CNN
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Eva Mendes has time for the haters.
The actress and longtime love of Ryan Gosling posted Wednesday about public skepticism when he initially took on the position of Ken within the blockbuster movie “Barbie.” Gosling earned greatest supporting actor Oscar nomination earlier this week for his efficiency within the film.
“So happy with my man. A lot hate when he took on this position. So many individuals attempting to disgrace him for doing it,” Mendes wrote in a Instagram caption of a display screen seize of article from June 2022, which was essential of Gosling’s casting.
“Regardless of all of the #Notmyken ridicule and articles written about him, he created this fully authentic, hilarious, heartbreaking, now iconic character and took all of it the way in which to Oscars,” she went on to write down. “So past proud to be this Ken’s Barbie.”
“Barbie” was the top-grossing movie of 2023, with the film’s soundtrack and Gosling’s rendition of “I’m Simply Ken” reaching chart success.
Gosling’s Academy Award nomination, together with costar America Ferrera who was nominated for greatest supporting actress, stirred dialog on condition that the movie’s star Margot Robbie was not nominated for greatest actress and Greta Gerwig was shut out of a best director nomination.