Matt Bomer turned down playing Ken in the blockbuster Barbie movie
Matt Bomer turned down playing Ken in 'Barbie'. Despite auditioning to play the doll in Greta Gerwig's live-action blockbuster based on the famous Mattel dolls Barbie and Ken, the 46-year-old star rejected the part, “choosing not to spend extensive time away from his family." He told Vanity Fair magazine: “I recorded it on my own, played a bunch of different Kens — and I dressed differently for all of them. “I recorded the lines of the other person’s dialogue on my recorder and then gave myself space to respond.” Ryan Gosling, 43, played stereotypical Ken in the movie and Margot Robbie, 33, pl...