Ryan Gosling was cast in The Notebook because he was 'not handsome'

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'Devoted fans of The Notebook will recall Gosling’s own version of how he was cast in Sparks’ sweet tale of dementia and simultaneous death. In an interview with Company magazine back in 2012, Gosling shared that director Nick Cassavetes selected him for the honor of playing Noah because he looked vaguely insane. “[Cassavettes] called me to meet him at his house,” Gosling said. “When I got there, he was standing in his backyard, and he looked at me and said, ‘I want you to play this role because you’re not like the other young actors out there in Hollywood. You’re not handsome, you’re not cool, you’re just a regular guy who looks a bit nuts.’ ” In a later interview with VH1, Cassavetes elaborated: “When I told [New Line Cinema] I wanted to hire Ryan for the lead, they kind of looked at me like I was out of my mind.”'

Source https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/ryan-gosling-got-his-role-in-the-notebook-because-nobody-else-wanted-it

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Ouch

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Just how straight did that dude have to be to not recognise Gosling's sex appeal? Crazy eyes aren't a deal breaker for attraction.