Not just Ken but everybody loves Barbie! With Greta Gerwig’s latest directorial releasing trailers and teasers, Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the lead characters, millions of people around the world are anticipating and eager to buy tickets to the comical masterpiece.
When social media users realized that there won’t be just one Ken and Barbie but multiple avatars essayed by a number of well-known actors in Hollywood, they were over the moon. Here’s everything you need to know about the real-life animation of Mattel’s Barbie.
Who’s playing Ken?
For lead, we have Ryan Gosling, and for other variations of Ken, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ncuti Gatwa, and Scott Evans are all set. Posters of all the handsome hunks’ avatars are out and making all the hype.
The “Ken” doll
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Simu Liu
Scott Evans
Ncuti Gatwa
Who’s the Barbie?
While Robbie is doing justice to Barbie’s human version, singer Dua Lipa, actress Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, Kate McKinnon, Hari Nef, and others will also portray different versions. There is, however, one difference between Ken and Barbie, while the former is “just Ken,” the latter enjoys a number of professions.
The “Everything” Barbie
Kate McKinnon as Gymnast Barbie
Issa Rae as President Barbie
Hari Nef as Doctor Barbie
Alexandra Shipp as Writer Barbie
Emma Mackey as Physicist Barbie
Sharon Rooney as Lawyer Barbie
Dua Lipa as Mermaid Barbie
Nicola Coughlan as Diplomat Barbie
Ana Cruz Kayne as Judge Barbie
Ritu Arya as Journalist Barbie
The latest posters also reveal other important characters listed below.
Helen Mirren serves as the film’s narrator
Will Ferrell playing a Mattel CEO
Michael Cera as Allan
Jamie Demetriou
Ariana Greenblatt
America Ferrera
Connar Swindells
The film will be released on 21st July, 2023 in the United States.
Watch the official trailer:
