The movie "Diary of a Passion" delighted all the actors' fans, but its recording was hell at first
One of the most emblematic romantic films of the early 2000s was "The Notebook", whose story marked an entire generation, but also saw the emergence of one of the most recognized couples in Hollywood: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, who starred in the film, however, during filming the two got along so badly that the entire production was about to change.
It is normal for some actors to behave professionally and work with other people who they may not like, but who were chosen by the director or some executives. In the case of "Diary of a Passion", which was under the command of Nick Cassavetes, who revealed that his protagonists got along very badly on the set.
It must be remembered that Gosling's career took off after starring in this film, for which he obtained some recognition and immediately positioned himself as one of the most coveted leading men. While McAdams was also put on the acting radar and their cohabitation ended in a relationship that lasted from 2003 to 2007.
However, Cassavetes said that one day of filming, Gosling exploded in front of the production team and told the director that he could remove McAdams and bring in another actress to rehearse, since "I can't do it with her. I can't do it with her." "We are not getting anything positive," the filmmaker recalled during an interview he gave 10 years later after the premiere of "Diary of a Passion."
Although it was necessary for there to be good chemistry between them on the set, things went from bad to worse, to the point that the discontent of both actors was noticeable in front of the camera and the rest of the crew felt uncomfortable, so that the director had to meet and talk to both of them.
Cassavetes remembers that "we got into a room with a producer, and they started yelling at each other and saying everything to each other. I left. I was smoking when I see everyone coming out and saying: 'Let's do it.'" The director did not know very well what happened during that meeting, but Gosling came out with a better attitude and so did McAdams, and it was something that was noticed on the set, although there were still some problems, although minor.
By the time the film was released in 2004, the actors were already a couple and were well recognized by fans, who were even sure that "Diary of a Passion" was based on some of their experiences. As if that were not enough, it was considered a box office success, since it had a budget of $30 million and grossed more than $115 million.
McAdams even spoke about it and said that the relationship they had was not how it was seen on the screen and neither of them expected that after getting along very badly a romance would emerge, which came to an end in 2007, because the actors had tight schedules and confirmed that it was increasingly difficult to coincide.
Eventually, it was learned that other actresses would have auditioned to take the role that ended up going to McAdams, but how things would have been if Jessica Biel, Reese Witherspoon, Ashley Judd or Britney Spears had stayed, we will never know, but it is interesting to wonder. whether things would have also ended in romance with Gosling.
