Ryan Gosling Opens Up About Prepping For His 'Barbie' Role: "I Doubted My Ken-ergy"
The film premieres on July 21.
Though Ryan Gosling is “just Ken” in the forthcoming Barbie movie, it’s still a pretty big deal. The actor opened up about playing the iconic male doll, revealing he was filled with doubt at first.
“I have to be honest, I had up until this point, I only knew Ken from afar,” Gosling recently said at Warner Bros.’ CinemaCon presentation. “I didn’t know Ken from within. If I’m being really honest, I doubted my Ken-ergy. I didn’t see it. Margot [Robbie] and Greta [Gerwig], I feel like they conjured this out of me somewhere.”
Gosling continued to joke about the process of finding his inner Ken. He added, “One day, I was bleaching my hair and shaving my legs and wearing bespoke neon outfits and rollerblading down Venice Beach. It came on like a fever, like a Scarlet fever … “Why is there fake tanner on my sheets? Why am I wearing jackets without shirts? What just happened.”
In July, Gosling gave some insight into what fans can expect from Ken in the film. “Ken’s got no money,” he told Entertainment Tonight at the time. “He’s got no job. He’s got no car. He’s got no house. You know, he’s going through some stuff.”
Barbie hits theaters on July 21. Revisit the latest trailer below.
