Ryan Gosling was Inspired to Star in 'Barbie' Because of His Daughters | The Drew Barrymore Show

Please welcome someone we've been so honored that they were coming here. Mr. Ryan Gosling Are you gonna make me cry already? No, that was so beautiful True because I I have so much to relate to you in this endeavor. You're the only one who can The Represent to I heard Doug was After Ava last time I was here. I have heard all about Doug Doug visual evidence to corroborate that rumor Take it away control room You guys he's like biting the little look at the roses Stella McCartney Stella's dress You're lucky. She's such a good person She's being cool with it So we like to issue Apologies from Douglas personally on this show. So here is date Dougie's latest apology I'm sorry to munch on the dress of Ava Mendez Love your wife so much I do too. I mean True we have so much in common and we're both in the two girls club. Yes, it's it's also the most fun I've ever had in my life Really? They're the funniest people I've ever met and they helped me so much and I feel you know Like for instance this film, you know, it's like I never would have Done this if it weren't for them, I never dreamed of making Something this good, you know, and it's no coincidence that it's because they're in my life, you know Because I have heard a rumor that they were asking you to do Barbie and you came across Barbies like with your daughters and that was sort of a Trigger for you of like maybe I meant to do this. Is that rumor true? Yeah, I was well the the script was so Brilliantly observed by Greta, you know, I think at first I was like No, right. It was easier to say no than to say yes. Why would you say no out of curiosity doing Barbie? Yeah Just like how do you play a 70 year old crotchless doll who's like Shirtless all the time and it just was like it was a lot but I when I watched my girls you know was so funny because Well, first of all on a fun on a on a deeper level they were Using the Barbies to understand Things that were going on in the world around them. I mean for instance, what was one thing? It was like someone had Arthritis they heard the word arthritis and then I and I saw that Ken they're having a funeral for Ken and I was like What why is Ken dead and they're like he died. He had arthritis. He died Of arthritis and it was so beautiful because they don't know what they wanted to understand it and they could put it into this world And that's what Greta was doing. She was taking these kind of larger You know harder to to understand themes and and and and using dolls to sort of act them out And but at the same time then I saw Ken face down in the mud in the backyard beside a squished lemon and I was like, I understand him now I can play him. I know I he it like they had no interest in him in a beautiful way So I thought I get this Okay, this makes so much sense now because I got a text once from a woman named Mary half. I'll never forget it It was in reference to my daughters and she just said one text and it changed matches take them on your journey And it sounds like that's what you do as a dad And it's always been a dance for me because I want to keep them so private and protected But I want to take them on my journey and I applaud you for finding that pretty little middle I'm totally on that road as a parent myself and I think what you are making is Transcending our relationships or the stories we're trying to tell With and for our daughters because I want to read a couple things. This is very important. I've been doing so much research So here are a few things I came across reading about you this one's my favorite because it's from Inc magazine Ryan Gosling is going to save Hollywood the article It's so smart. I read the whole article and this guy pontificates about the way you're making choices and the way that you're Surrounding yourself with filmmakers and the movies that you're championing and supporting are Not just changing the industry They're changing our perception of how we go to the movies and what our relationships are with each other This is some deep stuff. You're 95% on Rotten Tomatoes with a hundred percent popcorn viewership Magazine called Rolling Stone Ryan Gosling saves the universe and the movies USA Today project Hail Mary is 2026 first great movie. How does that make you feel?