who played dawson in the best of me
James Marsden
title: The Best of Me (film) text: adaptation of Sparks' 1996 novel "The Notebook" to play the male lead Dawson Cole, replacing Paul Walker after his death. On January 28, Liana Liberato joined the film's cast as the younger version of Monaghan's character, Amanda Collier. On February 12, Luke Bracey was added to the cast to play the younger version of Marsden's character, Dawson Cole. On March 12, Sebastian Arcelus and Gerald McRaney joined the cast of the film. Arcelus played Frank Reynolds, Amanda's husband and father of her children, while McRaney played Tuck, a widower who takes in young Dawson and becomes a friend and father-figure title: The Best of Me (film) text: The Best of Me (film) The Best of Me is a 2014 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Hoffman and written by Will Fetters and J. Mills Goodloe, based on Nicholas Sparks' 2011 novel of the same name. The film stars James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan with Luke Bracey and Liana Liberato. Alternating between scenes of their relationship in 1992 with their current lives separately, the film shows the story of Dawson and Amanda, who after 21 years without seeing each other are reunited after the death of a friend in common. Despite their attempts, they are still attracted title: The Best of Me (film) text: her bed when she's awoken by the doorbell being rung by her mother, who has come to tell her that Dawson had been shot by his father. One year later, Amanda gets a call from her son telling her he found out who the donor was and that maybe she knew him, Dawson Cole. Shocked and happy upon hearing this, she drives back to the house Tuck had left them. It is there she reads the letter Dawson had left her telling her how much he loved her and goes on to take a walk through the garden Dawson had title: The Best of Me (film) text: to each other, complicating the relationship of Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) with her husband (Sebastian Arcelus) and his son (Ian Nelson), and reviving Dawson's (James Marsden) old conflicts. In the ending, when Amanda tells Dawson in a voice message that she loves him and wants to talk to him, she gets a call that her son has been in a car accident. On arriving at the hospital, the doctor tells her he needs a new heart. That same night the doctors told her they had found a donor. While sleeping, Amanda has a dream of Dawson sitting on the side of title: The Best of Me (novel) text: since she investigated this on hearing about Dawson's death, tells him that the donation was made anonymous for a reason. She hugs him close and tells him she loves him, which is meant for both her son and for Dawson, whose heart is beating inside. According to Little Brown book group, the book has been translated into "more than 40 languages." It was published on 11 October 2011 by Grand Central Publishing. "The Best of Me" was ranked #2 in the Top 10 overall from "Publishers Weekly". According to Denise Garofalo, 'it transforms into a predictable yet depressing tale that