On the 20th anniversary of The Pocket book, director Nick Cassavetes regrets spilling the beans on the Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling feud.
Right now marks the 20th anniversary of The Pocket book, the romantic drama which follows two younger lovers who’re threatened by the distinction of their respective social lessons. Within the years since, The Pocket book has additionally turn into identified for the main feud between stars Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, who apparently couldn’t stand each other.
The Pocket book director Nick Cassavetes was the one who spilled the beans on the feud ten years in the past, and it’s an act he now regrets. “The last time I did an interview on this thing, I spilled the beans on that,” Cassavetes instructed Entertainment Weekly. “I regretted it. Everybody’s like, why are you telling that? I’m like, I don’t know. It caught me on a nasty day, but when [McAdams and Gosling] are round, I apologize to you guys. I shouldn’t have spilled the beans.“
Cassavetes first revealed that the 2 stars didn’t get alongside on set whereas talking with VH1 in 2014. “Maybe I’m not supposed to tell this story, but they were really not getting along one day on set. Really not,” Cassavetes stated. “Ryan came to me, and there’s 150 people standing in this big scene, and he says, ‘Nick come here.’ He’s doing a scene with Rachel and he says, ‘Would you take her out of here and bring in another actress to read off-camera with me?’ ‘I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘I can’t. I can’t do it with her. I’m just not getting anything from this.’” After retreating to a personal room, McAdams and Gosling screamed at each other for some time, and issues received higher. “The rest of the film wasn’t smooth sailing, but it was smoother sailing,” Cassavetes stated.
Regardless of the animosity between the pair, McAdams and Gosling did wind up courting from 2005 to 2007. “They fell in love, and became a wonderful, wonderful fiery couple. I still think they got lots of respect and love for each other, but in the beginning, it wasn’t like that,” Cassavetes instructed EW, “however they’re each the best actors on the planet, and among the issues that I requested them to play have been so tough, and there was nothing they couldn’t do.“
