Wow, we weren’t expecting that, but we admire his passion for the role, and so did fans, as one wrote on Twitter: ‘The ken we needed but didn’t deserve.’Īnother said: ‘Ryan Gosling is the first ever KENthusiast he deserved the role.

‘If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken. ‘Like you ever thought about Ken before this? But suddenly, it’s like, “No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time”. The Mattel collection of the movie Barbie products, available in collectible packaging, will be at retailers nationwide and/or Mattel Shop for an SRP of 9.99 to 179.99 starting June 1st. Yep, his comeback started off weird and it only got weirder, as the Notebook heartthrob continued: ‘It is funny… this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken. Well, to be honest, we’d say lots of people are too old for Barbie dolls but here we are counting down the days (51) until the film’s release on 21 July.īut that wasn’t Ryan’s response, as he told GQ in their cover interview with him that if people don’t like him in the role they can, er, find another Ken ‘to play with’. After seeing Esmeralda and Amada's Ken doll neglected and face down in the mud, the movie star knew he had to take on the role to tell Ken’s story. Ryan as Ken is going to be truly captivating, we’re sure (Picture: Warner Bros) Ryan Gosling's Daughters Inspired Him to Play Ken in the Barbie Movie.

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