The actor visited The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and revealed the reason why he had to say yes to Greta Gerwig and the relationship his daughter had with that response.
Together with Margot Robbie, the Canadian heads “Barbie”, the film about the famous doll that will hit theaters in 2023.
To give life to Ken, Ryan Gosling prepared himself body and soul. Exercise sessions, a balanced diet, and dyeing his hair to achieve the doll's characteristic blonde. While filming under the direction of Greta Gerwig and with Margot Robbie as co-creature, the Canadian actor revealed the real reason why he agreed to play Ken.
During his The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Gosling confessed that it was thanks to his daughter's carelessness that he became convinced that the role should be his.
“This is the best script I've ever read but the thing that really sold me was when I went out in the backyard and do you know where I found Ken, Jimmy? Face down in the mud next to a crushed lemon," he said.
Upon coming across that scene, Ryan wrote directly to the director, sending her a photo of the one he had found in his backyard: “I texted Greta and said, 'I'll be your Ken because this story needs to be told.
Days ago, the actor spoke with Entertainment Tonight to talk a little more in-depth about his character and what is hidden behind the popular doll. “Ken's life is harder than it seems: he has no money, he is unemployed, he cannot have a car or a house of his own. He goes through very difficult things.
“Barbie” will hit theaters on July 21, 2023, and will chronicle the doll's banishment from Barbieland, for not meeting the beauty standards that all dolls must have. As punishment, she is taken to the real world of humans with the dangers that entail for a practically perfect young woman. It is in this hostile world that she must become strong if she wants to win and return to her fantasy land.
