Margot Robbie & Ryan Gosling Talk ‘Barbie’ & Secret Skills | W Magazine

Can I be honest? Is this a safe place? Yeah. I don't like this thing at all. Why? I don't like the look of it. What? I don't... I don't like that you're showing it to me. It looks like the last thing you see before you die. It's like, you just... that's happening and then you're... It does look like it's the same designer as your dress, though. It does, yeah. It accessorizes it. It is. Alright, so you don't want to give it a name? Ryan is what I'm betting on? Maybe like Beelzebub? I feel like you should be like, Satan, get the hint! I'm Margot Robbie and this is Young Hercules. Or Noah from The Notebook. Oh. Or... Ken from Barbie. Oh, good. So it's a public shaming, is what this is. No, it's a list of my favorite things. Are we really to believe Young Hercules is one of your favorite things? It's my favorite thing you've done. Ouch! My first impression of Ken was the title page of the script, which said Barbie and Ken and then and Ken was scratched out. And then the next was, this is the hardest part I'll ever play. Did you really think that? Yeah. I mean, how do you approach playing a 70-year-old crotchless doll? There's no research you can do for that. There's no one you can shadow, there's no documentaries you can watch, there's no books written about it. Yeah. You're on your own. What was the first scene you shot together? Oh, that was the boat. When Barbie and Ken go to the real world, they have different modes of transportation and the first one we ever shot was on the sailing boat with the little dolphins. And the seagull. Which really, I think, speaks to one of the many things that's so wonderful about you. About me? Yes. I brought a seagull and I asked somebody to puppeteer it in the shot. You brought the seagull? Yeah, but you knew that. No, I thought they had it already on set. No, I brought the seagull. The way I remember it was that I brought the seagull, I asked the guy to puppeteer it, and you turned around and you went, you brought a seagull? Great. Whereas I can guarantee you 90% of the actors I've ever worked with go, you brought a seagull. Great. Are you going to perform I'm Pam at the Oscars? Well, I haven't been invited, Lynn. Thanks for pointing that out. And I wasn't thinking about it until now. Now it's all I'm going to think about. Do you get paid for that? I doubt it. What is that? What do you get paid to sing at the Oscars? They pick you up at least, right? I think you get a free ride. Do you have to self-drive? Yeah, an Uber or maybe, I don't know. Still thinking about it. Ryan, what was the first job you auditioned for? My uncle's Elvis impersonating act. My job was to hand out teddy bears during Teddy Bear. Did you have to sing? No, just give the teddy bears. Fascinating, huh? You didn't sing? No, it was his act. When I've heard you talk about this before, I always assumed you were singing and dancing. Really? Yeah. Well, you were wrong. You were dead wrong. Just the match. Sorry to further disappoint you. What was the first job you booked? I was in the background of a Hooters commercial. Excuse me? Yeah. A Hulus commercial? Hooters. You know, like the restaurant? Hooters, the accent sometimes I get. Hooters. There, now I get it. And they didn't pay you? Nope, didn't get paid. But I got offered a job at Hooters at the end of the day. And I was like, I think this is... You're like, no, I think I'll take over the world. I was like, I think I'm going to wish more... I've got more world domination in my sights. Maybe. What is your sign, Margot? I'm a Cancer, but I don't actually identify as a Cancer. What are the traits that you don't identify with? So, not that I know too much about astrology, but as far as I'm aware, the main traits of a Cancer is that you're very emotional and a real homebody, and I don't feel like I'm either of those things. I'm a Scorpio, but I don't like saying that. Why? Because people always go... Why? What are Scorpios like? Everyone's got this, like... Scary and funny? I guess I better watch out for that tail. Which is what I'm all about. I know. What are the other traits of a Scorpio? We don't want to talk about them. Ryan, who is your cinematic crush? I saw Raquel Welch on The Muppet Show when I was young. She was dressed like a cavewoman. She was dancing with a big puppet spider. And I liked it. Wow. I liked it more than anything I'd ever liked before. I always feel like I overshare when I'm with Leigh. No, no, no, you just... You know, see, even now you continue to surprise me. I mean, obviously there have been many, many, many over the years, but the one that comes to mind, Aragon from Lord of the Rings. Wait, from the book? Or are you talking about Viggo Mortensen? Viggo Mortensen in Lord of the Rings as Aragon. All right, well... Strider. Which they didn't go with in the movie. Not Hercules. Not young Hercules. I understand. He was a close second. Viggo, you know. Margot, what's your karaoke song? Share, Believe. Wow. You're so positive. What's yours? You're just always putting out positivity. What's yours? I don't have one. You don't have a karaoke song? No. Really? I don't. I only sing at the Oscars, guys. I don't do... Oh, no, wait, I don't. And Ken's karaoke song would be? Oh, Ken's. Ken's would be like... What is that song? How does it go? What about me? No, it's... I don't want you to look at me while I sing it. I did my best. But I guess my best wasn't pretty enough. What song is that? What is it? It's... James Ingram. Just once. I just like that you committed to the accent or the voice. I went a little Aaron Neville, which is... I always get my Nevilles and Ingrams confused. What movie makes you cry? Really? We won this question, and The Notebook is the number one movie that makes people cry. Really? Not Elephant Man? No, not even close. Are you kidding? Elephant Man would be mine. Really? It's too sad, though. One time I saw it in a theater, and halfway through, when Elephant Man got these brushes and he was going to give them back, and this lady screamed, the guy behind me went, Get her, Elephant Man! And I realized that he thought he was at Wolfman or something. It was like, you've been enduring the saddest thing ever. He was just like, Get her, Elephant Man! And Margaret, did you cry at The Notebook? Just admit you cried at The Notebook. I would never not cry at The Notebook. It doesn't matter how many times I see it. I bawl my eyes out. In fact, when I watch it, I stop halfway before it gets to the sad stuff. And Titanic. When he dies. Yeah, of course. Okay. So tragic. No, when that guy hits the propeller. What would you be really great at that we'd be surprised to know you're really good at? I make a hell of a pie. You do? Yeah. What kind? I go raspberry. I feel hurt that you've never made a pie. My mom used to bake as a side hustle growing up, so I'm just lucky enough to get the pie gene. Good crust? Yeah, and I flute my crust too, so don't let anyone tell you that I don't. You what? I flute them. It's where you thumb the edges and you make a nice little, almost like a braid. Wow. Okay, Ryan, where was your first kiss? You know, Lynn, I don't first kiss and tell. My mama raised me right. You have to just say the location. The location? Yeah, where? No. I always overshare with you and I'm not going to do it today. Inside or outside? Excuse me? Were you indoors or outdoors? Oh. Oh, well. Well, I don't want to talk. No. Pass. Hard pass. Margo has a very romantic first kiss, I have to tell you. Really? Yes. It was super romantic, actually. Do you want to share? No, no, we're not kissing and telling. Okay, I'm glad we held strong on that one. Maintained our dignity in this charade. Don't worry, I gave my dignity up the first time I did this show.