Performer of one of the versions of Ken in Barbie, the actor from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings said he was waiting for his co-star’s invitation
After Mark Ronsonproducer of “I’m Just Ken”success of Barbie, Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is another one in the crowd so that Ryan Gosling perform the song on stage at the 96th Academy Awards, which takes place on March 10.
Not only that, the actor, who played one of the numerous versions of Ken in the production, is also willing to perform together with his colleague, if he is asked to reprise the film number, which became the highest grossing film of 2023:
“I think that Ryan alone is enough. But I would never turn down an invitation from an iconic Canadian like him. He’s my partner. So if he calls, I’ll answer”declared to the comic book.
To date, however, Gosling has been secretive about its presentation at the Oscars, despite it being a tradition to present the songs nominated for the Best Original Song category during the ceremonies of the biggest cinema award.
Mark Ronsonin turn, said he would love to do the presentation, but it all depends on Gosling’s participation: “I think that if Ryan doesn’t participate, we won’t do the presentation.”declared to Variety.
About Barbie
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 Liuthe cast of Barbie still has Alexandra Shipp (Tick, tick… BOOM!), 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), Will Ferrel (Stranger Than Fiction), Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Emerald Fennell (Beautiful Revenge), Michael Cera (Superbad: It’s Today) It is Helen Mirren (Shazam: Fury of the Gods), among many others, complete the cast.
Greta Gerwig (Little Women) drives Barbiebut also signs the film’s script together with her co-worker and husband, Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, White Noise). Watch the trailer:
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Source: Rollingstone

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