Greta Gerwig had ‘big meetings’ to defend Ryan Gosling’s ‘I’m Just Ken’ dance
nypost.com“I’m Just Ken” musical number in the hit “Barbie” after studio execs questioned the necessity of the scene.“It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance,'” Gerwig, 40, said during the BFI London Film Festival, according to Variety.
The iconic scene comes at the film’s climax as the Kens — led by Gosling, 42, and Simu Liu, 34 — begin to fight each other on the beach before dancing it out.According to Gerwig, she was hauled into “big meetings” where she was forced to defend her position.
The “Little Women” director recalled that she was asked by the execs: “Do you need this?”“I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this,'” laughed Gerwig. “They were like, ‘What do you even mean?
What is a dream ballet?’ And I was like, ‘A dream ballet? Where do I begin!'”Gerwig noted that her dream ballet — a trope used to express a character’s inner turmoil through dance and music — was similar to the one featured in the Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds-led “Singin’ in the Rain” in 1952.“I was like, ‘If people could follow that in ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ I think we’ll be fine.
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