Ryan Gosling Goes Full Ken to Ambush Greta Gerwig in Viral Video to Celebrate Director’s Birthday as ‘Barbie’ Set to Cross $1B at Box-Office

Greta Gerwig’s latest film, Barbie, is soaring to great heights at the box office. The movie is all set to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office this weekend. Her accomplishment comes right on time for her birthday. This gave her another reason to continue the celebrations over the weekend. August 4th marked the 40^th birthday of the acclaimed director, and fans worldwide celebrated her birthday.

Barbie star, Ryan Gosling went above and beyond to throw a special surprise for his director. He had a special Barbie-themed surprise in store that both shocked and amused her.

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Ryan Gosling surprises Greta Gerwig with a Barbie flash mob

Ryan Gosling, who played the role of Ken in Barbie, sent director Greta Gerwig into her own Barbie world on her birthday. He sent a Barbie-themed flash mob, and Gerwig was taken aback when she saw them in action. The official Instagram account of the Barbie movie shared the video, revealing how Gosling surprised Gerwig.

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From the video, it looks like the flash mob suddenly showed up at Gerwig’s pilates class and danced to songs from the Barbie movie. The caption read,

“As Kens know…. Sometimes the only way to express your feelings is through song & dance! Ken Ryan sent these special Barbies and Kens to start Greta’s birthday with all the feelings!!”

Here is the video:

 

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What a lovely gesture on Gosling’s part to express gratitude to Gerwig for giving him the role of Ken in Barbie. He was the original choice for this role, and he did a great job with it.

Barbie set to cross $1 billion on Greta Gerwig’s birthday weekend

Gerwig’s birthday celebration may not end here, as she has a lot of reasons to party hard. The phenomenal box office collection of Barbie is expected to cross the $1 billion mark over a couple of days.

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The movie is on track to become the second highest-grossing film of 2023 so far. Just 14 days after its release, Barbie reached $400 million in the domestic market, which is a new record for Warner Bros.

This movie is the highest-grossing film for most of the people associated with it, whether it’s Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, or Greta Gerwig herself.

Barbie is out now in cinemas.

Source: CBR