Ryan Gosling ‘I’m Just Ken’ Oscars Performance Almost Didn’t Happen

One of many highlights through the 2024 Oscars was Ryan Gosling‘s ‘I am Simply Ken’ efficiency, however the ‘Barbie’ actor revealed it nearly did not occur.

Only one month after the movie hit theaters, the tune had over 100 million streams on Spotify and over 3 million views on YouTube, and people numbers proceed to develop in the present day.

‘I am Simply Ken’ grew to become a worldwide phenomenon, so, in fact, it needed to be carried out on the film’s largest evening, proper?

Gosling not too long ago appeared on ‘The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon’ the place the 2 mentioned his epic ‘I am Simply Ken’ Oscars efficiency. Regardless of the response it obtained from followers, Gosling revealed it nearly did not occur as a result of he initially mentioned “100% no” when the Academy requested him.

When on the late-night present, Fallon requested Gosling, “The extent of stress on there… when the Oscars requested you to carry out, they name you, and so they go, ‘Would you need to do ‘I’m Simply Ken?” Do you instantly go, ‘Yeah, I’ve to do that!’ Or no?”

To which Gosling instantly responded, “100% no.”

“There’s loads of ways in which might go improper,” he advised the late-night host.

In complete, ‘Barbie’ obtained eight nominations, but it surely solely took house one award: ‘Finest Authentic Music’ for Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell’s ‘What Was I Made For?’

“Thanks a lot to the Academy. I really feel like—I simply didn’t assume this might occur. I used to be not anticipating this,” Ellish mentioned in her acceptance speech. “I really feel so extremely fortunate and honored. Thanks to Greta—the place did you go? I like you! Thanks for this. I’m so grateful for this tune, and for this film, and the way in which that it made me really feel.”

She added, “And this goes out to everybody who was affected by the film and the way unimaginable it’s. And I need to thank my crew and my mother and father. I like you guys a lot.”

Whereas the summer season blockbuster was an enormous hit on the field workplace, it did not obtain as many Oscar nominations as many had thought.

For starters, Margot Robbie was not nominated for Best Actress for her function within the hit movie, however Ryan Gosling obtained a nomination for Finest Supporting Actor for his function as Ken within the film, which had followers furious, accusing the Academy of snubbing Robbie.

Robbie was not the one one to get snubbed at this 12 months’s Oscars. Greta Gerwig was not included within the Finest Director nominations, although she was nominated for her screenwriter function in ‘Barbie’ for Finest Tailored Screenplay.

Following the backlash, Gosling spoke out, defending the 2 girls.

“[I am] upset that [Robbie and Gerwig] will not be nominated of their respective classes,” he advised PEOPLE. “[While I am] extraordinarily honored to be nominated, there’s, no Ken with out Barbie. And there’s no Barbie film with out Greta Gerwigand Margot Robbie, the 2 individuals most chargeable for this history-making, globally celebrated movie.”

The ‘Barbie’ actor added, “No recognition could be potential for anybody on the movie with out their expertise, grit, and genius. To say that I’m upset that they aren’t nominated of their respective classes could be an understatement.”

Forward of the Oscars, Robbie appeared on a panel at a particular SAG screening, the place she addressed the Oscars snub.

“There’s no technique to really feel unhappy when you’re this blessed,” she mentioned, per Deadline. “Clearly, I believe Greta needs to be nominated as a director as a result of what she did is a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime factor, what she pulled off, it truly is, but it surely’s been an unimaginable 12 months for all of the movies.”

America Ferrera, who additionally starred in ‘Barbie’ and was nominated for Finest Supporting Actress, spoke out, telling Variety, “Greta has performed nearly all the pieces {that a} director might do to deserve it.”

She added, “Creating this world and taking one thing that didn’t have inherent worth to most individuals and making it a worldwide phenomenon. It feels disappointing to not see her on that listing.”