“When the woman isn’t around”: Ryan Gosling Was the Mastermind Behind Ken in ‘Barbie’ as He Took Inspiration From Hit Reality TV Show
Greta Gerwig the director of the recent blockbuster movie Barbie, in a surprising revelation, shares her inspiration behind the characters of Ken in the movie. While talking about her journey of directing Barbie, with SmartLess podcast, Gerwig shared that Ryan Gosling, The Notebook star was himself one of the biggest inspirations behind the character of Ken.
Greta Gerwig’s inspiration behind Barbie’s Ken was none other than Ryan Gosling
During her conversation at the SmartLess podcast, Great Gerwig shared how Ryan Gosling played a very important role behind the entire character of Ken. She recalled that while she was discussing the character of Ken with Gosling in the early days of production, he compared the iconic doll to contestants on The Bachelorette.
“When the woman isn’t around. They don’t know what to do with themselves. They’re doing, like, push-ups and they kind of are competitive with each other and if one guy wears glasses and then another guy wears glasses he’s like, no you took my thing, I’m the guy with glasses,’” Gosling is said to have told the film’s director.
Greta Gerwig said that when Gosling compared the character of Ken, she had no idea what he was talking about because she hasn’t seen The Bachelor franchise. Despite this, she went ahead to write the character of Ken keeping in mind Gosling. Ryan Gosling’s explanation of Ken was enough for Greta Gerwig to consider him right for the role.
Even though Greta Gerwig hasn’t met Ryan Gosling she was very positive about him playing the role of Ken and it was all because she knew he had funny rhythms which perfectly suited the character.
“In writing we cast Ryan. We wrote his name into the script,” Gerwig revealed. “When we handed them the script the studio was like, ‘Oh that’s so wonderful that you know Ryan.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know Ryan. I’ve never met Ryan.’”
Great Gerwig: The director of excellence and the face behind the success of Barbie
Great Gerwig and her ability to direct one of the best-known films like Lay Bird, Little Women, and now Barbie set her aside from every other director of Hollywood. Gerwig first came into prominence as an actress and screenwriter. Although she stepped onto the director’s chair with her critically acclaimed film Lady Bird which was also written by her. For this exceptional work, Gerwig received the Academy Award for Best Director.
Following the success of Lay Bird, the 2019 Little Women just added more to her success and fame making her stand out as one of the best directors in Hollywood. The recent release of yet another blockbuster under her direction Barbie has also added more to her fame and fortune. Great Gerwig collaborated with Noah Baumbach to write down the entire story of Barbie when the movie was moved under Warner Bros Pictures in 2019.
The incredible ability of Great Gerwig to both write and direct Barbie through the lens of contemporary times has indeed made it a blockbuster. Ever since the release of the movie on 21st July, it has kept the theaters full to its capacity.
Source: Gizmodo
