Ryan Gosling is one of the biggest stars in the industry, he has given numerous high-grossing films in his career. His recent release Barbie, with gorgeous Margot Robbie, has already entered the league of the biggest hits of the year. The movie received a massive response on its premiere weekend and the fan attraction towards the film is only growing positively. The handsome actor rose to stardom with his film The Notebook.
Despite being the path-breaking movie of his career, Gosling was not very happy with his casting in the film. The actor opened up on the humiliating reason for choosing him for the romantic classic.
Ryan Gosling reveals the reason for being cast in The Notebook
In conversation with GQ, Ryan Gosling opened up on an unbelievable reason for being cast in Nick Cassavetes’s film. The actor who was once termed the sexiest man alive shared that he was chosen for his non-appealing looks. He said,
“Nick Cassavetes, “straight up told me, ‘The fact that you have no natural leading man qualities is why I want you to be my leading man.’”
La La Land star shared,
“The fact that I wasn’t really right for it was exactly why [director Henry Bean] thought I was right for it.”
The actor also revealed he was once cast as a Jewish man who becomes a Neo-Nazi for the film The Believer. He added that he was cast for similar reasons as stated afore.
Ryan Gosling on facing criticism for playing Ken in Barbie
Ryan Gosling plays the lead role of Ken in the film Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. The story revolves around the lives of Barbie and Ken, played by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling respectively. The movie is doing excellent at the box office and broke numerous records in the first week of its release.
When the trailer was released, people loved Robbie as Barbie. However, some trolls targeted Gosling for being too old for Ken. Our 42-year-old superstar is barely affected by these comments and criticism, which was evident earlier when he was cast in The Notebook with Rachel McAdams.
The actor said,
“If people don’t want to play with my Ken, there are many other Kens to play with,”
He pointed to the fact that Mattel, the company that produced Barbie had sold various varieties of Ken in the market. Even in the film, several actors including John Cena, Simu Liu, Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa, and Kingsley Ben-Adir appeared as different versions of the Ken doll.
Ryan also noted that the focus of the brand is the sale of Barbie. He replied to the criticism against Ken,
“It is funny. This kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken. Like you ever thought about Ken before this?”
Barbie film shares the story of Barbie and Ken dolls, who go on a journey of self-discovery after she experiences an existential crisis.
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