After spending so long renovating the Windsor Plantation in the film, Ryan Gosling apparently thought the logical next step for Noah would be to burn it all down. Director Nick Cassavetes told VH1: "He'd come to me and say, 'Why can't I burn the house down?' I'd say, 'Because I don't even know what that means.' And he'd say, 'Cleansing my fire!'" The idea didn't stick, but it wasn't for lack of Gosling trying.