Anything Ken can do, they can do better! Ryan Gosling enjoyed sharing this Barbie phenomenon with his and Eva Mendes’ Daughters Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 7.
The Oscar-nominated actor who made a splash last summer playing the patriarchal-loving Ken Greta Gerwig‘s movie, BarbieOpposite Margot Robbie – gave a stunning performance of “I’m Just Ken” at the 2024 Oscars earlier this year.
Gosling brought his daughters to the dress rehearsal for the widely praised number and revealed that the girls brought their own father’s mother onto the stage.
“You know all the choreography better than I do – and the songs. They’re basically showing me backstage,” Gosling said on the episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon while imitating the choreography. “Come on, jazz hands!”
He joked that his daughters must have thought, “Dad’s Ken’ing again.”
“It was her interest in Barbie and her disinterest in Ken that started everything, and it was truly a team effort,” he shared. “They were in the film and also came to the set when I shot the number.”
He added that the girls attending the Oscars dress rehearsals gave them more context about what it actually meant that their father played Ken.
“A lot of it has no connection to them. It’s like a lot of fake tans in the house,” he joked. “That’s why I wanted them to come to the dress rehearsal, just to provide some context for what was going on.”
Mendes was also backstage supports her husband at the Oscars dress rehearsal. During one Today Show appearance in March Actress explains her decision to give up her Hollywood career to raise the couple’s children.
“It was like a given. [And I was like]“I would be so happy if I could spend this time with my children,” Mendes said of being a full-time mother.
Mendes noted that she still works but prefers not to act because “acting takes you to locations. She takes you with her.”
“It was almost like a non-verbal agreement: ‘Okay, he’s going to work and I’m going to work. I’ll just work here,'” she added. “He went and did his job. He’s just really good at his job. And he did it and came home.”
Gosling will host next Saturday Night Live This weekend he will take part in the sketch comedy show for the third time.
“I’m more nervous [this time]“Well, because I didn’t know before, now I know,” Gosling admitted Tonight’s show. “I think I laugh too much.”
Gosling will host alongside musical guest Chris Stapleton.
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