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The image for an actor hollywood It can be transcendental when it comes to putting yourself in the shoes of a character. In recent years, the processes of changes that some of the stars had to play specific roles were made known, as was the case of Joaquin Phoenix, who lost 23 kilos to put himself in the shoes of the joker. But there are also reverse cases, when an actor gains weight and that can play tricks on him. That was the case of Ryan Goslingone of the biggest stars in the current film industry, who lost a great role for having gained 27 kilos.
Ryan Gosling did not become one of the great stars only for his performance as Ken in Barbie, which broke audience records around the world; but also for his extensive career in successes such as La-La-Land, Diary of a Passion, Drive and Blade Runner 2049, among many others. Throughout his career he managed to demonstrate that he can adapt to any genre, since he participated in very diverse great successes; However, not everything went well in his 43 years.
There is a story that few know about the Canadian actor, which occurred in 2010, while the film was being filmed. From my heaven. In principle, Gosling had joined the cast that brought Alice Sebold’s book to the big screen, but what happened was that director Peter Jackson decided to fire him in the middle of filming.
It was all a misunderstanding. From my heaven It is the story of the girl Susie Salmon, who is murdered, but while the investigation is being carried out, she returns from death to witness the progress they make and to see how her family is doing after their loss. In this context, to Ryan Gosling He had to put himself in the role of the girl’s father.but a totally wrong idea of his character was formed.
He decided to eat a lot of ice cream to gain weight and showed up to the filming 27 kilos above his normal weight. Of course, Peter Jackson had a totally different idea than the actor and decided to make the worst decision at that moment.
Years later, Gosling himself was in charge of telling what happened on that shoot during an interview. “We had a different idea of what my character should look like. I really thought he must weigh 96 kilos… We didn’t talk much during the pre-production process, which was the problem. It was a big movie and there were a lot of things to deal with and he couldn’t deal with the actors individually. I showed up on set and I had misunderstood. “I was left fat and unemployed,” he said.
In conclusion, it was a good experience for the actor, since he did not make this mistake again in his career and he refined his dialogue with the directors, who are largely responsible for carrying out the aesthetic decisions of a film. Despite that black mark, Ryan managed to transcend within the industry and now directors are fighting to have him on his sets, since he became synonymous with success.
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