Current:Home > ScamsWhy Ryan Gosling's 'I'm Just Ken' was nearly cut from 'Barbie' film-LoTradeCoin
Why Ryan Gosling's 'I'm Just Ken' was nearly cut from 'Barbie' film
View Date:2024-12-24 00:30:42
Mark Ronson says the "Barbie" hit song "I'm Just Ken" just made the film's final cut.
Ronson, who co-wrote "I'm Just Ken," told Britain's The Sunday Times that the track almost didn't make it to the highest-grossing movie last year, saying that the studio was unsure about the now-Oscar-nominated song.
"I thought, 'God, I hope we don't ruin it,'" he told the news outlet in an interview, published Sunday. "At that first screening the song wasn’t working. I panicked. The humor wasn’t translating, and Greta (Gerwig) had to fight. The studio asked her how much she really needed it and she said, ‘With every inch of my body.’ And then there was a big swing."
Gerwig, the film's director, and "Barbie" star Margot Robbie were snubbed from this year's best director and best actor categories at the Oscars, respectively. Ronson also told The Sunday Times that he wanted to bring a genuine approach to the song after Gerwig asked him to write songs for the movie.
"Ken is ridiculous," Ronson said. "But Greta’s point was that nobody should ever be laughing at a character. We feel their pain, as crazy as that sounds about a guy wearing a white mink and two pairs of sunglasses. I never wanted to write a song for a cheap laugh. You want something to get under people's skin."
How to watch the 2024 Oscars:A full rundown on nominations, host and how to tune in
Will Ryan Gosling perform 'I'm Just Ken' at the 2024 Oscars?
Gosling is set to sing his Oscar-nominated song, along with fellow "Barbie" best song nominees Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O'Connell who are up for their "What Was I Made For?" ballad. The pair of songs are a part of a slew of eight Oscar nods for "Barbie," including a best supporting actor nomination for Gosling.
Jon Batiste, Becky G and Scott George and the Osage Singers will also perform their nominated songs during the Oscars telecast, according to the show's executive producers Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan.
Gosling sported a Black T-shirt and a Caterpillar hat to rehearse "Ken" on Friday during the 2024 Academy Award rehearsals, where presenters and performers prepared for Sunday night's big show.
Ryan Goslingwill sing 'I'm Just Ken' at the 2024 Oscars: Who else is performing?
Contributing: Bryan Alexander
veryGood! (7217)
Related
- When do new episodes of 'Cobra Kai' Season 6 come out? Release date, cast, where to watch
- Why we love Wild Geese Bookshop, named after a Mary Oliver poem, in Fort Collins, Colo.
- Why Will Smith Regrets Pushing Daughter Willow Smith Into Show Business as a Kid
- Body seen along floating barrier Texas installed in the Rio Grande, Mexico says
- Lions find way to win, Bears in tough spot: Best (and worst) from NFL Week 10
- Truck full of nacho cheese leaves sticky mess on Arkansas highway
- Indianapolis officer fatally shoots fleeing motorist during brief foot chase
- Who is Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing the DOJ's Trump probes?
- Bo the police K-9, who located child taken at knifepoint, wins Hero Dog Awards 2024
- Drug agents fatally shoot 19-year-old man in Georgia. They say he pulled out a gun
Ranking
- Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 45 days in prison for probation violations
- Summer School 4: Marketing and the Ultimate Hose Nozzle
- Passenger injures Delta flight attendant with sharp object at New Orleans' main airport, authorities say
- Orlando Magic make $50K donation to PAC supporting Ron DeSantis presidential campaign
- Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback
- Surfs up takes on new meaning as California waves get bigger as Earth warms, research finds
- Texas man ticketed for feeding the homeless outside Houston library is found not guilty
- Bus crash at Grand Canyon West leaves 1 person dead, nearly 60 hospitalized
Recommendation
-
Shel Talmy, produced hits by The Who, The Kinks and other 1960s British bands, dead at 87
-
Police fatally shoot man while trying to arrest him at Wisconsin gas station
-
Attention shifts to opt-out clause after Tigers' Eduardo Rodriguez blocks Dodgers trade
-
A new EcoWarrior Barbie, supposedly from Mattel, drew headlines. It was a hoax.
-
Charles Hanover: A Summary of the UK Stock Market in 2023
-
U.S aware Europeans evacuating citizens after Niger coup, but is not following suit
-
Tom Brady buys stake in English soccer team Birmingham City
-
Who are the co-conspirators in the Trump Jan. 6 indictment?