8 Famous Actors Who Nearly Lost Their Iconic Roles

7. Rachel McAdams

The film The Notebook presented an on-screen romantic relationship between Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, but tension was running high off the camera. Ryan even asked for Rachel to be replaced during filming. The director refused but brought them together for an argument that lasted for hours, and this conflict ended up fueling the passion that they brought to their respective roles, which ended up in one of the cinema’s most memorable love stories.