A live-action Barbie movie has felt prefer it ought to have occurred a lot sooner, however primarily based on the trailer we’re glad we waited as a result of it appears to be like to be epic. The movie includes a star-studded ensemble solid with Margot Robbie main the best way, however one actor, specifically, would seem to have been prepping for his position as Ken since boyhood.
Ryan Gosling is enjoying one of many many Kens we see within the Barbie world. In a world that revolves throughout Barbie, we all know that the Kens are mere companions, however Gosling’s Ken seems to take his position very severely. The movie is stuffed with sparkle, dazzle, and glamour, and the viewers is bound to be handled to a couple of over-the-top dance sequence all through the course of the motion.
If Gosling’s nimble ft in La La Land reverse Emma Stone didn’t persuade you that Gosling has the dancing chops to tug this off, a clip from his childhood could do the trick. Gosling has been within the performing enterprise from a really younger age, with certainly one of his first jobs working as a Mouseketeer for the Disney Channel’s The Mickey Mouse Membership, the place he carried out subsequent to different rising youngster skills reminiscent of Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Britney Spears.
While sitting down on The Graham Norton Present to advertise La La Land again in 2017, the Irish host introduced up a video clip from Gosling’s previous that actually highlighted the actor’s numerous expertise. The clip is from 1992, based on the next Reddit thread, and sees a younger Gosling going all out in a shiny purple satin shirt, and silver hammer-time pants for a Canadian expertise present.
The power may be very Ken, with the 80s model and hair, and a few traditional 80s dance strikes. Younger Gosling shimmies his approach across the stage pulling some somewhat Ken-like facial expressions. We reckon Gosling didn’t even should audition for his upcoming position, he simply despatched this tape in as an alternative. As one Reddit consumer posted beneath the video, Gosling has the:
From the trailer, nonetheless, we all know although that Gosling’s Ken has some stiff competitors from one other Ken, performed by Simu Liu. Now conscious that this different Canadian actor additionally has the strikes, we’re determined for a dance-off.
We hope we shall be seeing much more of this “Kenergy” when Barbie lands in theaters on July 21.