Ryan Goslin, during the Oscar ceremony.
Canadian actor Ryan Gosling donned the Ken suit again this Sunday to perform ‘I’m just Ken’, and received one of the biggest ovations of the night, with the entire auditorium on its feet.
Gosling began singing from the stalls, sitting behind his co-star, Margot Robbie. Dressed in a pink suit adorned with rhinestones, pink gloves and sunglasses, the actor was accompanied by a large troupe of dancers.
‘I’m just Ken’ was one of the two songs from the film ‘Barbie’ that competed for the Oscar, which finally went to ‘What was I made for?’, performed by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, which already This season it had won the Grammy for best song written for audiovisual media.
Eilish and O’Connell also took the stage at the Dolby Theater first to perform the song and then to collect the award.
‘The fire inside’, performed by Becky G for Eva Longoria’s film ‘Flamin’ Hot’; ‘It never went away’, from Matthew Heineman’s film ‘American Symphony’, and ‘Wahzhazhe (A Song for my People’), from Martin Scorsese’s film ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, completed the nominations and performances of the gala.
Gosling did not attend the gala just to sing: he was nominated for best supporting actor for ‘Barbie’, an American and international box office hit that received eight nominations this year, including a mention for best film, but not for best direction ( Greta Gerwig) or best actress (Margot Robbie).
However, the Oscar for best supporting actor went to Robert Downey Jr. for ‘Oppenheimer’. It is the third failed nomination for Gosling, who was also a candidate for ‘Half Nelson’ (2006) and ‘La La Land’ (2016).
Mark Ronson, author of ‘I’m Just Ken’ along with Andrew Wyatt, had told Variety magazine that it was his dream for Gosling to perform it live at the ceremony and that if he refused he did not see it feasible for that performance to be maintained. with another singer. EFE