Some Wannabe Ken Actors Took Their Shirts Off During ‘Barbie’ Auditions. Casting Directors Told Them: ‘No, You Don’t Need’ to Do That
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director “Barbie” co-casting directors Allison Jones and Lucy Bevan revealed to the MPA’s “The Credits” series that several wannabe Ken actors took off their shirts during the audition process thinking showing off their bodies was a total Ken move.
Any actor auditioning for the role of Ken’s arch-rival Ken (a role that ultimately went to Simu Liu) auditioned with the now-beloved “beach off” fight scene. “Those scenes were fun to audition,” Bevan said. “Some of the Kens would take off their t-shirts, and we were like, no, no, you don’t need to take off your t-shirt.
But Simu [Liu] just nailed that [line] in the film.” “The thing that Greta did always stress was that none of these people were sarcastic or winking at the camera.
They were really Kens and Barbies,” Jones added. “There were certain scenes we used to audition, and the fine line between the comedy and sincerity of those characters is a difficult balance,” Bevan continued.
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