Beau Willimon

Ryan Gosling has given audiences several award-winning and coveted accolades over the past 20 years, as well as a spot as one of Hollywood's most respected actors. He began his television career as a young child on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the early 1990s and went on to land minor roles throughout the remainder of the decade. Gosling started acting in movies in the 2000s, with his role as Noah Calhoun in the 2004 film "The Notebook" launching him into fame. Since then, he's appeared in Oscar-nomine films such as "La La Land" and "Blade Runner 2049," but he's recently received a lot of buzz for his new role in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie." Gosling appears as Ken, Barbie's counterpart and companion throughout the film "barbie," which stars Margot Robbie as the iconic fashion doll brought to life. According to Gosling himself, Ken's airheaded, lighthearted role is certainly a contrast to the more dramatic ones on his résumé, and his character isn't much different than his counterpart. "There's something about this Ken that I believe really refers to that version of myself," he wrote in GQ's summer 2023 cover story. Just like the guy in Hammer pants and dancing at the mall, who was waving Drakkar Noir and Aqua Net-ing bangs. I owe that kid a lot. When I first started making more serious films, I felt like I was right to distance myself from him. However, the truth is that, like, he's the reason I have everything.