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Ryan Goslinghas a message forBarbiefans who don’t think he’s a good fit to play Ken.
“It is funny, this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken," he continued. “Like you ever thought about Ken before this?”
“And everyone was fine with that, for him to have a job that is nothing. But suddenly, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.’ No, you didn’t,” Gosling told the outlet. “You never did. You never cared. Barbie never f—– with Ken. That’s the point.”
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“If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken. So your hypocrisy is exposed,” Gosling added. “This is why his story must be told.”TheFirst Manactor joked to the outlet that working onBarbiewith costar/producerMargot Robbieand filmmakerGreta Gerwighas made him “care about this dude now,” in reference to his character.
“I’m like his representative,” Gosling said. “‘Ken couldn’t show up to receive this award, so I’m here to accept it for him.’ "
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Gosling’s promotion for the upcomingBarbiemovie — which appears to follow Barbie (Robbie) and Ken as they travel from Barbie Land to experience the real world — has brought about notable press appearances, including hismemorable uses of the phrase “Ken-ergy.”
“I only knew Ken from afar. I didn’t know Ken from within, and if I’m being really honest Idoubted my Ken-ergy,” the actor told an audience during Warner Bros. Pictures' presentation at atCinemaCon 2023in April. “I didn’t see it, but Margot and Greta, they conjured this out of me somehow.”
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“It was like I was living my life and then one day I was bleaching my hair, shaving my legs and wearing bespoke neon outfits and rollerblading down Venice Beach,” he joked at one point during the presentation. “It came on like a light scarlet fever. Then I woke up one day and was like, ‘Why is there fake tanner in my sheets? What just happened?’ "
In addition to Gosling and Robbie,Barbie’scast also includesAmerica Ferrera, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, Jamie Demetriou, Connor Swindells, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya and Dua Lipa.
Barbieis in theaters July 21.
source: people.com
