Ryan Gosling Hits Back At Barbie Critics Who Think He's Too Old To Play Ken: "You Never Cared" About Him Before The Movie
"I’m like his representative," said Ryan Gosling of Ken in a GQ interview.
"I would say, you know, if people don’t want to play with my Ken, there are many other Kens to play with," the Drive actor said.
"It is funny, this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken. Like you ever thought about Ken before this? And everyone was fine with that, for him to have a job that is nothing. But suddenly, it’s like, 'No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.'
"No, you didn’t. You never did. You never cared. Barbie never f***** with Ken. That's the point. If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken. So your hypocrisy is exposed. This is why his story must be told.
"I care about this dude now. I’m like his representative. 'Ken couldn’t show up to receive this award, so I’m here to accept it for him.'"
Elsewhere, Gosling said it was his young daughters — whom he shares with wife Eva Mendes — playing with a Ken doll that made him realise that there's more to the plastic plaything than meets the eye.
Gosling added: "I did see him, like, face down in the mud outside one day, next to a squished lemon, and it was like, 'This guy's story does need to be told,' you know?"
Barbie also stars Simu Liu, John Cena, Dua Lipa,
Barbie opens in cinemas on July 20. — BANG SHOWBIZ
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