"He's just Ken," but Ryan Gosling cares deeply about him.
And the Barbiecounterpart has no time for trolls claiming he's "too old" to play the plastic arm piece, pretending they've "cared about Ken this whole time."
In a recent interview with GQ, Gosling opened up about ageist remarks made about the casting of him as Ken.
“It is funny, this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken. Like you ever thought about Ken before this?”
“Everyone was fine with that, for him to have a job that is nothing. But suddenly, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.’"
"No, you didn’t. You never did. You never cared."
"Barbie never f**ked with Ken. That’s the point."
"If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken."
"So your hypocrisy is exposed. This is why his story must be told.”
People on social media absolutely loved that Gosling jumped to the defense of his dear Ken.
\u201c@DiscussingFilm bros going off\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm Someone will finally care about Ken. \ud83e\udd7a\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm @jras777 Ryan Gosling is single-handedly selling a movie ticket to me\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm The fact that he addressed this with all due seriousness is amazing. \ud83e\udd23\n\nBravo sir. \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm This answer is so camp \ud83e\udd2d\ud83d\ude06\n\nI can't wait to see this film.\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm Ryan Gosling is like really cooking right now\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm He is going all out LMFAOOO\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm He's taking it way too seriously and I'm here for it\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm This Ken fights.\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
\u201c@DiscussingFilm He\u2019s going to treat this role as an AYCE buffet\u201d— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1685535981
In the interview, Gosling admitted he's now fully invested in Ken.
"I care about this dude now. I'm like his representative."
He joked:
"'Ken couldn't show up to receive this award, so I'm here to accept it for him.'"
Gosling admitted Ken is closely connected with his younger self and attributes his success to that guy.
“There’s something about this Ken that really, I think, relates to that version of myself."
"Just, like, the guy that was putting on Hammer pants and dancing at the mall and smelling like Drakkar Noir and Aqua Net-ing bangs. I owe that kid a lot."
"I feel like I was very quick to distance myself from him when I started making more serious films."
"But the reality is that, like, he’s the reason I have everything I have.”
How many days until July 21?
