I honestly see gossling playing that character like a proper alpha. Sure he stays with her when she has another man’s baby and without context that would be construed as cuckolding or even being the definition of beta.

But the was he acts through the whole thing..

1. When he sees her , he IMMEDIATELY approaches, assumes the sale and did not act in any way beta during that interaction.

2.Then when he happens to run into her on the bus the interaction was flawless. The only beta act is when he calls her a super model and says he’s not worthy but all this is said with a cheeky grin and almost sarcastically.

3. In the scenes with the daughter he’s always playful and spreading good feelings. He doesn’t concede frame to the wife, ever.

Either I’m interpreting the acting wrongly or the script is completeley unrealistic. I don’t know of any female that acts so rejectfully to such a man. I don’t even understand what she doesn’t like about him. She doesn’t like him because he decided to support her and her child and her ‘hindbrain’ is telling her he’s a pussy? I don’t find it realistic at all.

1. Madam Butterfly
2. Pocahontas

Now, Pocahontas did not actually get killed but she did physically put herself in between her man and harm’s way. So it still counts.