Ryan Gosling as "Ken" in Barbie movie

Why is his nipple not visible?

R1, does Ken have nipples?

He looks like an idiot. He's not handsome enough to be Ken.

He looks so…Aryan.

He's too old and does not have a masculine enough jawline. I don't find him unattractive, just wrong for Ken.

Are there going to be any merchandise tie-ins? If there’s a Ryan-Gosling-as-Ken doll, I’d purchase that abomination just for the kitsch value. It would be right up there with Butterfly Tattoo Barbie and Earring Magic Ken.

You don’t start with a guy who looks 40 something and work your way down to make him look 25 to 30. Typical battle between casting agents, and producers looking for box office draw.

there is a barbie movie already, it's called zander and troy

Yeah, Gosling really was a baffling choice for the role. Funny though, I can't think of a single current actor in the role. I'm thinking a Ted McKinley sort, with the chiseled face.

Isn’t his Ken (along several Kens in the film) supposed to be an older Ken?

Ken is not middle-aged.

Big mistake. They should have hired me, the real Ken.

Trevor Donovan did a Barbie and Ken number in DWTS, I I don't find him particularly sexy but he has the "Ken" face, confidently, I never find guys who look like "Ken" sexy.

^ coincidentally

Is he one of those actors like Nicole Kidman that no matter what will get work all the time forever? Cause he’s not at all fantastic looking and no box office power.

Sure, let's discuss.

Is this the worst Ryan Gosling has ever looked in a role?

Derek has always been hotter than Ken.

He looks so Aged, like sun worn leather. :-/

[quote]This thread is to discuss Gosling's appearance, and by extension his role, as Ken not the film itself or Margot Robbie.

OP has quite clearly stated her boundaries.

R13, Jared looks nothing like Ken. Jared looks like Brahms, the doll from The Boy.

He hasn't had a hit in ages.

[quote] Is he one of those actors like Nicole Kidman that no matter what will get work all the time forever? Cause he’s not at all fantastic looking and no box office power.

Yeah kind of like Meryl Streep.

I'll bet they cover his nipples with protective round band-aids, shave his entire body and hide his goods with an adhesive plastic jockstrap.

[quote] He's too old and does not have a masculine enough jawline. I don't find him unattractive, just wrong for Ken.

It’s a two hour movie so you can’t just have a beautiful airhead onscreen for that long. He’s not Olivier but he can carry a role. And he’s got a fanbase and name recognition. Maybe not a perfect fit, but I get it.

Robbie on the other hand looks like she was born to play Barbie.

He looks more like the Ken sized Wayne Gretzky doll I had as a kid. My parents were cheap plus I'm Canadian.

His close set eyes have always bothered me. They would have been better off with the other Ryan if they wanted old.

If we’re talking Ryans, I would prefer Ryan Phillippe, who is probably older than the other two but looks a thousand times better. Gosling has never done it for me. Beady eyes and weak chin.

[quote] Trevor Donovan did a Barbie and Ken number in DWTS, I I don't find him particularly sexy but he has the "Ken" face, confidently, I never find guys who look like "Ken" sexy.

Much better than Gosling but she looks like Marjorie Taylor Greene.

She?

Ken is supposed to look like the wholesome boy-next-door, but Gosling has such ratlike features. It’s weird and uncanny, as if someone replaced Ken’s head with one from another doll.

More rat like: Gosling or Chalamet?

Only on Datalounge could there ever be a passionately expressed debate on who is right to play a plastic fashion doll.

Gosling looks like shit in the teaser. Crows feet. Just ghastly.

Lol r32!

How many Barbie Troll threads have you started OP? Is this #5 or #6? You stared at least three yesterday.

[quote]I can't think of a single current actor in the role.

Maybe less known now than when he was on Weeds, but when you're so right for the character, it wouldn’t matter.

Though he’d probably forever be remembered as ‘Ken’.

Derek Hough from Dancing With the Stars in the Ken meme.

Matt was right there!

How is he going to compare to Ken as the lovable villain in Toy Story 3?

Seems like they were looking for a name, which he is. What 20-something can they cast who has name recognition? Austin Butler is the only name who comes to mind and I think this was filmed before Elvis was released. I’ve been saying that this a great time for older performers, particularly actresses, because there are no new movie stars coming up. So they are casting older stars now. Not that he’s old, but for this role he might be.

Does he tuck

Channing Tatum would of made a good Ken.

Jensen Ackles!!

[quote] Would of. Could of.

I dunno. I haven't seen the movie but I thought this was good casting. He looks like a real life Ken doll. I don't think he looks that old.

Zac Efron.

R45, I don’t think Ryan looks old either. Him and Robbie are evenly matched age wise. However, I think he looks terrible. Chris or Liam Hemsworth look more the part.

Zac Efron and Matt Bomer look nothing like Ken dolls. Zac Efron is barely looking human lately. Matt Bomer looks like Superman or Prince Charming. Neither give "Ken doll."

What an important topic. I hope this "Ken" controversy doesn't erupt into bloodshed.

Ryan's chin looks like an egg. Is this why his name is Gosling? Does that run in the family?

An egg? How?

R47 Can Chris or Liam act?

If this was made a decade ago, the cast of Teen Wolf could have played the other Ken's.

What does Ken possess?

Zach Efron Bogdanoff'd himself. Maybe when he was in his early twenties he could've pulled it off.

This is how I picture Ken. It would be an interesting subplot for Ken to try to come out of the closet- but Barbie* has no gaydar. But the movie won't be edgy; it will be dumb, bland and flaccid.

This thread explains it.

What's "smokeshow", precious? What's "smokeshow"?

R52 they're ok, but Chris is the more charismatic brother.

R58 Smokeshow means he’s super-hot.

Thank you, R60.

Chris Hemsworth could pull it off.

R35 Thank you, Mom.

R32 I’ve read comments that say the entire cast is too old in the same post where they complain of no storyline in the trailer. Too old for what exactly? If you don’t know what it’s about, why are they too old?

They are too old because Barbie and Ken are in the prime of their lives.

R65, that’s not the premise of this movie.

It should have been.

Anyone else think this Barbie might be similar to "Enchanted" where Barbie is chucked out of Barbieland and finds a real life?

[quote] Channing Tatum would of made a good Ken.

And you would have made a terrible Strunk or White.

Oh, [italic]dear.[/italic]

[quote]His close set eyes have always bothered me.

Hi bi-eyes?

Looks like the premise is, Barbie decides to go to the real world by herself, Ken hides in the car and comes along.

How does America Ferrera as the mom in the real world fit in?

[quote]could have played the other Ken's.

Played the other Ken's what, retard R53?

What is Gosling’s ethnicity?

He’s Armenian.

R75 does that explain the eyes? I thought he was half-Thai

Robbie is way to fucking old to play Barbie.

Thai?

R64 If they're based on the Barbie and Ken dolls, the dolls depict young people. Around 18 to 21.

R43- lesbian

R62- no, he is too buff

Matt Czuchry has Ken looks.

I laughed way too hard at R50 .

He’s one of the nice guys.

So this is basically Toy Story redux. America Ferrera is the mom who buys her son Andy a Barbie. The Barbies come to life when they are alone.

This would be the the only true Ken.

I never found his long head attractive

This is going to be empowering, using every ethnicity. In other words, zzzzzzzzzz

[quote]Yeah, Gosling really was a baffling choice for the role. Funny though, I can't think of a single current actor in the role. I'm thinking a Ted McKinley sort, with the chiseled face.

Matt Bohmer, although of course, age would be an issue there as well. But you know who would have been great in the role if box office clout weren't an issue? Andrew Burnap.

"Ken" was born in 1961. He should be played by a 62 year old actor.