Ryan Gosling Tells Off ‘Barbie’ Critics Who Claim He’s Too Old to Play Ken: ‘You Never Cared’ About Ken Before This
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Ryan Gosling is telling off his “Barbie” critics who claim he’s too old to play Ken. Some younger “Barbie” fans have stormed social media after each photo and trailer drop for the movie to decry the casting of 42-year-old Gosling as Ken.
A social media debate over Gosling’s age has even broken out among different generations of Barbie fans, as summarized earlier this year by the New York Post (in a story aptly titled “Gen Z ‘Barbie’ Fans Slammed for Calling Ryan Gosling Too ‘Old’ to Play Ken”).
What does Gosling think of the age criticism being lobbied against him? “I would say, you know, if people don’t want to play with my Ken, there are many other Kens to play with,” he recently told GQ magazine for a cover story. “It is funny,” he added, “this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken.
Like you ever thought about Ken before this?” Gosling noted that Ken’s entire existence has been to just enjoy the beach and not really exist for any sake other than to be Barbie’s guy. “And everyone was fine with that, for him to have a job that is nothing,” Gosling said. “But suddenly, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.’ No, you didn’t.
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