Why Ryan Gosling Never Appeared in Gilmore Girls

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Before The Notebook, La La Land and Barbie made him a household name, Ryan Gosling tried for a small football-player role on Gilmore Girls. Casting director Jami Rudofsky recalled the audition at the 2016 fan festival—and it did not go as she expected. The audition was not filme…