Ryan Gosling has proved time and time again just how great of an actor he really is. No number of accolades would be able to justify his skill and talent. His work as Ken in Barbie has been the talk of the town as of late. When the audience was expecting a good performance out of Gosling for the role, they did not expect him to be as amazing as he turned out to be. He stole the show in the most grandiose way possible.
Although the actor has never won an Oscar, it is not a question of whether or not he is a great actor. His work is exceptionally brilliant and he gives his everything in order to make sure the role as well as the movie turns out wonderful. However, he thinks one particular performance slipped away because of another actor.
Ryan Gosling Was Not Giving His Best Performance Because Of Anthony Hopkins
Ryan Gosling is one of the youngest actors to ever be nominated for an Oscar. Unfortunately, he has never won one. Although he has been nominated twice, both times for Best Actor, he has never won the award. One particular movie where he thinks he could have gotten an award but did not just so happened to be alongside Anthony Hopkins. Fracture was a movie they both did together and Gosling was more than happy because of it.
“I don’t feel like I did a very good job, because I was so busy watching Anthony,” he added.“I’d have to remind myself, ‘You have a character to play. Stop watching him.’ I was trying to take apart how Anthony does it, trying to dismantle his talent and understand it. And I never could.”
Usually, he would give a role his everything, observing the ups and downs of his character and how to make that role exceptionally iconic. However, he could not do the same while he was working with Hopkins. At that time he was too busy observing the actor and trying to understand how he works rather than focusing on his own acting. His being so mesmerized by Hopkins affected the quality of his performance, costing him nominations and awards.
Ryan Gosling’s Potential Oscar Win
Ryan Gosling’s latest performance has been one that has left everyone in awe. He quite literally embraced his inner Ken and brought about a version of the character that can easily be described as being revolutionary. Many of the fans left the theatres after watching Barbie thinking that Ken was the best character in the entire movie and they weren’t wrong to think so.
His performance was powerful and impactful. He left a mark on the people and that has also led fans to hope he would get nominated for an Oscar and even win it this time. He deserves it very much so and what better way to celebrate his incredible performance than with an Oscar win?
Barbie is now available to watch in theatres.
Source: The Digital Fix
