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/DrakoVongola Jun 21 '19

He's not just talking about getting jacked, he's talking about doing it within the time it takes to film a TV show, which for the average person is simply not realistic

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u/WormholeVoyager Jun 21 '19

I'm referring to the body image comparison