, to show off extended footage from the upcoming Warner Bros summer tentpole which will hit theaters on July 21.
“Then one day I was bleaching my hair, and spiking my hair, wearing bespoke outfits and roller blading down Venice Beach,” he joked about how Gerwig and Robbie pulled him into the feature take of the legendary girl’s toys. Gerwig revealed how she ruined a number of Ken’s takes as the actors took the lines of the script seriously “like a drama”. “It was like Marlon Brandon playing Ken,” the director added, who took inspiration from Technicolor musicals.
In the clip, Barbie is on pink beach enjoying her posh life with Ken, dancing the night away. But the world goes sour — burnt toast, cold water and flat feet . Robbie’s Barbie seeks out weird Barbie, played by Kate McKinnon who is like a rag doll.
I have to be honest, I only knew Ken from afar, I didn’t know him from within. I didn’t know my ken-energy,” said Gosling. “I finally think I know what Dorothy felt like”, the Drive actor said stepping on the BarbieMovie set