Saoirse Ronan Has Ideas On Why Ryan Gosling Was Fired From ‘The Pretty Bones’ – The Boston Courier

Fifteen years after the discharge of “The Lovely Bones,” Saoirse Ronan is reflecting on the film casting that just about was.

The four-time Academy Award nominee starred within the 2009 movie adaptation of Alice Sebold’s supernatural novel as Susie Salmon, a murdered teen who narrates her story from the afterlife as her members of the family try to trace down her killer.

Showing on this week’s episode of the “Completely happy Unhappy Confused” podcast, Ronan spoke about Ryan Gosling’s much-publicized departure from “The Lovely Bones” shortly earlier than filming started.

“I just loved Ryan and his dog, George, and was just sad that, you know, he wasn’t going to be around,” she stated. “But I think the reasons why they parted were totally valid. I’ve spoken to both now … it happens. It’s not personal, necessarily. It’s like sometimes you’re just not on the same page.”

Gosling had been set to look in “The Lovely Bones” as Susie’s grief-stricken father, Jack Salmon. Simply days earlier than manufacturing started, nevertheless, the “Half Nelson” actor was fired by director Peter Jackson, who changed him with Mark Wahlberg.

In the end, Ronan feels that Wahlberg ― who was, by then, a father of three kids ― was a greater match for the position of Jack.

“He probably had an experience … that Ryan felt like he didn’t,” she stated.

In 2010, Gosling acknowledged he’d “gotten it wrong” so far as his bodily preparation for “The Lovely Bones” was involved.

“We had a different idea of how the character should look. I really believed he should be 210 pounds,” he advised The Hollywood Reporter on the time, additionally revealing he’d gained 60 kilos on a food plan of melted Häagen-Dazs ice cream for the half.

After noting he and Jackson “didn’t talk very much during the preproduction process, which was the problem,” Gosling added: “I just showed up on set, and I had gotten it wrong. Then I was fat and unemployed.”

Regardless of not showing in “The Lovely Bones,” Gosling went on to direct Ronan in his 2015 movie, “Lost River,” which additionally starred his spouse, Eva Mendes.

Elsewhere in her “Happy Sad Confused” interview, Ronan acknowledged fearing she’d be fired from Greta Gerwig’s 2017 movie, “Lady Bird.”

“My mom flew over at one stage because I was so anxious,” she stated. “I don’t know if [Gerwig] knows that, actually.”

Take a look at Saoirse Ronan’s “Happy Sad Confused” chat beneath. Her feedback on “The Lovely Bones” start on the 29:58 mark.