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Ryan Gosling Revealed Why He Decided To Play Ken In Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” Movie
"Nobody plays with Ken, man."

Ryan Gosling Revealed Why He Decided To Play Ken In Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” Movie

At this point, history is pided into two eras: Before Ryan Gosling’s Ken photo for the Barbie movie, and after Ryan Gosling’s Ken photo for the Barbie movie.


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“He’s an accessory. And not even one of the cool ones.”

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Ryan also explained how director Greta Gerwig convinced him to take the role on.

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He says that, after Greta sent him the script, he thought it was the “best” he’d ever read — and then he made a surprising discovery in his backyard.

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“I walk out in the back yard and you know where I find Ken? Face down in the mud next to a squished lemon,” he revealed.

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“I texted it to Greta and I said, ‘I shall be your Ken. For his story must be told.’”

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Watch the whole interview here.