Ryan Gosling is set to star in the upcoming Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie film alongside Margot Robbie. Judging by recent set photos, the actor is already in character and has undergone a change in hair to accomplish it.
Recent photographs of Gosling on set showcase the actor in a yellow cap, but with platinum blonde hair underneath it. This was likely done to mirror the Ken doll that Gosling will be portraying, as Ken — much like Barbie and her own hair — sports a fully blonde head of hair. For Gosling, this won’t be the first time that he’s gone this blonde, as he also sported a bleached blonde hair look for the 2012 film The Place Beyond the Pines.
The live-action Barbie movie will be led by Margot Robbie (I, Tonya, The Suicide Squad), who is also serving as a producer through her LuckyChap banner. The project will be directed by acclaimed filmmaker Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach.
The film will also be produced by LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerly and Mattel Films’ Robbie Brenner along with Josey McNamara and Ynon Kreiz. This marks Robbie’s latest collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures after starring as fan-favorite anti-hero Harley Quinn in 2016’s Suicide Squad, 2020’s Birds of Prey, and 2021’s The Suicide Squad.
Barbie was originally being developed at Sony for the last few years, with Amy Schumer and then Anne Hathaway both initially in talks to star in the movie, while Diablo Cody was also previously attached to write. However, the project’s development was ultimately moved to Mattel Films and Warner Bros. Pictures.
Why are two american indie filmmakers making a fucking Barbie film? This is either going to be a case of studio not giving any freedom to the director and just using the name (like Guy Ritchie with Alladin) or we're getting a weird Barbie flick.
>Why are two american indie filmmakers making a fucking Barbie film? It's the all-American toyline for girls. Why wouldn't American's make it? >This is either going to be a case of studio not giving any freedom Cry more faggot >or we're getting a weird Barbie flick. What other kind of Barbie live-action film would there be? Are there actually grown men excited to see this? How old are you user?
Aiden Reyes
You expect a Barbie flick to be directed by someone who makes movies about le funny animals or comedies about dumb blonde chicks and be appropriately similar to that. You don't expect a Barbie film be directed by the director of Lady Bird and written by the director of Marriage Story and Frances Ha. I don't know, it's like if in the 60s Cassavetes directed a full length Adam West Batman film. It's weird.
Anthony Richardson
>The Gray Man toothsome.
Jaxson Lopez
ZOOMER KEN ZOOMER KEN
Henry Baker
Implying Marriage Story and Frances Ha aren’t just Barbie play sets for indie adults
Ryder Cooper
he's too old
Parker Barnes
>we're getting a weird Barbie flick an experimental film featuring barbie on a decent budget may end up being kino it won't end up that way, it'll be schlock, but the potential is there
Jackson Nguyen
>refuses to do capeshit >does girly toyshit instead Our guy
It sounds like exactly the type of movie movie they'd make. >"Guys what if these toys that we idolize were REAL? >And like they had they own lives and went through the same problems we have but all this time we only knew about the side they show to the public >Like Barbie poops and Ken drinks hard lemonade"
Ayden Ortiz
As Ken's creepy old uncle?
Aaron Allen
Weak bone structure ages poorly
Gavin Jackson
The kids
Anthony White
The current Barbie series on Pop has the family as quirky. Could be kino.
