Ryan Gosling's Method Acting for Barbie Has Taken on a Life Of Its Own
As we get nearer to Barbenheimer (a canon event in the making) on the 21st, we are again reminded of the cache Barbie already has been able to establish. It's not just the overwhelming amount of pink that has fans buzzing. As a matter of fact, it's the lore that has got us all hooked.
From Barbie's slanted feet to Ken's, err, Kenergy (his job is beach, okay!), the movie looks like a surefire blockbuster waiting to happen. "This is cinema," that worn-down Martin Scorsese meme will tell you. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken might be two of the best acting choices ever, hyperbole be damned. Greta Gerwig wasn't kidding when she said that she found the perfect pairing.
In a few interviews, the actor says that he went back to the young Ryan Gosling to really get into character. The same young Ryan Gosling who was on Mickey Mouse, yes.
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Gosling, the same man who brought us movies like Half Nelson, Drive, Place Beyond the Pines, Lars and the Real Girl, and countless other arthouse indie darlings, is giving us the performance of a lifetime (we are all going to look back at his career one day and appreciate the kind of range this dude has). Or at least, that's what he says. He hasn't been shy during the press tour, as well. This is what non-toxic method acting looks like and we can't help but admire Gosling's commitment to the bit. Or is it still even a bit at this point?
The actor went deep into his bag to pull this off. But it seems like that Kenergy was in there somewhere all along. “It’s there the whole time. You’ve got it so strong, I can feel it right now. Look no further; you are Kenough.”
It's a message that reverberates from the annals of social media. Everyone on the internet knows now: we are Kenough. Gosling's Ken method acting has taken on a life of its own at this point. Here are some of the ways that Kenergy has manifested itself. It's quite literally leaking through the roof.
Ryan Gosling on the barbie press tour effortlessly making everyone who said he wasn’t hot enough to play ken look foolish pic.twitter.com/d9p2b1s5E1
— and Aria ??????????? (holland march’s version) (@Moonlightariiia) July 10, 2023
Ryan Gosling attends the #Barbie premiere in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/P0jDVL5WPI
— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 10, 2023
#Barbie star Margot Robbie teases Ryan Gosling and reveals why he was perfect casting for Ken in the much-anticipated summer movie. pic.twitter.com/R5sR0XsQQR
— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) July 10, 2023
First clip from Greta Gerwig’s ‘BARBIE’.
“My job… is just beach.” pic.twitter.com/y8zVoH2xr8— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 3, 2023ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
nobody can dethrone the way I feel about Chris Pine at the Don’t Worry Darling premiere but Ryan Gosling is coming *dangerously* close pic.twitter.com/ABbzIA0ipW
— jaclyn (@j_n_foster) July 6, 2023
Ryan Gosling’s song ‘I’m Just Ken’ from ‘BARBIE’. pic.twitter.com/caYdO7xhg2
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 10, 2023
ryan gosling rocking not just a sexy little chain but a sexy little chain with a barbie font E for EVA on it I’m gonna throw myself off a cliff pic.twitter.com/dlFBasoJpF
— ????francesca???? (@francescaaahhhh) July 10, 2023
*interviewer asks them if they’re tired of eachother yet*
— and Aria ??????????? (holland march’s version) (@Moonlightariiia) July 10, 2023
“Look at me, do you see how hard I’m Ken-ning” - Ryan Gosling pic.twitter.com/V2mujmBRUZ
Ryan Gosling on the difficulty of leaving Ken behind after filming ‘BARBIE’.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 9, 2023
“It’s a bit like that Cinnabon mix, once you open that cannister, it’s very hard to… once you open it, you’re making cinnabons and you’re loving it.”
(Source: @BuzzFeedCeleb) pic.twitter.com/Obz7rnal8x
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling playing with puppies ???????? pic.twitter.com/3fcwhze5xI
— Letterboxd (@letterboxd) July 8, 2023
Ryan Gosling reveals many men come up to him whispering about their excitement for ‘BARBIE’: "I’m like why are you whispering it? That’s cool. There’s something in it for the Ken’s." pic.twitter.com/b3WljzjS1l
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) July 2, 2023
Barbie is set to hit theaters on July 21, 2023.
