While Gosling's live-action version of the doll ended up getting acclaim, he originally wasn't all that interested in taking on the role. During a March 2026 interview with Fuera de Foco, Gosling was asked if he ever thought about saying no or had to be convinced to join a project that ended up being transformative.
He explained that he didn't believe his "first instinct was to do" Barbie, directed and co-written by Greta Gerwig. Gosling said, however, that he felt inspired to accept the role of Ken after he saw his and his wife, Eva Mendes' two daughters, play with Barbie dolls.
He then said he eventually realized that while playing Ken was "going to be hard to do," he wanted to be a part of the movie.
Gosling mentioned his daughters' Barbies served as inspiration for him to take on the role of Ken in a 2023 interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He said after he read the Barbie script, he "walked out in the backyard" and realized his children's Ken doll was facedown in the mud next to a squished lemon." According to Gosling, he immediately contacted Gerwig to let her know he wanted to play Ken.
"I texted [the photo] to Greta and I said, 'I shall be your Ken. For his story must be told,'" quipped the Notebook star.
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