Ryan Gosling and sister Mandi Gosling attend “Barbie” event.Photo:Getty Images
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Ryan Goslingis bonding with his older sister.
On Wednesday, Ryan, 42, and his sister Mandi, 43, attended the press day forBarbiein Toronto, Canada. Mandi accessorized her purple dress with a pink purse while he donned a light blue suit.
In an interview withET Canada,the siblings commented on Ryan’s charisma as Ken in the anticipated comedy and Mandi’s busy childhood.
Ryan Gosling and sister Mandi Gosling at “Barbie” event.Getty Images
“It felt like such a no-brainer to me,” said Mandi upon hearing the news that her brother was cast as the live-action version of the iconic doll. “No, listen, it’s like, of course he’s Ken!”
She told her brother, “You had to look for the Kenergy, but I always knew it was there.”
“Yeah, I didn’t know,” Ryan added, his sister continuing with, “I know. You may not have. So you had to look for the Kenergy, but I always knew it was there.”
Ryan Gosling and sister Mandi Gosling at event.WireImage
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“Wow. That’s beautiful, thanks,” Ryan told his sister, adding, “Well, she’s my original Barbie.”
However, Mandi shared that she “never owned a Barbie.”
“Because she was too busy being Barbie,” Ryan explained. “Oh, she was doing all the things all the time. You know, getting me to school safely and then she was the president of that school.”
“She had more meetings than classes,” he continued. “It was Barbie land. When I got to set I was like, ‘This is just like my house.'”
When asked what it was like to “break the internet” with playful online reactions to hisphoto reveal in character as Ken, he joked, “Well, the internet has been trying to break me for years. It gave me no other choice.”
Gosling continued, “We’ve beenhaving so much fun making this movieand it felt nice to see everyone else start having as much fun as we are. I can’t wait for the film to come out and for that to continue.”
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Ryan previously addressedBarbie fans who didn’t think he’s a good fit to play Ken.
“It is funny, this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken,” he continued. “Like you ever thought about Ken before this?”
Barbieopens in theaters July 21.
source: people.com
