Barbie Oscars Snub: Ryan Gosling Expresses Disappointment at Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s Nominations Ignored

2024-01-24 17:52:08

After actress Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig were ignored at the Oscars in the nominations for best actress and best direction for the successful film Barbie, their partner Ryan Gosling – who played Ken and was nominated for best actor of distribution – expressed his discontent at the fact of leaving aside the creators of the highest-grossing project of 2023.

“I never thought I would say this, but I also feel incredibly honored and proud that it is for portraying a plastic person, a doll named Ken. “But 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 historic and globally celebrated film,” the actor said in a statement.

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Gosling, who also recently showed his confusion because the song ‘I’m just Ken’ won best song at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, said he feels great disappointment in the Academy’s decisions.

“No recognition would be possible for anyone in the film without his talent, courage and genius. To say that I am disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement,” he said.

In this image provided by CBS, director Greta Gerwig, left, and actress Margot Robbie receive the award for motion picture and box office achievement for “Barbie” at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Sonja Flemming/CBS via AP) (Sonja Flemming / Associated Press)

Also on social media, hundreds of users – mainly – expressed their annoyance at the fact that a film made by and for women has led to Gosling’s nomination, but not to the minds behind its success, since Robbie was also a producer of the film. film.

“Against all odds, with nothing more than a pair of soulless, scantily clad, and fortunately crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, broke our hearts, propelled culture, and made history. “His work should be recognized along with other very deserving nominees,” added Ryan Gosling.

In her statement she also welcomed the nomination of América Ferrera, who through her character gave a powerful but subtle feminist message – a risk in such a highly commercial film product – in the film that reached millions of women in the world.

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