‘Everyone is sick of Ken’: Barbie actor Ryan Gosling says he ‘understands’ why nobody wants to talk about his character but insists director Greta Gerwig had ‘more affection’ for his role
Barbie actor Ryan Gosling has admitted he ‘understands’ why everyone is tired of his character Ken, after Emily Blunt recently declared he was ‘dead’.
The actor, 43, reunited with his The Fall Guy co-star, Emily, on Saturday Night Live earlier this month – and also broke up with Ken in his third time hosting.
During his opening monologue, Ryan revealed to the audience that he had “broken up” with his Barbie character, Ken, and sang a breakup song to prove it.
Ryan said, “Ken and I had to break up. We went too deep. And it’s over. So I’m not going to talk about it,” but added, “I’m actually going to talk about it a little bit.”
“You know, when you play a character so hard and for so long, letting go just feels like a breakup. And when dealing with a breakup, only one thing can really help: the music of the great Taylor Swift.’
Barbie actor Ryan Gosling has admitted he ‘understands’ why everyone is tired of his character Ken, after Emily Blunt recently declared he was ‘dead’
The actor, 43, reunited with his The Fall Guy co-star, Emily, on Saturday Night Live earlier this month – and also broke up with Ken in his third time hosting
As he sang, Ryan sang to the tune of Taylor’s song All Too Well. Some lyrics include, “If I said I was fine, you know I’d be lying / ‘Cause I was just Ken, and now I’m just Ryan.”
But after Ryan made several attempts to sing about his struggle with letting go of Ken, Emily jumped in and said, “Ken is dead. Okay, Ken’s dead.’
During a joint interview with the Sunday Times style magazine, Emily and Ryan were told that there wasn’t much more to ask about Ken.
Emily joked, “See, everyone’s sick of him.”, and Ryan replied that he understood.
Emily and Ryan’s version of All Too Well was praised by Taylor and the Oppenheimer actress admitted she felt emotional when she saw the singer’s reaction.
Emily said: ‘Is it weird that I cried when she said she liked it? I was overwhelmed. I’m a huge Swiftie and my daughters are obsessed with her.’ She added that her children are also big fans of Ryan’s, saying: ‘She is their first great passion – except Ryan Gosling.’
Ryan says he’s heard many stories about boys using his song, I’m Just Ken, for support, including one young person whose girlfriend just broke up with him.
The actor also revealed why he thinks Barbie director Greta had “more affection” for his character than anyone else on set.
Ryan and Emily are currently busy promoting their new action comedy, The Fall Guy
During his opening monologue, Ryan revealed to the audience that he had “broken up” with his Barbie character, Ken, and sang a break-up song to prove it.
He said: “I think Greta had more affection for Ken than any other character. Even though she was making a Barbie movie, she was very aware that she had two little boys and therefore wanted to start a conversation. I heard about a guy whose girlfriend broke up with him and he watched I’m Just Ken to make him feel like it was okay. Like, “I just wasn’t the right person for her, but that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with me…”
Ryan and Emily are currently busy promoting their new action comedy, The Fall Guy.
During the film’s trailer, Colt (Ryan) finds himself in quite a complicated situation as he teams up with his ex-director Jody (Emily) while also trying to solve a crime.
Nearly the entire clip focuses on whether or not Colt and Jody rekindle the flame, and near the end, a moment is shown where the two finally share a kiss.
The trailer is set to the tune of Bon Jovi classic You Give Love A Bad Name, setting the fun tone for the action comedy.
Colt and Jody reunite on set, despite the director insisting she never wants to work with the star again.
However, things get particularly interesting when the film’s star Tom Ryder, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, goes missing.
Jody asks Colt to find Tom, which gets him into trouble, but luckily he has his stunt training background to get him out of a lot of physical situations.
The film also stars Hannah Waddingham and Winston Duke.
The autumn man is in theaters on Wednesday, April 24
Ryan joined Emily and Barbie co-star Kate McKinnon in the latest SNL episode
The Fall Guy hits theaters on Wednesday, April 24