Current:Home > FinanceBarbie's Simu Liu Reveals What the Kens Did While the Barbies Had Their Epic Sleepover -AssetTrainer
Barbie's Simu Liu Reveals What the Kens Did While the Barbies Had Their Epic Sleepover
View
Date:2025-04-13 04:57:38
Gym is life for the Ken dolls.
In Greta Gerwig's upcoming Barbie, Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu's characters have an epic "I'll beach you off" kerfuffle. But it turns out, the Kens are also competitive about pumping iron.
"Greta was very deliberate in what she wanted the Kens to do to bond," Simu exclusively told E! News' Francesca Amiker, "which was to gym together."
"So, while the Barbies were having a nice, relaxing night," the actor continued, referencing the fun-filled sleepover the female cast members like Margot Robbie and America Ferrera got to enjoy, "the Kens were lifting things and flexing."
And no one took the task quite as seriously as Ryan.
"I could not beat this man to the gym," Simu admitted. "No matter how early I went, he was always there. He always stayed later than me. So, I really saw the discipline and I really saw the Ken-ergy."
However, as Simu noted, the Kens didn't have too much FOMO over the Barbie sleepover. For one, they were able to virtually join in on some of their shenanigans.
"We were invited to Skype in," he teased. "It was definitely a bonding time for the Barbies."
But there is one cast gathering the Shang-Chi actor still regrets missing.
"I had to fly back to Toronto to host the Juno Awards, which was amazing, but everyone else rented a massive limo and watched Magic Mike Live in Piccadilly Square," Simu admitted. "They all Facetimed me from the limo as if I wasn't going to die of jealousy."
While the 34-year-old had to skip out on an epic Barbie cast outing, he explained that they spent a lot of time together outside of filming. As he put it, "We had a lot of dinners, a lot of hangs."
And although they have since wrapped, Simu explained that he's still got unfinished business with one of the Kens.
"Scott [Evans] and I had a very, very, very long and very contentious table tennis rivalry that lasted over the course of the entire production of the movie," the Marvel actor said. "I can't remember who won, he probably beat me last."
He added, "I hope I get to see him again soon because I need to get him back."
We can only hope the cameras are rolling for this face-off.
Barbie hits theaters July 21.
Sign up for E! Insider! Unlock exclusive content, custom alerts & more!veryGood! (7987)
Related
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Can my employer restrict religious displays at work? Ask HR
- Sebastian Stan Looks Unrecognizable as Donald Trump in Apprentice Movie
- Deputy fired and arrested after video shows him punch man he chased in South Carolina
- Krispy Kreme offers a free dozen Grinch green doughnuts: When to get the deal
- Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut plane’s engines indicted on endangerment charges
- Divers map 2-mile trail of scattered relics and treasure from legendary shipwreck Maravillas
- DeSantis wants to cut 1,000 jobs, but asks for $1 million to sue over Florida State’s football snub
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- Horoscopes Today, December 5, 2023
Ranking
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- Video shows research ship's incredibly lucky encounter with world's largest iceberg as it drifts out of Antarctica
- 'Past Lives,' 'May December' lead nominations for Independent Spirit Awards
- Can office vacancies give way to more housing? 'It's a step in the right direction'
- Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
- Jamie Foxx makes first public appearance since hospitalization, celebrates ability to walk
- US makes offer to bring home jailed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich. Russia rejected it
- Vice President Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record for Senate tiebreaker votes, casts her 32nd
Recommendation
What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
Young and the Restless Actor Billy Miller’s Cause of Death Revealed
Florida discontinues manatee winter feeding program after seagrass conditions improve
Love Buddy from 'Elf'? This company will pay you $2,500 to whip up a dish inspired by him.
New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
Mexican gray wolf at California zoo is recovering after leg amputation: 'Huge success story'
Paraguay rounds up ex-military leaders in arms smuggling sting carried out with Brazil
Patrick Mahomes, Maxx Crosby among NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year 2023 nominees