‘Barbie’ Gave Ryan Gosling ‘Less Options’ for Clothes Than Margot Robbie Because ‘No One Cares About Ken, They Just Want to Play With Barbie’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director When it came to designing and creating the costumes for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie, the focus was put far more on Margot Robbie’s eponymous doll than it was on Ryan Gosling’s Ken.
As the film’s costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, recently told Vogue UK, “No one cares about Ken, everybody just wants to play with Barbie.
He matches Barbie and changes too but he has very, very, many less [clothes] options.” Durran, who won an Oscar for her costume designs on Gerwig’s “Little Women” adaptation, said colorful ’80s sportswear was the key to Ken’s looks in the movie. “Retro sportswear is one area where we did a lot of shopping for Ken,” Durran said. “He is sporty.
That’s his main thing. We had buyers in America that went to dealers and imported it for us because we needed so much of it.” Durran said her design team only had 11 weeks of prep to making everything before “Barbie” filming got underway.
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