Margot Robbie admits she ‘bribed’ Ryan Gosling to play Ken in ‘Barbie’

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the New York Times. “Just come do the ‘Barbie’ movie, I’ll buy you a present every day.”Gosling revealed that the appealing offer “started as a joke in a text.”“There was suddenly this pink present from Barbie to Ken, every day, for a very long shoot.

It felt unsustainable,” the “La La Land” actor told the outlet. “I thought this has to stop at some point. There were times on set where I got a puka shell necklace.”“You don’t have to keep doing this,” he said to Robbie. “I’m sure you have other things to do, like produce a movie and star in a movie, and run a company.

And produce other people’s films. You don’t have to keep concerning yourself with this.”“I commit to a joke. I really do,” Robbie quipped.When quizzed on the “weirdest” gift he’s received from the “Babylon” star, Gosling said there was one present that stood out in particular.“She gave me a book as a joke about horses and I read it and loved it.

I feel it would make a great film. It was very unexpected,” he added.It comes as Gosling revealed his kids were completely unfazed when they found out he would be playing Ken in the film, directed by Greta Gerwig.Speaking to People, the “Notebook” actor said his daughters Esmeralda, 8, and Amada, 7, whom he shares with longtime partner Eva Mendes, were left “confused” at the news.“My kids were my introduction to [‘Barbie’],” he told the outlet. “I think they’re confused as to why I would want to play Ken.