“I’m just happy that we can finally put this Barbenheimer rivalry aside,” Gosling told Blunt.
“The way this award season has turned out, it wasn’t that much of a rivalry. Just let it go!,” Blunt quipped back, a nod to how Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has dominated the awards season with several wins for best picture, from DGA to SAG to BAFTA Film Awards.
Gosling was referring to the $1.4 billion “Barbie’ grossed at the worldwide box office, which made Gerwig’s blockbuster comedy the highest-grossing film of 2023 and Warner Bros.’ top grosser in history.
“Oppenheimer” was no slouch either, however, as it earned more than $960 million worldwide.
“Thanks for Kens-plaining that to me, all right,” Blunt quipped back. “Mr. I need to paint my abs on to get nominated! You don’t see Robert Downey doing that.”
Gosling said that Steven Spielberg is a huge fan of the movie and approached him in order to tell him so.
“I saw Steven Spielberg walking in my direction,” Gosling told said. “I don’t know Steven Spielberg. I thought there’s no way he’s coming to talk to me. And yet he kept getting closer, and then I thought I know what’s going to happen. I’m going to point to him, and he’s going to go, ‘Not you, behind you,’ so I’m not going to do that. Finally I said, ‘Me?’ and he goes, “Yeah you.’ I go, ‘I’m sorry I didn’t think you were coming to talk to me.’ And I stood up and he gave me a hug and said, ‘I just saw “Fall Guy” and I loved it.’”
Watch Blunt and Gosling’s hilarious “Barbenheimer” bit in the video below.
