Simu Liu quashes fan speculation over supposed Ryan Gosling beef

No, there are not any Ken-tentious emotions between Barbie co-stars Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu.

Liu cleared the air Thursday a few attainable Barbie beef after a video surfaced with seemingly awkward pink carpet interplay between the 2 actors.

This is every thing it’s worthwhile to learn about a rumored battle of the Kens that turned out to be a lot ado about nothing.

What occurred?

In a video posted to social media Wednesday, Gosling and Liu are seen posing for images at a June press occasion in Toronto, Canada. Liu had his hand round Gosling’s waist when Gosling regarded down and muttered one thing inaudible. Then the actors pulled aside.

“You don’t what – oh, it’s too tender?” Liu says. “Honest sufficient.”

The actors then continued posing, arms to themselves.

A number of social media customers immediately assumed the more serious. “Oh I would actually by no means present my face once more,” one wrote. “He was so mad after like you’ll be able to see it in his face,” one other interpreted of Liu. “Is it me or has Ryan gosling come off very smug for this complete press tour?” one requested.

Others identified the actors have been in all probability simply enjoying off their rivalry within the film. “I believe it is their characters enjoying like they hate one another trigger they’re in competitors with one another within the film,” a person wrote. “It ain’t that deep.”

Liu’s response

The brouhaha over Gosling’s alleged snub bought so loud that Liu addressed it Thursday in an Instagram story with a photograph of the pair smiling on the carpet.

“I would seaside off with this Kenadian once more in a heartbeat,” the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings actor wrote of his fellow Ontario, Canada native (Gosling is from London, whereas the Chinese language-born Liu was raised in Mississauga). “He’s one of the best human in each manner, particularly when he jokes round with us on the carpet and on set, infecting all of us together with his kenergy.”

He added, “Now let’s get again to the problems that matter, like supporting our placing actors and writers preventing for truthful wages!”

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Liu’s feedback align with every thing complimentary he is mentioned about Gosling on the press tour.

“Ryan was one of the best inspiration, as a result of he was essentially the most disciplined,” he instructed Males’s Well being about figuring out together with his co-star. “I couldn’t beat Ryan to the fitness center. He was all the time there sooner than me and he all the time stayed later. It simply speaks to the self-discipline that this man has, and I believe it actually pays off within the film. He is bought a pair scenes the place you get to see a little bit of that Ken physique, and it is fairly shredded.”

Liu gushed about his general Barbie expertise in an interview with Yahoo Leisure.

“Simply stepping onto that set was absolute magic,” he mentioned. “It was as enjoyable to make as it’s to look at, possibly extra so. ‘Trigger we actually really bought to reside it, you recognize? I am so unhappy that moviegoing audiences will solely expertise it for like an hour and 45 minutes at a time. However really, we have been like, ‘Is it authorized to have this a lot enjoyable at work?’ Actually, it was one of the best movie [experience].”

What it’s worthwhile to know

Gosling is famously deadpan, particularly doing press occasions.

He is been particularly goofy and droll by way of Barbie’s lengthy promotional marketing campaign — seemingly having extra enjoyable than he is ever had on a press tour as he is cracked sensible alongside co-star Margot Robbie and eagerly launched the notion of “Ken-ergy” into the popular culture zeitgeist.

“Up till this level, I solely knew Ken from afar. I did not know Ken from inside,” Gosling mentioned in the course of the Warner Bros. panel at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. “I doubted my Ken-ergy. I did not see it. … I used to be dwelling my life and the subsequent factor I knew, I used to be bleaching my hair and shaving my legs and rollerblading on Venice Seaside.”

As for what Ken-ergy is? Gosling provides no straightforward solutions.

Nonetheless, there’s a simple reply for what transpired between he and Liu on the press occasion. That was merely Gosling being Gosling… or Ken being Ken.