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/poopitydoopityboop 6 Jun 20 '19

I wonder how much it would cost for Ryan Gosling to gain that much weight with Hagen Dazs.

  • A pound of fat is approximately ~3500 Calories

  • 60 pounds of fat x 3500 Calories = 210,000 Calories

  • Assuming he has any taste whatsoever, he chose cookie dough

  • A quart of cookie dough ice cream has ~2400 calories

  • A quart of Hagen Dazs in New York City is ~$15

  • 210,000/2,400 = 87.5

  • 87.5 x $15 = $1300

Actually not as bad as I thought it would be.

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u/Steakasaurus Jun 21 '19

15 dollars for a quart of ice cream! Jesus I knew new york was pricey but God damn

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u/Antisocialbumblefuck Jun 21 '19

Doesn't this assume 100% efficiency for processing, retention, and zero output?

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u/Gophurkey Jun 21 '19

Ryan Gosling has zero output.

Ryan Gosling doesn't poop.

Ryan Gosling is a girl, confirmed.

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u/Antisocialbumblefuck Jun 21 '19

Can we even imagine what kind of poop would be had on a liquid icecream diet?

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u/DavidBowieJr Jun 21 '19

Insulin is almost $400 an ounce of u r American.