Ryan Gosling Struggling to Follow Kids’ Barbie Backstory


Ryan Gosling reveals his 2 daughters' Barbies 'all have their own names' and 'complicated back stories'

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Ryan Gosling bringing “energy” greta gerwig‘S barbie film – but not when his daughters ask him to play with their dolls.

“My child, their Barbies aren’t even named ‘Barbie.'” They all have their own names. [and] Very complicated lives, back stories, interrelationships, history – you need to know it all,” Gosling, 42, told ET Canada During the interview on Thursday, June 29 barbie Press event in Toronto. “If you are playing with the two who are now separated for some reason [and you did not know that]It’s like, ‘Get out of here.'”

La la Land The star’s 8-year-old daughter Esmeralda and 7-year-old Amada are his longtime partners Eva Mendes, Gosling and Mendes, 49, have been together for more than a decade after meeting on the set in 2012. the place Beyond the Pines, The couple loves to lavish on their little girls, even though they have to play by their own rules when it comes to doll adventures.

,[The dolls] Don’t even talk!” Gosling quipped during a joint interview with his sister on Thursday, mandi gosling, “and by the way, [Ken] Works at a grocery store, he is not a fireman. you gotta know [the story lines],

Esmeralda and Amada will soon see their father portray a different version of Kane barbie will be released in theaters July 21 – and Mendes has already accepted the role.

“Well, first of all, I saw [shirtless] picture [of Ryan in character] And the 14-year-old inside me was like, ‘Ah,'” Hitch The actress quips during an appearance in June 2022 statement, referring to an earlier picture of Gosling with bleached-blonde hair. “It’s a funny photo and he’s trying to be funny. So, it worked on all levels. … I [asked him], ‘Can I have that underwear please? Please! I never ask for anything. So anyway, there I have it. I’m wearing it now.

Two months later a source exclusively told us weekly that Mendes is “always supportive” of Gosling’s career. “He finds it cool and charming playing Kane,” the insider said in August 2022. “They really had fun playing the part together after she went blonde. They both laughed a lot.

Gosling’s 46-year-old sister also said Thursday that his casting seemed like a “spurious” decision.

“Of course, it’s Ken! I mean, [he] Might have had to look a little deeper for ‘Kennergy’, but I always knew it was there,” Mandy quips. ET Canada,

When he’s not prepping to bring the iconic doll to life, Ryan and Mendes mainly keep their little ones out of the spotlight.

A second source previously stated, “It looks like they would be better able to connect outside of Hollywood, either in Canada or someplace away from Los Angeles like Santa Barbara or further up the coast.” We In January 2022. “It’s ironic that he fell in love with shooting place beyond the Pines In Upper New York, this is an area they would love to return to and raise their children in.”

The insider explained that Ryan and Mendes want their daughters to grow up in an “outdoorsy environment” away from the pressures of the big city. There crazy Stupid Love The actor is “dedicated” to being a present father.