Ryan Gosling treated Barbie director Greta Gerwig to a special birthday surprise, a flash mob of Barbies and Kens. As 'Barbie' continues to dominate at the box office, the film's official Instagram account posted a video showing Gerwig getting surprised during what appears to be a pilates class with a special performance for her 40th birthday.
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00:00 ♪ I'm just Ken ♪
00:02 ♪ Where I see love, she sees a friend ♪
00:05 - Ryan Gosling treated Barbie director, Greta Gerwig,
00:07 to a special birthday surprise,
00:09 a flash mob of Barbie and Ken's.
00:11 As Barbie continues to dominate at the box office,
00:14 the film's official Instagram account posted a video
00:16 showing Gerwig getting surprised
00:18 during what appears to be a Pilates class
00:20 with a special performance for her 40th birthday.
00:23 The caption read, "As Ken's know,
00:24 "sometimes the only way to express your feelings
00:27 "is through song and dance.
00:28 "Ken Ryan sent these special Barbies and Kens
00:31 "to start Greta's birthday with all the feelings."
00:33 First, a group of Kens barged in
00:35 to perform a dance routine to "I'm Just Ken,"
00:37 which Gosling sings in the film.
00:39 ♪ I'm just Ken ♪
00:41 - Then a number of Barbies entered the room
00:45 and they all teamed up to strut their stuff
00:47 to do a Leapaz dance the night.
00:49 ♪ I'm just Ken ♪
00:51 - At the end of the video, the dancers revealed
00:53 that the flash mob moment was Gosling's idea.
00:55 Gosling plays Ken opposite Margot Robbie's Barbie
00:58 in the runaway hit that has topped the domestic box office
01:01 for three straight weekends.
01:02 And on Sunday, it surpassed $1 billion globally,
01:06 making it the first live action movie
01:07 from a solo female director to reach that feat.
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