Moulding himself in a peroxide blonde, all singing all dancing plastic, Barbie love Ken-doll after being best known as a brooding, blood soaked driver for hire in Drive, pink suited, denim vested Ryan Gosling's performance of his hit song 'I'm Just Ken' will surely go down in Oscar history.
Greta Gerwig's highly publicised new Barbie movie was the biggest film of the last year and took home a number of awards at the Oscars on Sunday , though Gosling's hilarious role as Ken performance the Barbie hit 'I'm Just Ken' may have just stolen the show.
The Canadian was in funny form during the press rounds for the movie too - so much so that we have pieced together 10 of the funniest, most interesting and downright bizarre comments that 42-year-old actor has said about his role as Mr Plastic Fantastic in the new Barbie movie.
5. On the #notmyken movement
"It is funny, this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken. Like you ever thought about Ken before this? But suddenly, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.’ No, you didn’t. You never did. You never cared. Barbie never f***ed with Ken. That’s the point. If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken. So your hypocrisy is exposed. This is why his story must be told.” | Getty Images
6. On his favourite part of playing the role...
"Getting to wear a fake mink. And I think the headband is a good look for me.” | Getty Images
7. On which of his previous role was hardest to let go of when playing Ken...
“The Ken thing is tough. It’s a bit like that Pillsbury dough — go with me on this — Cinnabon mix? Like once you open that canister you’re making Cinnabons. And you’re loving it. You’re loving making Cinnabons.” | Getty Images for SiriusXM
8. There is a Ken in all of us, Gosling insists..
"Look no further. You are Kenough.” | Getty Images