Ryan Gosling showed off his musical talent in a new trailer for the movie Barbie as he sings a touching song called I’m Just Ken.
The actor, 42, appears as his character Ken in the clip as he sings about living in the shadow of Barbie (Margot Robbie).
“It doesn’t seem to matter what I do, I’m always number two,” he quips while getting emotional.
“No one knows how hard I’ve tried, oh, I have feelings I can’t explain, it’s driving me crazy.
“My whole life has been so kind, because I’m just Ken. Anywhere else I’d be 10. Am I fated to live and die a life of blonde fragility?’
The lyrics continue: “I’m just Ken. Where I see love she sees a friend. What will it take for her to see the man behind the tan. And fight for me?
“I’m just Ken, I’m enough. And I’m great at getting things done. So check me out, yes, I’m just Ken. Baby, I’m just Ken.
Ryan has spoken about the problems Ken faced living as second fiddle to Barbie before.
About how Ken has often been overlooked, he previously said GQ: “If you ever really cared about Ken, you’d know that nobody cared about Ken.
So your hypocrisy is exposed. That is why his story must be told.’
He later added in an interview with Jimmy Fallon: “Nobody plays with Ken, man.
“They never played with Ken. It’s an accessory and not even a cool one.”
And it was Ryan’s daughters Esmeralda, eight, and Amanda, seven, disrespect for their Ken dolls that prompted him to take on the role in the film directed and co-written by Greta Gerwig.
He said, “I go out into the yard and you know where I found Ken, Jimmy?
“He was face down in the mud next to a twisted lemon.”
Snapping a photo of the scene and sending it to Greta in acknowledgment, he wrote: “I’ll be your Ken, because this story needs to be told.”
The film has been described as “perfection”, with one critic even calling for Ryan to get an Oscar nomination.
In the film, which was released on July 21, 2023, Margot’s Barbie is seen having fun with Ryan’s Ken in a hyperreal world inspired by Barbie – called “Barbieland” – where there are many iterations of the iconic dolls in existence.
The film plays with the quirky premise of what Mattel dolls would do if left to their own devices.
Their plastic-fantasy lives are turned upside down (literally) when they find themselves traveling to the “real world” in a car that flips through the air.
The film is based on Mattel’s line of fashion dolls, where Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz said the company expected the Barbie product to continue to grow, adding, “We couldn’t be more excited about Barbie’s long-term prospects.”
The Barbie brand generated more than £1 billion in gross sales last year and the doll turns 64 this week, having first made its debut on March 9, 1959.
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