One of the crucial highly-anticipated 2023 new film releases is sort of right here within the type of Barbie, and I’ve a sense it’s about to be traditional. As moviegoers rely right down to the summer time premiere, Harry Potter star Tom Felton is evaluating his beloved character to that of Ryan Gosling’s Ken, and truthfully, he’s onto one thing.
Tom Felton is aware of the woes of dying his hair bleach blonde contemplating he did so for a decade whereas taking part in the function of Draco Malfoy within the Harry Potter motion pictures. As we await Barbie, Felton took to Instagram to check his character to Ken. Test it out:
The British actor discovered a screenshot of Ryan Gosling’s Ken wanting a tad disgusted and went forward and made a side-by-side together with his Draco Malfoy. They positively look alike right here. Right here’s his intelligent caption:
Form of pissed I by no means acquired a callback #sLYTHERKeN
Oh no, he’s even utilizing Ken puns like Ryan Gosling has been in the course of the press tour, as his submit included the phrase “Slyther-Ken.” Gosling has been going round making “Ken-ergy” a factor whereas talking about Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film, and Barbie herself, Margot Robbie, even spoke to “understanding you might be Ken-nough” whereas defending the Kens of the world.
The remark part was clearly having a blast with Tom Felton’s newest submit, with one saying “you’re Harry’s Ken. Don’t fear,” whereas many others had been discussing how they give the impression of being so alike they “can’t see the distinction” between the images and even appear like “father and son.” One Harry Potter fan identified that Ryan Gosling’s Ken is clearly a Hufflepuff relatively than a Slytherin as a result of he’s so loyal to Barbie that it hurts.
It’s a enjoyable little mashup Tom Felton identified, as a result of sure, these two characters look very a lot alike. Although why does Draco should be Ken when Draco Malfoy has already change into a Mattel doll? Technically Draco Malfoy is likely to be within the Barbie universe already relying on how meta the Warner Bros. franchise might get with all of the completely different traces of Barbies and Kens on the market.
Whereas I haven’t seen Barbie simply but (although critics have, and so they adore it), what I’ve seen has established the world of Barbieland is the place all of the Barbies have jobs and fulfilling lives, and the Kens are merely equipment with out professions to name their very own. I additionally know that Ryan Gosling’s Ken will comply with Margot Robbie’s Barbie into the true world after she has some sort of existential disaster that leaves her ft flat and such.
Amidst Barbie hitting theaters this Friday, July 21, it’s enjoyable to see Tom Felton interact within the discourse and convey up this comparability. Now I’m not going to have the ability to unsee this Draco and Ken side-by-side.
