Photo credit:  SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 13: Ryan Gosling attends the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival: 16th Annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence In Film honoring Ryan Gosling at Ritz-Carlton Bacara Resort & Spa on January 13, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Ruby Wallau/Getty Images)

 

After receiving an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Ken in 2023’s Barbie, Gosling expressed disappointment that his co-stars, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig, did not win nominations for acting and directing.

“I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films,” Gosling began in a January 23rd statement to E! News.  “And I never thought I’d be saying this, but I’m also incredibly honored and proud that it’s for portraying a plastic doll named Ken.” However, the 43-year-old noted that “there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally celebrated film.” “No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit, and genius,” he continued. “To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement. Against all odds, with nothing but a couple of soulless, scantily-clad and, thankfully, crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture, and they made history.”