Michael Keaton’s Ken in Toy Story 3 is certainly big (plastic) shoes to fill, tbh.
Y’all, it has been the hottest of minutes since we’ve seen Ryan Gosling in a new movie. In fact, the last time we saw him on the big screen was in 2018’s First Man!
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It’s been three! Whole! Years!
Well, the good news here is that we won’t have to wait too much longer to see him back in action, since Deadline is reporting that he’s in final talks to play Ken in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie movie!
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The resemblance is uncanny.
He’ll be opposite Margot Robbie‘s Barbie, which…like…just give these casting directors all of the possible awards now and save us all a little time.
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Now, this project has been in the works for A WHILE, with plans dating all the way back to 2014. Originally, Sex and the City writer Jenny Bicks was attached to the script, and then Diablo Cody took over and Amy Schumer was cast in the lead role.
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Then Schumer left the project and Anne Hathaway stepped in…THEN Cody exited!
ANYWAY, you already KNOW the internet had all kinds of feelings about this announcement:
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Gosling is playing Ken in ‘Barbie’ movie starring Margot Robbie https://t.co/JOqp91r9oD
Some were excited by the news, finding the overall casting to be very promising:
Well this movie just became amazing! #RyanGosling is #Ken #MargotRobbie is #Barbie https://t.co/tSr7k2RPMv
A few people pointed out that Gosling has positively KILLED similar roles before:
ryan gosling’s role in crazy, stupid, love was so ken-coded so i know for a fact he’s gonna devour this role
But others were like…well…”no”:
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Some even went so far as to suggest OTHER actors they’d prefer to see:
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And, of course, there were plenty of jokes:
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So, uh, there ya have it! I guess we’re just going to have to wait until more information is released about the movie to see if life in plastic is, in fact, fantastic!
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I was legally obligated to make an Aqua “Barbie Girl” joke. I don’t make the law, I just obey it.
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