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Marie Claire
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It Was Ryan Gosling’s Idea to Perform the Ballad ‘I’m Just Ken’ Onscreen in the Upcoming ‘Barbie’ Movie

Ryan Gosling on the red carpet for "Barbie"

Ryan Gosling just wanted to sing, everybody! Mark Ronson, the music producer of the song “I’m Just Ken” from the upcoming Barbie movie, revealed, per People, that the idea to do the ballad performance was Gosling’s, and that director Greta Gerwig rewrote an entire scene so “vocal powerhouse” Gosling could perform the song.

“You really fall in love with this hapless, but immediately sympathetic, figure,” Ronson told Vanity Fair.

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