10 Fun Facts About The Notebook That'll Make You Want to Watch It Over and Over Again

James Marsden, who plays Lon Hammond, didn't actually think The Notebook would be that great of a movie. "I never set out to make a bad movie," Marsden told Out magazine. "Some movies just turn out bad, and I want to scream, 'Why did you pick that take?!' Then there are some movies that I've been in that I was sure people would laugh at, that have become huge. I thought The Notebook was going to be a schmaltzy Movie of the Week–type thing, and here we are!"