Greta Gerwig: Why Ryan Gosling’s Ken Wears A Faux Mink Coat in “Barbie”

Greta Gerwig, who wrote the role of Ken with Ryan Gosling in mind, explains how their shared love of Sylvester Stallone’s fashion led them to dress Ken in faux fur. “Barbie” is available for purchase and streaming on Max.
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[@thunderousapplause]

Gerwig is exactly what a director should be: she respects and likes her actors, and allows their ideas to be incorporated. A true collaborator.

[@AF-dn2bz]

I mean, pretty much a militant feminist preaching a laughable "penis resentment" narrative, but hey whatever floats your boat.

[@DNTXPCTMCH]

Thank you Greta and Stephen for being emotionally intelligent. Emotional intelligence was not prioritized in past generations. Thank you both for showing other humans that emotional intelligence is possible. You give me hope for humanity.

[@kayecastleman6353]

It's like she has so many ideas whirling around in her brain and they're all fighting to get out... fascinating lady!

[@b-dub6865]

Yes! I’m sure all directors are like that. She was also diagnosed with ADHD, but I think it makes her that much more adorable. Who isn’t these days anyways. Love her!! 😊

[@Julia-en5ys]

⁠​⁠@@b-dub6865if you ever watch one of the Hollywood reporter directors‘ roundtables you’ll see that no, not all directors are like that. Most of them are very quiet and calm and composed. This is uniquely Greta and very much an adhd trait, like you said. I appreciate that she adds some smiley and bubbly energy to those conversations 😄

[@b-dub6865]

@@Julia-en5ys Yes. To clarify, what I meant was that all directors have many ideas whirling around in their head. But what sets them apart is how they articulate & discuss those ideas.

[@spencerkagen1386]

I will be *_ETERNALLY_* upset if we never, ever get to see this footage of Ryan Gosling in a romantically-charged dance battle with his own mink fur coat, _losing_ , and being REBORN from it. This sounds like peak Gosling, and we're all supposed to be OKAY with being deprived of that?

[@jimsykes6843]

Free Mink Gosling

[@peteryouel9631]

The Vault has spoken@@jimsykes6843

[@luise.perezv.8702]

#ReleaseTheMinkCut

[@courtney5796]

i willl be fine lol

[@b-dub6865]

Seriously!! How did that not make it into the film!! It seems like Greta was never on board, which sucks cuz that could’ve been pure gold!! Ryan can bring it! If you haven’t seen The Other Guys, what are you doing with your life! He’s hilarious in it!!

[@StephenMintz]

Greta is an American treasure. Lovely and humble and talented and delightful and shy, and we’re here for all of it.

[@heyjohna]

And not a nepo baby either

[@jimsykes6843]

@NhanHoangchannel Let us aspire to better things. The fact that she is not like a lot of Americans who broadcast humanity's worst impulses is precisely why she should be celebrated.

[@mhawang8204]

I love Greta’s strategy. Do it first , convince others later. 😂

[@b-dub6865]

If you believe, it will happen. If you’re obligated, contractually & by the media, it will happen! 🤣

[@dextersaintguac]

Old saying... It's better to ask forgiveness than ask permission.

[@ThecrazyJH96]

Most directors would be snobby at making 3 hit movies in a row, she’s very humble

[@wilhelmina8843]

Sometimes bumbling halting speech is annoying. But not Greta. Never Greta. She’s so funny and infectious. Great comedic timing. She’s like Olivia Colman in this way So funny. Despite her ‘bumbliness’, she’s actually a very deep thinker and thoughtful with her writing.

[@galvinklatt5273]

She seems so grounded. Even in her anxiousness, she always seems to be herself.

[@avanikavya]

She has the same bubbly and nervous energy as one of my dearest friends and it’s so endearing!

[@Shadoweclipse1386]

She seems nervous and it's absolutely adorable 😊

[@rufarojunior]

Greta is phenomenal and she deserves a lot of love and recognition for barbie and she’s not just an inspiration to me to being a writer but she’s got such a genuine passion for movies and her movies free bird and little woman are just breathtaking and everytime I rewatch them it’s just incredible

[@nancya7289]

do you mean Ladybird?

[@voyance4elle]

*Ladybird

[@jessm.porthos]

Excuse me madam but I will need to immediately see the jacket dance duet with Ryan Gosling! lol

[@b-dub6865]

It’s a faux mink coat. Big difference to Ken, I mean Ryan. 😉

[@kingace6186]

That is an amazing creative space she created. She should be very proud of that.

[@serendipityshopnyc]

Gotta love how the closed captioning thinks "Sly Stallone" is "Sliced Alone".

[@Lea-zf7lm]

I'm going to rewatch the clip just to see that 😁

[@LastRitesEvents]

I was wondering what Sliced Alone was. Google wasn't helpful :)

[@mdrmg3840]

Release the footage of Ryan and the faux mink dance!

[@meggmegg6656]

She is a genius and a lovely person!

[@bitchenboutique6953]

I will pay extra for the special edition rerelease just to get that mink battle.

[@teresakelton8286]

I watched on my birthday the Barbie movie. I just loved it!

[@fremontpathfinder8463]

I finally saw Barbie and loved it! So creative and that message!!

[@TabethaAurochs]

Greta is brilliant and gorgeous and weird and adorable and if I met her in person, I'm sure I'd fall madly in love with her in some way, shape, or form. Or many of them. Whatever she's cool with...

[@nw9353]

What a sweetheart ! She must be so fun to work with.

[@filmterzisi]

the was she tries to talk is the same exact energy of Frances Ha. it really is her.

[@traviskabob1216]

She has the cadence of Kate McKinnon they really are besties

[@mhawang8204]

@@traviskabob1216 Kate has a weird calm swagger when she talks slowly. Greta always has this eager, nervous energy. Both are chaotic in the best way. They have a clear vision for their work and know how to get it done.

[@blairbrown4812]

Margot Robbie produced, with the blessings and financial backing of, Mattel and Warner Brothers,and. the artistic genius of Greta Gerwig,the most popular, and commercial, surrealistic movie of all time. Generations of historical analysts are never going to live this down

[@lostcat9lives322]

Surrealistic? Have you seen Eraserhead?

[@DizzyBusy]

You forgot, written by Noah Baumbach

[@nsn5564]

Love this woman so much!

[@BestFitSquareChannel]

Unabashed joy. Humility. Kindness. 🌞 🤸🏽‍♂️ 🥂

[@peterbathum2775]

Thank you for sharing your time and talents here with us. Ii's easy to see why you're such a great director.

[@whitney2494]

Been a big Greta fan since her performance in Frances Ha! I will always support her projects, so proud of her and happy for all her life accomplishments, professionally and privately. She's a special gem in Hollywood, so brilliant, humble, authentic, and soulful.

[@alifc1082]

She's very talented and hard working, making great choices and showing always something original in her movies. Congratulations Greta! For all of it! Wish happy holidays and a happy New Year !!!🎉🎉🎉

[@tbsbasss1220]

Forget the Snyder cut, we want the faux mink cut.

[@christopherlane969]

Introvert & shy and just so focused to express..haven't seen that before

[@robynrains7252]

I love Greta more each time she’s interviewed 💕 and Colbert is such a great host and film lover 💕🩷😊

[@slyasleep]

captioning put Sly Stallone as „sliced alone“ and faux mink as „phone link“ 😊

[@NewMessage]

" It's.. the vault." And soon to be the incinerator, it sounds like. We must see it!

[@drlessismore]

Greta is amazing. Underrated ❤

[@catherinekasiewicz8683]

I love the Barbie movie! ❤

[@mohammedrahman3447]

Greta is so sweet despite all her success and talent.

[@kendrarathbone5389]

Oh we will have that mink footage...make no mistake

[@JoshASkater]

Need the mink ballet (from the vault) (kens version)

[@suebob16]

It was at the recent Santa Barbara International Film Festival that Ryan Gosling received the Kirk Douglas Award. At the presentation Steve Carell and Greta Gerwig both gave great speeches praising Ryan as an actor and person. Steve talked about how much he "hates" Ryan for being so good. Greta gave a particularly lovely speech about Ryan's commitment to bringing to life the incredible and crazy Ken that she imagined. The event is on KZbin, so be sure to check it out.

[@kitkompo]

Greta is so wonderful. She is the definition of Endearing. 🥰 i will follow her everywhere.

[@WalkingmanPattaya]

I like Greta! I like Stephen! Another fun interesting conversation you entertainers

[@LesHoa-DuMal]

Greta Gerwig is absolutely darling

[@FOMO.BOYxoxo]

I need the Mink ballet

[@vitaflood6677]

she is a GEM

[@clif_plays]

DVD Extras? Oh Stephen.

[@lashendawest7509]

We love Greta gerwig

[@danieljaquez7999]

❤ 0:28

[@DonShitzInPantz]

She looks like a short hair Alicia Silverstone and Drew Barrymore personality. Just very sweet!

[@cineartss]

Omg, how many of Ryan's scenes were cut from the movie? The dance with faux mink coat must have been the best part in the film 😭 Ryan Gosling simply killed all of his scenes... no actor could have done what he did. The Barbie movie could have been a failure without Ryan, that's why Greta was so insistent that he accept the role. I hope The Academy gives him his deserved Oscar 👏

[@o.b.7217]

Well...all the women in the movie, for certain had also something to do with its huge success...

[@arctic_haze]

@@o.b.7217 All the women and... Ken.

[@cineartss]

Obviously yes, but Greta herself admitted that Ryan was the actor she needed most for the film... he raised the bar

[@kristajohnson9173]

I mean he was fantastic in the role, but I'm sure there must have been backups. Chris Pine also would have made an A Plus Ken. A hilariously blonde Ryan Reynolds, a cleanshaven Tom Hardy, or Chris Hemsworth would have very happily and easily slipped into that role, as well. OOOOh, maybe Chris Evans, I feel like he might have brought something really interesting to the role, he is secretly extremely funny, he can play a dickbag character really well, but no one is better at quietly expressing vulnerability he really really doesn't want you to see.

[@kristajohnson9173]

@@o.b.7217I think America Ferrera was absolutely unreplaceable. And Margot, nearly as much so, nobody typecasts her because she can do everything and just nail it. Her doll fall is a thing that will forever be inside my brain on repeat.

[@jostrong2385]

Lovely woman.

[@user-zz9pj2xz7m]

She seems like most Millenial person ever 😁

[@merkinidgit]

I predict a Lifetime Achievement Oscar for Greta Gerwig sometime in the early 2040s.

[@crazynights14-nk4rg]

I didn't understand why she said "his" at the beginning of the interview, any one know?

[@cjsheu]

#ReleaseTheMinkDance !!!!

[@gerydb]

Director cut? Sure 3:47 , its old film anyway

[@calvinhu8214]

almost 1.5 billion.

[@olihhayes]

0:50

[@crystalwolcott4744]

Can't blive he didint ask her about Ncuti Gatwa! His nerd cred is slipping! lol

[@noswonky]

What about Narnia?

[@ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm]

Furrs and dracula

[@micahhawkins8233]

I want to live in a cabin in the woods with Kate McKinnon and Greta Gerwing.. #goals

[@XiaoGuanYin104]

Me too, and many others...see you there...

[@matthewbesson2770]

She will always be the bestest best friend who didn't deserve what she got in House of the Devil to me.

[@Dr_1212]

👍

[@chandhand6539]

Greta is a sensation in Hollywood now... I'm guessing producers are flooding her dms now.

[@ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm]

I love her as a character. Lots of ppl ive been around seem to not get fuction from the real life i had and will have fling forward.

[@kennethwilson8633]

I’m just a Ken…

[@Laffinatu]

Is that the same “vault” that allegedly also has the hundreds of additional hours of Lord of the Rings footage buried in a dessert in the USA?

[@Sillybillyilly]

One this they should ve done other then make it longer and show ken explaining patriarchy to thise in barbieland. Would be to habe put something for Ken Handler. That guy was just tortured from having the doll have his name. I dont k ow if Barbara was tortured.. but maybe just have said "For ken handler.. you are kenough" or something like that just saying

[@dkayflowers79]

Yallz leave Ryan alone. He's quiet n humble like me and knows when to bring the quip ie SNL. He's a hood guy

[@carocary]

Why did Stephen make her cry at the end - they cut it!

[@XiaoGuanYin104]

What???

[@carocary]

@@XiaoGuanYin104 the very end she was crying, but it cut out what happened before that. You could just see the tears on her face.

[@ChineduOpara]

Has Greta ever worked with Marvel Studios?

[@tonihagan6330]

Wow, Greta, submissive digs at your stars? Hmmmm. Anyway, Ryyyaaaaan!❤❤❤❤ I loved him in this movie. To me, he was the standout in the movie. Margot was great, but Ryan.....

[@mikegendron3723]

Umm! Errrr! Ahhhhh Ohhhh Errr Errr A-A-A- Action! LOL!!

[@DJL78]

I thought that was Ronan Farrow for a sec.

[@Nay-kp6uu]

Tells her don't be scared. I think Greta knows how to handle herself lol

[@maggie2244]

Love love unique Greta, love talented and charming Ryan too .. however the Barbie movie is just this lamentable bad movie and no one seems to be saying what’s so plain to see..the ‘Emperors New Clothes’..

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Six years and the GOP has nothin

[@yurielcundangan9090]

This made us vote for blue even more..

[@markb.howard1660]

It’s amazing that she can be a director with communication skills that bad.

[@vp4744]

When she's directing people like Meryl Streep, she doesn't need much communication.

[@user-hg8jw5jt4z]

I still don’t get it. Why is Barbie a profound movie? Feels like the dumbing down of America to me.

[@alisonf6478]

Go deeper.

[@makenziehackett]

God, can he stop interrupting her? 🙄

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Thumbs up that the congress is incompetent

[@Reciprocity_Soils]

So cool. So how much of your disproportionate income from this movie have you contributed to help with the deeper needs of the world around you?

[@pjmlegrande]

Buzzkill somewhere else

[@Reciprocity_Soils]

@@pjmlegrande Hey, I understand. I like Stephen and his show and the band, too. We enjoy it. Cool. Good to meet you. My proposition, although out of the expected comments, is not a 180, but only a degree or two away from the heart of Colbert's show and its philosophy: we must work together to be the change we want to see in the world. And, sometimes, that requires asking for more, raising the bar, and delivering those serious entreaties between the joy and the laughter. Peace and health to you and yours.

[@lind2592]

I love Ryan G but I thought that he was too old to play Ken. Barbie part II should be to clear that main character Barbie (Margot) and Ken (Ryan) are brother and sister. They were brother and sister in real life according to the creator of Barbie biography.

[@enigmatic-hamster]

“Incredible cast here, besides America Ferrera…”

[@jaylencalinaw1080]

"Incredible cast here. Besides America Ferrera, you've got Margot Robbie...." the punctuation is misplaced because he speaks fast.

[@rileymcphee9429]

It really pissed me off seeing so many leftist/progressive articles just hating on Barbie, expecting Gerwig to have created the end-all be-all feminist opus magnum with this material. Like, the film was literally about the unrealistic expectations of women. And what do women do? Slam with it with unrealistic expectations.

[@gigglemaniarunninwild2207]

Erm ah em ah and erm ah

[@Tony-dp1rl]

Barbie was so overrated, I mean it really was bad in almost every way. I think it is an example of great marketing though. The script was boring as heck. I don't think I laughed once, and the story was lame, and there was no real lesson to it in the end either ... I mean, what was the climax, she got to go to a gynecologist ... She didn't achieve anything, discover anything, build anything ... but she can reproduce. WTF message is that to girls.

[@user-lb7ef2qi9m]

Colbert sucks

[@soprubix]

She really needs to improve her communication skills because it was very painful to listen to her speak :(

[@pjmlegrande]

Are you better now?

[@soprubix]

@@pjmlegrande no

[@nellebuhrmann5343]

She is definitely talented but not well-spoken. I would have thought that she will be.

[@pjmlegrande]

Well, tut tut

[@BenWinder108]

I could never watch that crap

[@nsn5564]

Probably not a good idea to proclaim to the world you're a knuckle-dragging neanderthal with zero intelligence or empathy?

[@SusanBame]

Your loss.

[@styrpak1]

How sad for you

[@OakleyMoodie]

You could never understand that crap. It must suck to have the intellectual agility of a small soap dish (Ref. George Carlin RIP).

[@keep-ukraine-free]

Anyone else surprised?... that America celebrates a *_mind-numbingly asinine_* movie. Hail, hail, the mighty dollar.

[@nsn5564]

Probably dumb to criticize the very people who care most about your cause?

[@inherblues7261]

you could not watch and go back to your basement?

[@styrpak1]

I don't think you "got" it

[@pjmlegrande]

I believe that’s “the almighty dollar.”

[@wonderingwanderer6782]

Couldn't someone tell this lady that Barbie should have either been a political commentary OR a fun light movie? It looked fun but was so disappointing. Looks like a good fun kids movie but it's not. All the effort feels wasted.

[@TheMonroemomma]

Some people just don't have the capacity to understand such things. Magat?

[@mhawang8204]

If you’ve seen a single trailer you’d know it’s not a fun kids’ movie. But kids have dozens of Barbie animated films to keep them entertained.

[@janetbeatrice9505]

She'll never learn, especially after that huge amount of money it made. Also all the people who loved it. Which is why it made all the money 💰💰💰. And the positive reviews. The award nominations. Her previous successes. How sad for her. 🙃

[@pjmlegrande]

Well, it was obviously wasted on you

[@adambastard]

likeable.

[@vstar7196]

“Barbie” is overrated as a movie.

[@pjmlegrande]

You hereby proclaim to all. We are indebted

[@donaldstewart9873]

👍