When you had been shedding it within the theater watching Ryan Gosling flip the Kenergy as much as 11 within the Barbie film throughout his showstopper energy balled “I’m Simply Ken,” simply wait till you see how director Greta Gerwig felt whereas watching her star ham it up on the seashore.
In a behind-the-scenes video chronicling the “Simply Ken” shoot that dropped on Monday morning (Aug. 21), followers of the billion-dollar summer time blockbuster not solely get some bonus, unreleased footage from the movie that includes the Barbie forged, however in addition they get a have a look at movie soundtrack producer Mark Ronson within the studio, together with “Simply Ken” co-writer/co-producer Andrew Wyatt and Weapons N’ Roses guitarist Slash.
The perfect half, nonetheless, is watching Gerwig watch Gosling and completely lose it.
The almost four-minute clip opens with a shirtless Gosling crooning his doll components lament, “It doesn’t seen to matter what I do/ I’m all the time No. 2/ Nobody is aware of how arduous I attempt,” over a plaintive piano. A montage then strikes to a scene of dancers limbering up for his or her huge musical quantity, Gerwig giving Gosling some path and a have a look at the construct for the paddle board seashore assault scene.
As Gosling croons about “blonde fragility,” Gerwig can’t assist however chuckle out loud, with the digicam repeatedly reducing to the director — carrying a pair of pink headphones round he neck, naturally — shedding it as her star prances throughout the inexperienced display screen sand in his full size fur coat.
Alongside the way in which we additionally see Slash within the studio reducing his solo and the music’s co-producers/co-writers Wyatt and Ronson laying down keyboard and guitar components for the ability ballad that additionally options rhythm guitar from Wolfgang Van Halen and drums from new Foo Fighter’s timekeeper Josh Freese.
Plus, you get an unique have a look at the rehearsals for the large seashore blowout dance battle between Ken and his arch rival Ken 2 (Simu Liu).
Gosling scored his first Billboard Sizzling 100 charting music with “Simply Ken” two weeks in the past when the music debuted at No. 87 on the tally. So far the film has grossed greater than $567 million within the U.S. and over $1.2 billion worldwide.
Watch the “I’m Simply Ken” behind-the-scenes video beneath.
