One of the most famous film adaptations by kitsch god Nicholas Sparks is The Notebook aka Like a Single Day. The extremely emotional romantic drama with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams continues to divide opinions to this day.
What the film would have looked like with pop star Britney Spears instead of McAdams in the lead role has now become much more concrete. A Casting tape lost for 21 years with the singer ended up online.
Watch part of Britney Spears’ The Notebook casting tape
As the Hollywood Reporter reports, British tabloid The Daily Mail has published the tape featuring Spears, which casting director Matthew Barry had been hiding since 2002. In an emotional excerpt from the video, which you can see on X (formerly Twitter), Spears plays with Gosling and delivers a tearful performance away:
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Barry told the newspaper that the producers at the time Blown away by Spears’ performance became. Rachel McAdams’ casting tape surpassed this effect and she was ultimately chosen for the lead role in the Sparks film adaptation.
Britney Spears opens up in new book
In her just published book The Woman in Me: My Story, that her order from Amazon in German * can, writes the pop star about her eventful life. According to People, she also addressed her missed casting in Just a Day, writing:
While it would have been fun to reconnect with Ryan Gosling after our time on The Mickey Mouse Club, I’m glad I didn’t. I imagine there are people in the acting industry who struggle with something like this and Have difficulty detaching yourself from a figure.
I hope I never come close to this occupational hazard again. Living like this, being half yourself and half a fictional character, is messed up. After a while you don’t know what’s real anymore. Also listen to the Streamgegest podcast about the 5 most exciting films in October on Netflix, Amazon and Co.
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