First Look at Ryan Gosling as Ken in "Barbie" Movie

Warner Bros. unveiled Wednesday on social media the first look at Ryan Gosling as Ken in the highly-anticipated “Barbie” movie.

The photo featured the actor in character and smiling with bleached blonde hair, glowing orange-spray tanned skin, and topless wearing a sleeveless Canadian tuxedo.

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The live-action movie also features Margot Robbie as Barbie.

The cast also includes Simu Liu, Issa Rae, Alexandra Shipp, Will Ferrell, Hari Nef, Ncuti Gatwa, Michael Cera, Rhea Perlman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Emerald Fennell, and Rita Arya.

Greta Gerwig directed the project from a script she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach.

Robbie is also producing the movie through her LuckyChap production company alongside LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerley.

The movie will also be produced by Mattel Films’ Robbie Brenner and Paddington’s David Heyman.

The Barbie project dates back all the way to 2009, with Sony originally lining up Diablo Cody to write the script in 2014. Two years later, Amy Schumer was cast for the titular role from a script by Hilary Winston.

However, the project remained in development until Warner Bros. and Robbie picked it up in 2018, originally aiming for Patty Jenkins on directing duties.

"Barbie" is set to hit theaters on July 21, 2023. It will open against Christopher Nolan’s star-studded movie “Oppenheimer”.