He’s plastic, and according to Gen Z, he’s not so fantastic.
“[R]yan gosling is too old to be playing ken i’m sorry his wrinkles are taking me out of the experience,” one fan said
“I like Ryan Gosling but idk [I don’t know] why he looks a little too old and dry. Not sure if it’s because of the hair or tan but he needed some moisturizer,” .
Another fan had scathing commentary about “The Notebook” and the “Drive” star’s appearance. “Ryan Gosling is too ugly and too old to be playing ken, they should’ve casted henry cavill or chris evans bye,”.
Another fan tentatively wondered if voicing this opinion would get them canceled. “Heeeey so um will saying ‘ryan gosling looks too old to be playing ken’ get somebody cancelled???? asking for a friend,”
One fan on TikTok even called Gosling, “Grandpa Ken.”
Gosling is 42 while Robbie is 32.
The “Barbie” movie’s tone looks like it will lean towards comedy and absurdity, with the trailer highlighting how Barbie and Ken don’t know what sex is. In the trailer, when Gosling’s Ken suggests that he and Margot’s Barbie go home together because they are “girlfriend and boyfriend,” she looks confused, asking what they would do. Ken pauses and replies, “I’m actually not sure.”
The Greta Gerwig movie’s marketing is also leaning into the running gag that Barbie dolls have a wide range of occupations such as a president and a doctor, while Ken dolls are always “just Ken,” which has spawned countless
Fans reactions :
Plenty of staunch Gosling defenders took up arms against Gen Z’s notion that he’s too “old” and “wrinkled” to play Ken.
“i would still choose 96 year old haggard ryan gosling as ken over anyone else,” .
“Gen Z saying Ryan Gosling is too old to be Ken and calling him ugly ?? have y’all lost your minds,”.
“i genuinely don’t think ryan gosling is ugly at all and that’s why all this discourse is making me mad,”
“like he’s kinda old looking, but ugly he is NOT. you guys are LYING.”
Other fans dug into the Barbie doll lore to explain why Gosling is the right Ken.
“I don’t understand how people are saying Ryan Gosling looks too old in the Barbie movie like … this is a 50-year-old man,” one fan said, .
Another fan had an in-universe explanation: “…. i don’t get the ryan gosling is too old thing. one of the running jokes in dreamhouse was that barbie is an older woman but no one knew how old,”
referring to the animated web series, “Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse” and its Netflix continuation, “Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures.”
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