BARBIE Star Ryan Gosling Reveals What Inspired Him To Play Ken | L&S News
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00:00 Ryan Gosling brought all the Kennergy to his hilarious Barbie movie role.
00:05 And life and styles, I got the inside scoop.
00:07 Although Ryan had his doubts about playing Ken in Barbie, he recently told the New York
00:11 Times, "Ken's job is just speech.
00:14 I've never quite figured out what that means."
00:17 But an encounter with his daughter's doll showed him all he needed to know about being
00:21 a Barbie side chick.
00:23 The actor then confessed, "I was in my backyard one day and I see Ken face down in the mud
00:28 by a squished lemon.
00:30 I thought, 'Oh, this story does need to be told.'"
00:33 It Was also reveals that Ryan was initially blasted for being too old to play Ken.
00:37 And he responded with, "It's funny, this kind of clutching your pearls idea of #NotMyKen.
00:44 Like you ever thought about Ken before this?"
00:46 The father of two admitted to the New York Times it came naturally because he felt right
00:50 at home in the hot pink, super girly Barbie land.
00:53 He said, "I grew up in a house run by women.
00:56 I live in one now.
00:57 I didn't anticipate when I was Kenning and leave Zen Studios that I would have to Ken
01:01 in public.
01:02 I wouldn't recommend that to anybody."
01:04 While also revealing, "While I hadn't practiced my rollerblading in reference to being unprepared
01:09 for a key scene on the beach's famed boardwalk."
01:12 Then Ryan went on to explain, "I never felt more like Ken in my life because Margo was
01:17 trying to hide her disappointment."
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