There’s nobody higher suited to don Ken’s horny abs, iridescent blond hair and plastic smile than Ryan Gosling.
The Canadian actor, 41, is starring as the enduring Mattel doll alongside Margot Robbie within the upcoming “Barbie” flick — however he solely realized the position was really meant for him after witnessing a putting omen in his yard.
“Greatest script I’ve ever learn,” the “Grey Man” star mentioned of the comedy from director Greta Gerwig, who had emailed him a duplicate of the screenplay to look over earlier than he accepted the half, as he divulged throughout an look on “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
“I stroll out within the yard. You already know the place I discovered Ken, Jimmy? Face down within the mud subsequent to a squished lemon,” Gosling advised the host.
He had chanced on his daughters’ toy mendacity within the dust, so he noticed it as a great signal — and took a photograph of the doll and texted it to the “Girl Chicken” director, writing: “I shall be your Ken, for this story should be advised.”
He additionally touched upon the reactions to images which have dropped exhibiting him and Robbie, 32, in full — oft-neon — Barbie couture.
“I used to be shocked how, you already know, some individuals had been clutching their pearls at my Ken as if they ever thought of Ken for a second earlier than this,” he mentioned. “They by no means performed with Ken. No one performs with Ken, man.
“He’s an adjunct and never even one of many cool ones,” the father-of-two continued.
Gosling additionally just lately prompt his character is a little bit of a loser in an interview with “Leisure Tonight.”
“That Ken life is even tougher than the ‘Grey Man’ life, I believe,” he revealed, referring to his hunted spy character in his new Netflix movie.
“Ken’s obtained no cash, he’s obtained no job, he’s obtained no automotive, he’s obtained no home. He’s going by means of some stuff,” he added.
Nonetheless, he clarified his feedback to Fallon, saying: “These aren't plot particulars. These are simply goal information about Ken. That’s the Ken life.”
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