Don't piss off Kong

So Ryan Gosling has stepped out of/been sacked from/parted ways with the Dreamworks/Peter Jackson vehicle “The Lovely Bones”.
Insiders are say nothing official although ‘creative differences’ have been sited. Remember the last time an actor stepped out of/been sacked from/parted ways with a Peter Jackson project? We are all thankfully saved from having to watch Stuart Townsend prance about as Aragorn (in hindsight I cannot even imagine that scenario…yet one more reason to love Viggo).

If it is a mutual friendly parting of ways then Gosling will be fine. This surely isn’t. The film is just days away from shooting so someone must be pissed off.
Pissing off two of the most powerful men in Hollywood right now (Jackson and Dreamworks head Steven Spielberg) is not the most intelligent career move, but Gosling has the talent to overcome this.

The good and interesting news is that he has already been replaced. Mark Wahlberg has bravely stepped into the role of Jack Salmon at the very last minute (sounds much more exciting if you add suspense don’t you think).

This is much better casting (in my opinion). Mark is old enough to be the father of the twelve year old girl ( he and his on screen wife Rachel Weiss are both thirty six as opposed to Goslings twenty seven years) plus this will be the chance for him to stretch. Gosling can play sad and forlorn with his eyes closed, this will give Wahlberg the chance to shelve his tough guy image and put on his grieving father suit.
I am sure he will wear it well, and the Academy love it when you play against type.