Greta Gerwig Explains the 'Long Journey' to Cast Ryan Gosling as Ken

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Greta Gerwig Explains the 'Long Journey' to Cast Ryan Gosling as Ken
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Barbie, starring Margot Robbie as the title character, hits theaters July 21.

choice for Ken, even though she’d never actually met him

. “It was only ever Ryan Gosling, and it was a long journey. Margot and I just wouldn’t take no for an answer,” Gerwig said. “ From the moment that Margot came to me and I knew we were making this for Margot, I equally knew we were making this for Ryan. And I did not know Ryan at all. I’d never met him. I just was sure, and as soon as I thought of it, it made me so happy. Who else could do this? It’s some combination of Marlon Brando meets Gene Wilder meets John Barrymore meets John Travolta.”comedy very, very seriously.

he way we talked about Ken was as in-depth character work as I’ve ever done with anyone about anything ... I don’t know that anyone has ever invested more in making people understand the plight of this man. It was extraordinary,” Gerwig said.I felt with both of them that I might direct movies for a long time and never see anything that uniquely and gloriously unhinged.”to read the full interview, which also includes the tidbit that Gerwig is absolutely open to making a superhero movie—BarbieIt’s iconic in the same way. And it’s sort of mythic in the same way.

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