In “The Notebook,” Allie and Noah fought almost as much as they professed their love for one another. As Parade pointed out, the pair’s romance could be summed up with a quote from the film stating, “They fought all the time and they challenged each other every day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common: They were crazy about each other.”
In the real-life case of Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, life imitated art. Gosling and McAdams didn’t get along on set, so much so that Gosling even tried to have his co-star replaced with another actress. In an interview with VH1, director Nick Cassavetes admitted Gosling wanted McAdams off the filming set. “Ryan came to me, and there’s 150 people standing in this big scene, and he says, ‘Nick, come here.’ And he’s doing a scene with Rachel and he says, ‘Would you take her out of here and bring in another actress to read off camera with me?'” he explained. “I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘I can’t. I can’t do it with her. I’m just not getting anything from this.'”
Cassavetes solved the problem by forcing the actors to work out their differences. “We went into a room with a producer; they started screaming and yelling at each other,” he told VH1. “They had it out.” Clearly, all that passion for their characters made for an explosive combo on and off-screen.
