

There are actually multiple Kens in the Barbie movie cast, which means if people have a problem with Gosling's version, there are others that maybe will be less of a problem.īased on everything we know about the Barbie movie the story sees Ken and Barbie make the leap from their own world into the real world, leading them to almost certainly come to terms with the nature of their own existence. Barbie has been a staple of pop culture for centuries but she often appears without Ken and I've certainly never heard anybody be upset about this fact.

Ken is simply "Barbie's boyfriend" and nothing more. While I'm certainly no major expert on Barbie, there's a lot that I could tell you about the doll that I've picked up through simple cultural osmosis. I'm finding it difficult to disagree with Ryan Gosling here. His Ken just sort of tags along on the adventure, and as a character, Ken doesn’t seem to really have much going on beyond being part of Barbie’s world. In the Barbie trailer, we can see a little of what he’s talking about.

Ken has always played second fiddle to Barbie, and most anybody who really cares about Ken as a doll likely only does so because of his connection to Barbie.
