‘bribed’ into playing Ken.
The 33-year-old actress as taking on the lead role, and she promised 42-year-old Ryan she would bring him a present every day if he agreed to sign up for the film.
What’s more, Ryan was stunned by the deluge of pink gifts he received.
Margot explained: ‘I just bribed him really. That’s the basis of our relationship.’
She added to the : ‘“Just come do the Barbie movie, I’ll buy you a present every day”.’
Ryan chimed in: ‘There was suddenly this pink present from Barbie to Ken, every day, for a very long shoot.
‘It felt unsustainable. I thought this has to stop at some point. There were times on set where I got a puka shell necklace.
‘Thank you very much. You don’t have to keep doing this. I’m sure you have other things to do, like produce a movie and star in a movie, and run a company.
‘And produce other people’s films. You don’t have to keep concerning yourself with this.’
Meanwhile, Ryan recently revealed his kids were totally unbothered
Speaking to , the actor said – who he shares with long-time partner Eva Mendes – were ‘confused’ by why he wanted to play Ken.
‘My kids were my introduction to [Barbie],’ the A-lister began.
‘I think they’re confused as to why I would want to play Ken.
‘They have no use for Ken.’
But his little ones had his back all the way and even helped Ryan prepare for a big scene.
‘My kids were around for the months at home, as I was prepping for it,’ he added.
‘So they, inadvertently, were prepping for it too.
‘And they came to set that day and were a huge sense of support and doing it with me off-camera.’
