A first look at Ryan Gosling in 'Barbie' has sent the internet into a frenzy
Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" film won't hit theaters for another year and change.
Thank goodness, then, for a snippet from the film that Warner Bros. released Wednesday on an unprepared public
a photo of one Ryan Gosling as Barbie's tanned, toned and plastic boyfriend, Ken.
Gosling fans, cinephiles and casual Twitter users are having a visceral reaction to the image of the Canadian actor,
who stars opposite Margot Robbie's Barbie. It's the first official image of Gosling as the character made famous in the toy aisle.
Based on the photo, Gosling's transformed into the quintessential Ken:
His skin is tinted orange, and he's showing off an eight-pack of abs and bleached-blond hair.
His underpants are inexplicably emblazoned with his own name,
and he's rocking a sleeveless denim vest without a shirt in front of a Pepto-Bismol pink backdrop.