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Why Greta Gerwig Had Her Heart Set on Ryan Gosling Playing Ken Long Before He Was Cast in ‘Barbie’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: People have been obsessed with Ryan Gosling's hilarious portrayal of
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Speaker 2: Ken and Barbie's Something. Director Greta Gerwig and vision long
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Speaker 2: before Ryan agreed to do the role. She tells the
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Speaker 2: SmartLess podcast, there are those actors you can sort of
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Speaker 2: feel that they know what's funny, and I always felt
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Speaker 2: that about him, and I'm a big fan of all
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Speaker 2: of his SNL appearances. I always thought he was great
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Speaker 2: whenever he was on there. In fact, Greta was such
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Speaker 2: a fan she literally put Ryan in the Barbie screenplay,
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Speaker 2: adding we wrote his name into the script. Gosling's name
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Speaker 2: was everywhere, so when we handed him the script, the
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Speaker 2: studio said, it's so wonderful that you know Ryan. Greta
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Speaker 2: had to tell them she'd get to meet him, but
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Speaker 2: her vision to include him certainly paid off. Barbie is
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Speaker 2: in theaters.
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