Mark Ronson Says I’m Just Ken Was Almost Cut From Barbie

Tonight is Hollywood’s largest night time, the Oscars — and one of many many movies in rivalry for Academy gold is Barbie.

Arguably, you can say that Ryan is among the huge stars of this 12 months’s Oscars. He’s nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and he is set to carry out “I’m Just Ken” on the telecast himself.

The efficiency is rumored to be big, even by Oscars requirements — with greater than 65 dancers doubtlessly taking the stage together with Ryan. It’s gonna be a giant deal.

Arguably, you can say that the “I’m Just Ken” efficiency is probably the most anticipated a part of the telecast — which can make the next reality all of the extra shocking: The music was nearly reduce from Barbie totally.

Mark Ronson, one of many two songwriters credited to “I’m Just Ken,” revealed the stunning tidbit in a current interview with Sunday Times Culture.

“At that first screening the music wasn’t working. I panicked,” he recalled, stating that the studio proceeded to confront director Greta Gerwig and ask “how a lot she actually wanted” the music to be within the movie.

“She said, ‘With every inch of my body.’ And then there was a big swing,” Mark claims, while also admitting that he was still worried the song would be a blight on the film: “I thought, ‘God, I hope we don’t ruin it.'”

Of course, the remainder is historical past — and as Mark explains, “I’m Just Ken” ended up performing some good for the world, too: “Ken is ridiculous. But Greta’s level was that no person ought to ever be laughing at a personality. We really feel their ache, as loopy as that sounds a few man carrying a white mink and two pairs of sun shades.”

“I never wanted to write a song for a cheap laugh. You want something to get under people’s skin. I know I’ll sound like David Brent, but the song helped young boys. My friend’s eight year old got broken up with and he said, ‘It’s OK, because Ken got broken up with by Barbie.’”

“The music tells boys that it’s OK to be runner-up. The web’s brought about a stage of isolation in boys and this concept of male camaraderie and sharing your emotions is a pleasant and sudden factor to come back out of it.”