As celebrity firings go, the story of how Ryan Gosling lost his role in Lovely Bones is brutal.

Peter Jackson ’s 2009 drama went through a dramatic switch-up when Gosling, who had been cast to play the father of Saoirse Ronan’s protagonist, was replaced by Mark Wahlberg just days before filming.

Jackson made the change because he disagreed with the actor’s decision to gain 60 pounds for the part, Gosling revealed in a 2010 interview. “We didn’t talk very much during the preproduction process, which was the problem,” said the Notebook star.

“It was a huge movie, and there’s so many things to deal with, and he couldn’t deal with the actors individually. I just showed up on set, and I had gotten it wrong.…