Ryan Gosling’s anthem in the Barbie movie has become an instant pop culture phenomenon – but director Greta Gerwig had to do some slight coaxing to make it happen. “He has a beautiful voice, and he’s a beautiful dancer.
We got there organically,” Gerwig, 39, told Rolling Stone in an interview published on Wednesday, July 25. “I think if I had said, ‘I want you to sing and dance in this movie,’ he would not have necessarily done that for me.
But it was kind of that thing of boiling a lobster. I think by the time he was singing and dancing, he didn’t even totally know how we had gotten there.
But he’s so fabulous at it.” Gosling, 42, who stars as Ken in the summer blockbuster, has a history of song and dance throughout his career.
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