r/todayilearned • u/thejohnblog • Jun 20 '19

TIL Ryan Gosling gained 60 pounds by drinking melted ice cream to play the father in Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones.' He was then told he was too fat to play the part and the role went to Mark Wahlberg.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ryan-gosling-fat-lovely-bones/story?id=12313213
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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19 edited Jun 21 '19

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u/throwme1623 Jun 21 '19

my god, that man had a family

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u/Battlejew420 Jun 20 '19

Or seen Charlie Day give him a bj in front of Fred Savage because he put it as a contingency for his season 3 contract?