The star Ryan Gosling criticized the actress's absence Margot Robbie and the director Greta Gerwig in their respective individual categories Oscars 2024. Gosling was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Barbiewhile the two colleagues were excluded from the running for the “Best Actress” and “Best Director” categories.
After receiving her nomination, Gosling wrote a press release about her colleagues' absence. “It is a great honor to be nominated by my peers alongside such remarkable artists in a year with so many great films. And I never thought I'd say this, but I'm also very honored and proud to portray a plastic doll named Ken,” Gosling's statement begins. [via Variety].
He continues: “But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie film without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two main people behind this historic and globally acclaimed film.”
Moviegoers from around the world commented on Robbie's absence from the Best Actress category. On the other side of the cameras, Gerwig was also rejected in the Best Director category, even though Barbie was competing for the top prize for Best Feature. There were parallels on social media with the film's plot and the Oscar nominations.
“Without his talent, courage and genius, recognition would not be possible for anyone in film. To say I’m disappointed they weren’t nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement,” says Gosling.
He turns back to balancing the work on the set and finally congratulates America Ferreira for the Best Supporting Actress nomination: “Against all odds, with nothing more than a pair of soulless, scantily clad and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, broke our hearts, promoted culture and made history.” Their work should be recognized alongside the other very deserving nominees. “Still, I’m thrilled for America Ferrera and the other incredible artists who contributed their talents to making this film so groundbreaking.”
Bringing the Mattel doll to a liveaction film for the first time, Barbie stars Margot Robbie in the title role and Ryan Gosling as Ken, as well as an allstar cast Simu LiuFerrera, Kate McKinnon, Ncuti Gatwa, Will Ferrell and more.
With $1.4 billion in worldwide box office, Barbie was the biggest box office success of 2023 and has been a major player in awards season including the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
Barbie is available to stream on HBO Max.
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