The making ofCrazy, Stupid, Lovemight have as many outrageous, unexpected behind-the-scenes stories asthe 2011 rom-comitself.
Here are some crazy, far-from-stupid revelations about the making ofCrazy Stupid Love.
In the original script, Gosling’s Jacob wooed Hannah with a simple look.
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He’s like, ‘No you might’t put that in the movie.’
We put it in, much to his chagrin."
Fogelman then scripted the moment with inspiration from Gosling’s own use of this patented swoon-inducing move.
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Stone and Gosling practiced the lift for weeks and executed it themselves, no stunt doubles required.
“It’s harder than it looks, and it’s scary,” says Ficarra.
“Ryan really worked hard.
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He’s a trained dancer, so he was concentrating on making Emma feel safe.”
Gosling saw that line and that moment as the key to his character, according to Requa and Ficarra.
Requa adds, “He said his character viewed his body as a present for women.”
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At one point, the film was calledRomanticalafter a flubbed line from Jonah Bobo (Robbie).
The studio, however, pushed forWingman.
But Fogelman hated it.
The advertising campaign broke out the words with images from the film in a way Fogelman feared would backfire.
and I was like, ‘Oh no!
We’ve really screwed this up.'"
“I had nothing against the Gap,” says Fogelman.
“I was probably shopping too much at the Gap.”
“We were repeatedly asked by the head of the studio to take that out,” says Ficarra.
“And we’re like, ‘It’s too funny.
We can’t do it.'”
Horn eventually called his friend to give him fair warning, and the line remained.
But eagle-eyed viewers could have known the truth from the film’s first scene.
We wanted to see how in-your-face we could get."
“She used to say ‘vagina,'” explains Requa.
“That vagina got us an R-rating.
The word ‘vagina.’
You cannot say it in a PG-13 movie.
you could blow people’s heads off, no problem.
But mention anatomy, we’re all going to jail.”
He opted for Lindhagen to maintain the three-syllable effect, but the studio insisted on Lindholm.
“And she gets on the little walkie-talkie and goes, ‘Why is it Lindholm?
We’ve been rehearsing with Lindhagen.’
They explained to her it was the studio’s wishes and not theirs.
“And she goes, ‘Ok, I’m not doing it.’
And that’s how it became Lindhagen.”
Gosling and Stone improvised this entire scene.
Originally, we saw their love story unfold via montage.
“It feels real because it is real.
It’s what they were doing when they were just hanging out goofing around.”
They shot the scene over the course of six hours one night, just letting the two actors riff.
“The crew was ready to revolt; it was like three in the morning,” jokes Ficarra.
Fogelman remembers it was filmed down the street from his house at the time and walking over to watch.
It didn’t change.
It’s in the movie.”
