{"id":16944,"date":"2021-03-09T11:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T00:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=188213"},"modified":"2021-03-09T13:15:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T13:15:51","slug":"jessica-simpson-the-notebook","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jessica-simpson-the-notebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Simpson Turned Down The Lead Role In “The Notebook”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jessica Simpson (Photo by RJ Capak\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In her new memoir, Open Book<\/em><\/a>, Jessica Simpson<\/a> has confessed<\/a> she turned down the role of the female lead in The Notebook<\/em><\/a> due to the inclusion of a sex scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew exactly what the movie was about because I had read the script,\u201d she revealed. While relaying how she requested the scene to be taken out, Simpson said the studio \u201cwouldn\u2019t budge.\u201d It was only later that she discovered Ryan Gosling<\/a> had been cast as the male lead. Simpson admits Gosling had been her childhood crush since both actors auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club<\/em> together at age 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in love,\u201d she said, \u201cbefore anybody knew how hot Ryan Gosling was going to become, I had a vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Notebook<\/em> – one of the most defining and iconic romance films of the 00s – could have been Simpson\u2019s film debut had she not turned down the part of Allie Hamilton. Today we can\u2019t think of the 2004 film brought to life by any actors other than Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. It was so iconic that the acting duo won Best Kiss at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards where they recreated the <\/em>kiss from the film.<\/p>\n

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Jessica Simpson and Ryan Gosling backstage at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards (Photo by Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n