Ryan Gosling revealed to Vogue that Margot Robbie helped him get into character on the “Barbie” set by leaving him a present every day of filming. “It will be very un-Ken of me to speak about Ken,” Gosling mentioned when requested about his technique of moving into character. The one factor he would reveal have been the presents Robbie left him.
“She left a pink current with a pink bow, from Barbie to Ken, day by day whereas we have been filming,” Gosling mentioned. “They have been all beach-related. Like puka shells, or an indication that claims ‘Pray for surf.’ As a result of Ken’s job is simply seashore. I’ve by no means fairly found out what which means. However I felt like she was attempting to assist Ken perceive, via these presents that she was giving.”
Robbie informed the journal that Ken is “the best model of Ryan Gosling ever placed on display.”
“Ken wasn’t actually on my bucket listing. However in equity, I don’t have a bucket listing,” Gosling added about signing on to “Barbie” to play the male doll. “So I assumed I’d give it a shot.”
Gosling beforehand informed Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Present” that Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s “Barbie” screenplay was the “finest script I’ve ever learn.”
The actor later wisecracked to Selection in regards to the function, saying, “I felt like I used to be seeing myself. I felt seen. I feel plenty of Kens will really feel seen after they see this. Gotta do it for the Kens. No person performs with the Kens.”
“Barbie,” directed by Greta Gerwig, finds Robbie’s Barbie and Gosling’s Ken on a mission to the true world for causes which have but to be revealed by the solid and Warner Bros. The trailers which have been launched have previewed the film’s Barbie dream world, the place a number of iterations of Barbie and Ken exist. The movie co-stars the likes of Issa Rae, Emma Mackey, Simu Liu and Michael Cera.
Warner Bros. is opening “Barbie” in theaters nationwide July 21.