Los Angeles (USA), 31 May (EFE).- Actor Ryan Gosling has assured that Ken, his character in the new film ‘Barbie’, has always been irrelevant in the history of the plastic doll and he s laughed at the critics of his performance, considering that they showed the “hypocrisy” of the followers.

“Has anyone ever thought of Ken before that? (…) no, we haven’t cared about Ken all this time (…) If you ever cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cares. So your hypocrisy is that’s why you have to tell your story,” the actor told American magazine GQ on Wednesday.

Gosling’s statements come after the 42-year-old actor was criticized on social media for being considered “too old” to play the multi-talented plastic doll’s handsome boyfriend in the Greta-directed film. Gerwig.

“I would say if people don’t want to play with my Ken, there are a lot of other Kens to play with,” said the Canadian, who shares the credits with Margo Robbie, 32, who is Barbie in the film. which will be released in theaters. July 21.

Gosling, the protagonist of films such as “First Man” (2018) or “The Gray Man” (2022), also said that one of the reasons he accepted the role of a children’s doll was the possibility to work on a project that promoted female roles and talent.

Additionally, he confessed that bringing Ken to life gave him the opportunity to reconnect with his youth and that version of himself he had moved away from when he started acting in more serious films.

“There’s something about this Ken that I think really relates to this version of myself. The guy who wore Hammer pants, danced in the mall, smelled like Drakkar Noir and had Aqua bangs. Net. I owe this guy a lot. (…) the reality is he’s the reason I have everything I have,” he said.

In the rest of the interview, the actor of “The Notebook” (2004) evoked, among other subjects, his career, his taste for independent cinema, as well as his debut on television with Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake on the show “Mickey Mouse Club”.