These days, Ryan Gosling is an international superstar who has most recently played leads in the films Blade Runner 2046 and La La Land. However, in 2008, while he had put forth an amazing performance in the film Half Nelson, he was still best known for his role in 2004's The Notebook. If things had gone differently in 2008...
The Set-Up Peter Jackon had already made the Lord of the Rings trilogy as well as King Kong. This was going to be a change of pace. Initially, Gosling had been cast as the father, and he was concerned about his age being a factor since he was in his late 20's. He was going to portray a character with a 14-year-old daughter. Gosling arrived for pre-production having grown and significant weight gain. As a result of this, and probably other reasons, Gosling was replaced by Mark Wahlberg who was in his late 30's.
The Execution The film underperformed at the box office, but Stanley Tucci was nominated for an Academy Award. Peter Jackson returned to making films based on Tolkien's work. Gosling made the following two films Blue Valentine, and the studio film Crazy, Stupid, Love; which he probably would have made if he had stayed with The Lovely Bones, but we may have also gotten this:
What might have been
I am not the boy next door...
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