Ryan Gosling Was Fired From ‘Lovely Bones’ After Gaining 60 Pounds. Peter Jackson Now Speaks Out: ‘Anytime We Recast an Actor, It’s Actually Our Fault’

Peter Jackson spoke at the Cannes Film Festival about firing Ryan Gosling from 'The Lovely Bones' after the gained put on 60 ...

Peter Jackson Admits 'Mistakes' Were Made Around Ryan Gosling's Abrupt Exit from “The Lovely Bones”

Mark Wahlberg famously starred in 2009's 'The Lovely Bones,' which Peter Jackson directed, as a character whom Ryan Gosling ...
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Text and the City: In ‘The Lovely Bones,’ why are dead girls easier to love?

Alice Sebold’s 2002 novel, “The Lovely Bones” risks romanticizing violence against women rather than confronting it as ...

Peter Jackson defends Ryan Gosling after axing him from ‘The Lovely Bones’: “We got it wrong”

Peter Jackson takes the blame when it comes to Ryan Gosling's notorious axing from 'The Lovely Bones' in 2009, admitting it ...

Director Peter Jackson breaks silence on firing Ryan Gosling from The Lovely Bones after weight gain

Director Peter Jackson spoke for the first time about Ryan Gosling being dropped from and recast in The Lovely Bones. Ryan previously shared that he was fired after gaining 60 pounds ...

Peter Jackson addresses Ryan Gosling's claim he recast him for “The Lovely Bones” because actor gained 60 pounds

Mark Wahlberg ultimately took on the role of a grieving father in the 2009 thriller after Gosling was removed from the ...

Peter Jackson Finally Explains Why Ryan Gosling Was Recast for Big Movie

LOTR director Peter Jackson addresses why Ryan Gosling was recast for “The Lovely Bones“. Gosling was originally cast as the ...

Peter Jackson reflects on firing Ryan Gosling from The Lovely Bones after he gained 60 pounds for role

The Lovely Bones director Peter Jackson has spoken about his decision to fire Ryan Gosling from the film despite the actor ...

Peter Jackson addresses Ryan Gosling casting fiasco decades later

Peter Jackson addresses Ryan Gosling casting fiasco on The Lovely Bones decades later - Ryan Gosling was fired from the film ...
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The director of “The Lovely Bones” finally talked about firing Ryan Gosling

Ryan memorably joked about being “fat and unemployed” after he was replaced by Mark Wahlberg at the last minute.
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Peter Jackson says 'mistakes' were made around Ryan Gosling exit from 'The Lovely Bones'

Peter Jackson has addressed Ryan Gosling’s departure from The Lovely Bones, acknowledging that “mistakes” were made during the casting process for the 2009 film. Speaking during a career retrospective ...

Peter Jackson reacts to Ryan Gosling’s 60-pound 'Lovely Bones' transformation: 'We had a different idea of how the character should look'

Director Peter Jackson took a moment to clarify the situation surrounding Ryan Gosling's withdrawal from 'The Lovely Bones.' ...