The protagonist and director of Barbie, respectively, the actress and filmmaker were left out of the Best Actress and Best Director categories this year
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his work as Ken in Barbie, Ryan Goslingregretted the lack of indications to Margot RobbieIt is Greta Gerwig in the categories of Best Actress and Best Director at the 96th edition of Oscarwhich takes place in March.
“I am extremely honored to have been nominated by my peers alongside such notable artists in a year of so many great films. And I never thought I would say this, but I am also extremely honored and proud to portray a plastic doll named Ken“began the actor in a statement released to the press shortly after the announcement of the nominees for the Oscars 2024 [via Variety].
“But there is no Ken without Barbieand there is no film Barbie without Greta Gerwig It is Margot Robbiethe two people most responsible for this historic and globally celebrated film”continued Gosling.
“No recognition would be possible for anyone in the film without their talents, courage and genius. To say I’m disappointed they weren’t nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement. (…) Your work must be recognized along with the other very deserving nominees”, he further said.
Finally, Gosling even took the opportunity to celebrate the nomination of his co-star, America Ferrerain the category of Best Supporting Actress: “I’m very happy to America Ferrera and the other incredible artists who contributed their talents to make this film so innovative.”finished Gosling.
In Barbiethe most famous doll in the world, played by Margot Robbie (The Suicide Squad) starts to have problems when Barbieland, his perfect world, stops being so perfect. To get everything back to normal, she decides to go to the Real World to discover the root of the problem.
However, the merciless president of the company that makes Barbie dolls will not let her wander our world for long and will pursue her until she is perfectly safe in her perfect world… which is no longer so perfect when she returns, thanks The Ken (Ryan Gosling, La La Land: Singing Seasons).
In addition to Robbie, Gosling It is McKinnonthe cast of Barbie still has Alexandra Shipp (Tick, tick… BOOM!), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Emma Mackey (Sex Education), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Secret Invasion), Issa Rae (Insecure), Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who), Hari Nef (The Idol), John Cena (Peacemaker) and the singer Dua Lipaamong others, such as different versions of Barbie and Ken.
America Ferrera (Superstore), Ariana Greenblatt (Ahsoka), Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Will Ferrel (Stranger Than Fiction), Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Emerald Fennell (Beautiful Revenge) It is Helen Mirren (Shazam: Fury of the Gods), among many others, complete the cast.
In addition to directing the film, Greta Gerwig (Little Women) also signs the script for Barbie together with her co-worker and husband, Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, White Noise). Watch the trailer:
Source: Rollingstone
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