Behind-the-scenes

Floy 2022-04-22 07:01:02

Ryan Gosling was the only candidate for the role of Noah in director Nick Cassavetes' eyes. Before the film started, Ryan Gosling lived in Charleston, where he was filming, for two months to play Noah, and made the kitchen table in the film himself. Gina Rowlands, who plays elderly Allie in the film, is director Nick Cassavetes' mother. Because James Garner, who plays the elderly Noah, has brown eyes, Ryan Gosling, who has blue eyes, had to wear brown contact lenses. Britney Spears and Ashley Judd both had hopes of playing Allie. Reese Witherspoon, who was originally scheduled to star in the film, later withdrew from filming.

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The Notebook quotes

  • Young Noah: It's not about following your heart and it's not about keeping your promises. It's about security.

    Young Allie: What's that supposed to mean?

    Young Noah: [yelling] Money. He's got a lot of money!

    Young Allie: You smug bastard. I hate you for saying that.

    Young Noah: You're bored Allie. You're bored and you know it. You wouldn't be here if there wasn't something missing.

    Young Allie: You arrogant son of a bitch.

    Young Noah: Would you just stay with me?

    Young Allie: Stay with you? What for? Look at us, we're already fightin'

    Young Noah: Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.

    Young Allie: So what?

    Young Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, for ever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now? What's it look like? If it's with him, go. Go! I lost you once, I think I can do it again. If I thought that's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out.

    Young Allie: What easy way? There is no easy way, no matter what I do, somebody gets hurt.

    Young Noah: Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants? Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want? What do you WANT?

    Young Allie: It's not that simple.

    Young Noah: What... do... you... want? God damn it what do you want?

    Young Allie: I have to go now.

  • Young Noah: If you're a bird I'm a bird.