Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling.Photo: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images
Eva Mendesis well aware that she has to share her longtime partnerRyan Gosling’s"Kenergy" with the rest of the world.
Sitting down at a piano, Gosling, who plays Ken in the blockbuster hit, begins to play as the camera pans around the studio, first focusing on the star and then switching to show Ronson as he worked on a mixing board. The words “I’m Just Ken / Merry Kristmas Barbie” appear on the screen while Gosling and Ronson can be heard discussing the right way to start the song.
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“Eva, I really live [sic] you, but please don’t say my man, please try with our man, we all love him ❤️,” one commenter wrote.
“@rosemontes.oyou’re right ! Our Man. It’ll never happen again. Merry Christmas! Lots of love !!” Mendes hilariously responded.
In an interview withAccess Hollywoodat the movie’s world premiere in Los Angeles in July, Gosling was asked how he felt about all of the Instagram posts from Mendes.
Eva Mendes.Tim Hunter / Newspix via Getty
Tim Hunter / Newspix via Getty
“It means everything.It means everything," said the actor, whose jewelry for the evening also represented his love for Mendes: a small pendant showing the letter E, short for Eva.
Mendes and Gosling have been linked since 2011 after meeting on the set of their movieThe Place Beyond the Pines. Although the couplehas never married, they share two children:Esmeralda, 9, andAmada, 7.
Barbiebecame thehighest-grossing film of 2023(andWarner Bros.' biggest movie ever!) at over $1.44 billion worldwide following its July release.
While there are no official plans for a sequel yet, Gosling isn’t shying away from reprising his role in a a potential follow-up.
Ryan Gosling at the world premiere of “Barbie”.Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
“Can it be a husky Ken? CanI play Husky Ken, like Sandwich Ken? Can I play that Ken next time?” he joked during a panel conversation at London’s BFI Southbank earlier this month, perVariety.
Although Gosling may be interested, Margot Robbie, who co-produced the film and starred as Barbie herself, isn’t quite so sure. Speaking about the potential for aBarbiesequel during herVarietyActors on Actors conversationwithCillian Murphy, the actress refused to rule the possibility of another movie out entirely but revealed that she wasn’t certain the world needed another iteration.
“We put everything into that movie and it’s so good, that I’m like, ‘Oh, no!’ " said Robbie, 33. “And I was also so proud of the fact that it wasn’t a sequel or a prequel or a remake, which is getting rarer and rarer these days … that part of me is like ‘Oh, no,if we do aBarbie 2…I don’t know.’ "
Barbieis now streaming on Max.
source: people.com
