Saoirse Ronan recently appeared on the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast and remembered the dramatic casting switch that occurred during the making of Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones." The director originally cast Ryan Gosling as the father of Ronan's protagonist,

Gosling had originally been cast to star opposite Ronan in the 2009 fantasy thriller before he was replaced by Mark Wahlberg

It's like sometimes you're just not on the same page." In 2009, a then-14-year-old Saoirse Ronan starred in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, based on Alice Sebold's 2002 novel of the same name. Mark Wahlberg played her father,

Saoirse Ronan revealed why Ryan Gosling was fired from 'The Lovely Bones' during an appearance on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast.

Based on the novel of the same name, The Lovely Bones stars Saoirse as 14-year-old Susie Salmon. Susie gets brutally murdered, and throughout the film, she watches from purgatory as her grief-stricken family grapples with her death.

Fifteen years after the release of “The Lovely Bones,” Saoirse Ronan is reflecting on the movie casting that almost was. The four-time Academy Award nominee starred in the 2009 film adaptation of Alice Sebold’s supernatural novel as Susie Salmon,

Saoirse Ronan has recalled her sadness over Ryan Gosling getting cut from The Lovely Bones. Gosling was originally set to play her character's father Jack Salmon in the 2009 film, based on Alice Sebold's hit novel of the same name.

"I think the reasons why they parted were totally valid," she said of Ryan Gosling departing the 2009 Peter Jackson movie