones. He thought the character should be heavy, so he gained 60 pounds, weighing in at 210 pounds. The problem? He didn't tell the director, Peter Jackson!

When Gosling showed up on set, Jackson fired him because they had totally different ideas for the role. Mark Wahlberg took over the part. Gosling later joked that he ended up "fat and unemployed," while his co-star Saoirse Ronan said she mostly just missed him and his dog, George. Jackson recently admitted that the casting mistake was his own fault for not making sure they were on the same page.

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