Ryan Gosling is clapping again at trolls who've an issue with him being solid as Ken within the upcoming “Barbie” movie attributable to his “previous” age.
“I might say, you recognize, if folks don’t need to play with my Ken, there are a lot of different Kens to play with,” the 42-year-old informed GQ in a brand new interview this week.
Gosling mentioned that he thinks the discourse is “humorous” given that folks didn’t take into consideration Ken earlier than he was solid.
“However immediately, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this entire time,” he added. “No, you didn’t. You by no means did. You by no means cared. Barbie by no means f–ked with Ken. That’s the purpose.
The “Pocket book” star concluded, “If you happen to ever actually cared about Ken, you'll know that no one cared about Ken. So your hypocrisy is uncovered. This is the reason his story should be informed.”
Though Gosling believes nobody cares about Ken, he jokingly admitted that he feels just like the fictional character’s “consultant.”
“I care about this dude now. I’m like his consultant,” he quipped. “‘Ken couldn’t present as much as obtain this award, so I’m right here to simply accept it for him.'”
After the trailer for the Greta Gerwig-directed movie hit social media again in April, a number of Gen Z followers expressed their concern over Gosling being solid due to his age.
“[R]yan gosling is just too previous to be enjoying ken i’m sorry his wrinkles are taking me out of the expertise,” one fan tweeted.
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“I like Ryan Gosling however idk [I don’t know] why he seems a bit too previous and dry. Undecided if it’s due to the hair or tan however he wanted some moisturizer,” one other complained.
“Ryan gosling is just too ugly and too previous to be enjoying ken, they need to’ve casted (sic) henry cavill or chris evans bye,” a 3rd hater wrote.
Nonetheless, a number of different followers defended Gosling taking over the function, saying that Ken is technically 62 years previous.
“Ken is 62 years previous.@RyanGosling is simply 42. So let’s not speak about who’s too previous to be enjoying whom,” tweeted one supporter, whereas one other added, “For the report I like Ryan Gosling as Ken. Nobody cared about Ken and now immediately everybody cares if it’s a 40 12 months previous actor enjoying Ken?”
“Barbie” hits theaters on July 21 and in addition stars Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera and Scott Evans.