Ryan Gosling Gained Weight to Play the Grieving Father in The Lovely Bones, Then Left the Film Before Shooting Began

Ryan Gosling Gained Weight to Play the Grieving Father in The Lovely Bones, Then Left the Film Before Shooting Began

Ryan Gosling gained weight to play the grieving father in The Lovely Bones, then left the film before shooting began. Mark Wahlberg took over as Jack Salmon after Gosling and director Peter Jackson disagreed about the character. Gosling described his preparation at The Hollywood Reporter’s November 5, 2010 actors’ roundtable: “I was melting Haagen Dazs and drinking it when I was thirsty,” he said. In his account, his weight went from 150 to 210 …