Oscars or the Academy Awards are the most prestigious awards that are given to the stars of movies for their extraordinary performance in a movie during the year. A lot of incredible movies came out last year and the competition was tough, to say the least.
Ryan Gosling, who portrayed the role of Ken in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie last year, was also nominated for an Oscar Award this year in the category of Best Supporting Actor. However the Canadian actor was very furious as his co-star and the lead actress of the movie, Margot Robbie did not receive a nomination in a key category.
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Ryan Gosling expresses his disappointment after Margot Robbie did not get a nomination for Best Actress
The nominee list for the 96th Academy Awards was released recently and the list has continued to disappoint the fans of the epic fantasy comedy movie, Barbie which was also highest grossing movie of last year. The lead actress and the director of the movie, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig did not get a nomination in the categories of Best Actress and Best Director which has disappointed a lot of fans.
Ryan Gosling who portrayed the role of Ken in the movie was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award but the actor has expressed his frustration for his co-stars missing the nomination list in a recently issued statement. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gosling said,
“I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films…But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally celebrated film. No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius. To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement.”
Barbie received a total of 8 nominations for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.
Eva Mendes shares a powerful message after Ryan Gosling’s statement
After Ryan Gosling shared his frustration and disappointment in his statement, his wife, Eva Mendes took to her Instagram and shared the video of the legendary American singer, Lola Falana where she talks about the difference between instinct and mindful thinking. In the video, the late singer said,
“You cannot lie because the only thing that can touch a mass of people is the soul, cause the soul can’t lie. Now when you start to deal with the mind, the mind will negotiate. It’s like yeah, that’s why they say your first instinct is correct.”
Eva Mendes captioned the video, “Who gets this as deeply as I do? Dios mío [Oh my god], does my mind like to negotiate. It’s exhausting!”
Despite everything, no one can deny the fact that Greta Gerwig’s Barbie was the biggest blockbuster of the year and it became the only movie of the year that crossed the billion-dollar mark. Other than being a massive critical success, Barbie managed to gross a total of almost $1.44 billion against a production budget of $145 million.
Barbie is currently streaming on HBO Max.
