But if you thought you were excited about director Greta Gerwig’s vision for Mattel’s iconic doll, rest assured no one is more excited than Eve Mendes.
The typically press-averse star, who shares two daughters with Gosling, has been unusually open about her support of the film, particularly when it comes to the underwear her longtime partner Ken wears.
“I said, ‘Can I have that underwear please? Please! I never ask for anything,’” Mendes laughed to the co-hosts of CBS’s “The Talk” on a recent episode. “So anyway, I got it. I am using it right now.
the First look at Gosling as Barbie’s lover was released earlier this month, showing the actor in all his shirtless glory with a cropped jean vest and his own Ken-branded boxer shorts, which are apparently now in Mendes’ possession.
“Well, first of all, I saw the picture and the 14-year-old in me was like, ‘Ahhh,'” she said. “It’s a funny picture and he’s trying to be funny. So it worked on all levels.”
“There was something about the image that turned on my, you know, that little teenager…” he continued.
While Mendes is okay with Gosling’s new role, she jokingly addressed critics of her transformation online, adding, “People know he’s not playing a real person, right? He is playing a fake person!
Mendes had an equally enthusiastic response to Gosling’s transformation when it was first introduced on Instagram.
“So. F. Funny. So. F. Good. So I’m excited for you to see this,” she said. wrote next to the hashtag #That’s my Ken.
In addition to Gosling and Robbie, who stars in the title role and produces the film, “Barbie” also stars Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Ncuti Gatwa, Simu Liu, Issa Rae, Hari Nef and Will Ferrell. .
Robbie encouraged fans not to expect a conventional story about the character, which he admitted “comes with a lot of baggage and a lot of nostalgic connections.”
“But with that comes a lot of exciting ways to attack it,” Robbie said. british fashion last year. “People usually listen to ‘Barbie’ and think, ‘I know what that movie is going to be like,’ and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and directing it, and they’re like, ‘Oh, well, maybe I don’t.’ you…’”
Written by Gerwig and her partner, Noah Baumbach, “Barbie” will hit theaters on July 21, 2023.
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