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- Ryan Gosling shared a bittersweet statement about getting an Oscar nomination for his role in 'Barbie', while Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were snubbed.
- Gosling played Ken in 'Barbie', with Robbie playing the eponymous character and Gerwig being the director and co-writer.
- The film has been widely recognised during the award season, but 'Oppenheimer' has enjoyed more fanfare.
For Ryan Gosling, his 2024 Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor is a bittersweet moment because both Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were snubbed for Best Actress and Director, respectively.
Gosling played Ken in Barbie, with Robbie playing the eponymous character. The film has so far been widely recognised during the award season, but Oppenheimer has enjoyed more fanfare, sweeping up Best Film at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
"I am extremely honoured to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films," Gosling shared in a statement.
"And I never thought I'd be saying this, but I'm also incredibly honoured and proud that it's for portraying a plastic doll named Ken.
"But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally celebrated film," Gosling continued.
"No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius," he added.
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Barbie was not only a huge pop-culture event, being part of the Barbenheimer trend along with Oppenheimer, but it was also a massive hit at the box office, grossing over $1.4 billion.Barbie is the highest-grossing film directed by a woman and enjoys the 14th highest gross overall, according to Box Office Mojo.
"To say that I'm disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement," Gosling continued.
"Against all odds with nothing but a couple of soulless, scantily clad, and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture and they made history," he shared, adding:
"Having said that, I am so happy for America Ferrera and the other incredible artists who contributed their talents to making this such a groundbreaking film," he added.
The 39-year-old was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards. Her performance in Barbie was widely praised, particularly for the monologue she delivered toward the end of the film.
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Ferrera similarly expressed her excitement and disappointment.
"I still haven't really been able to get in my feelings because I'm still on, like, the top layer of 'I can't even believe that this is real'," Ferrera told Variety.
Speaking about Gerwig and Robbie, she said, "I was incredibly disappointed that they weren't nominated.""Greta has done just about everything that a director could do to deserve it," Ferrera said.
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Talking about Robbie, she said: "Perhaps people got fooled into thinking that the work seems easy, but Margot is a magician as an actress in front of the screen, and it was one of the honours of my career to get to witness her pull off the amazing performance she did. She brings so much heart and humour and depth and joy and fun to the character. In my book, she's a master."
Barbie received eight Oscar nominations in total, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design and two slots in the original song category for What Was I Made For? and I'm Just Ken.
