Ryan Gosling's iconic romance drama film The Notebook has found a new streaming home in the UK and Ireland.
As of this week, the film can be watched on Prime Video UK and Ireland for subscribers at no extra cost.
The 2004 fan favourite stars Mean Girls and Doctor Strange actor Rachel McAdams opposite the Barbie and Blade Runner 2049 star.
It's the chemistry between the duo that led to the film becoming a classic of the genre, but things could have been very different.
George Clooney revealed he wanted to play young Noah with the late Paul Newman as the older version of the character. However, he lost interest in the idea when he realised that he looked nothing like Newman, who he called "one of the handsomest guys you've ever seen" at the BFI London Film Festival.
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Britney Spears said she got down to the final two to play Allie too, but didn't mind losing out as she felt like she had subconsciously drifted into "method acting", which she really didn't enjoy.
"The Notebook casting came down to me and Rachel McAdams, and even though it would have been fun to reconnect with Ryan Gosling after our time on the Mickey Mouse Club, I’m glad I didn't do it," she wrote in her memoir, The Woman in Me.
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"If I had, instead of working on my album In the Zone I'd have been acting like a 1940s heiress day and night," she added.
The Notebook's original Nicholas Sparks was recently announced to be writing a new "supernatural romantic thriller" novel in tandem with M Night Shyamalan, who will be working on a movie version with Jake Gyllenhaal as the lead.
The Notebook is available to stream on Prime Video UK and Ireland now.
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