Before the Oscar nomination, before the sweatshirts and the mojo dojo casa house, it took some convincing to get Ryan Gosling to say "I'm Just Ken."
In a recent profile in Variety, Gosling said he passed on the film when it was brought to him.
And I would call months later to my agents or something and say, 'Hey, who did they get to play Ken?'
Margot Robbie, who in addition to playing the titular Barbie also produced the film, pulled out all the stops to land her perfect co-star.
On top of a reported salary of $12.5 million, it was an out-of-the-box offer from Robbie that put Gosling over the edge.
Persons:
Ryan Gosling, Ken, Gosling, Greta, it's, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Barbie, I'm, Robbie
Organizations:
mojo, Variety