The #1 refrain I hear from people
who come to me seeking to build-up their confidence is, “I’m afraid of what
people will say / think of me.” So much
time, so much energy is spent worrying about “them.” And certainly I get it – I’ve wasted so much
time worrying and I’ve silenced myself on way too many occasions out of concern
and fear.
Recently I came across an item on
the Huffington Post that caught my eye. It’s
short and so I’m reprinting it here. . .as you read this, imagine (if you can)
that you’re Ryan Gosling. . .
No
one likes Noah. At least, according to author Nicholas Sparks, no wanted to
play the part of “Noah” in the screen version of “The Notebook.”
During
a conversation with IMDb Asks on Wednesday, Sparks revealed the difficulties he
had casting the famously romantic leading role.
“It
was really interesting because a lot of the actors said, “Well, what’s Noah’s
arc?” Sparks said. “It’s a guy who falls in love and then he just kinda does
nothing, and then waits for her to show up and then he’s there and he’s still
in love and then at the end of the film, well, he’s still in love. Where’s the
arc? Ryan Gosling came in and he really brought that story to life.”
Gosling
managed to bring the story to life, but he apparently landed the part because
he wasn’t considered traditionally handsome by Hollywood standards and the
film’s director.
“[Director] Nick Cassavetes called me
to meet him at his house. When I got there, he was standing in his backyard,
and he looked at me and said, “I want you to play this role because you’re not
like the other young actors out there in Hollywood. You’re not handsome, you’re
not cool, you’re just a regular guy who looks a bit nuts,’” Gosling told Company
magazine in 2011.
Definitely
the kind of stuff that boosts your self-esteem, right?
I think it’s fair to say that
Gosling’s life would be radically different today had he worried about “what
will they think?”
Certainly gives me something to
think about!
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