Barbie actor Ryan Gosling has mixed feelings after this year’s Oscar nominees were unveiled as his costar Margot Robbie was left out of the Best Actress category.
The 43-year-old actor scored a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his work on Barbie. However movie’s director Greta Gerwig and leading actress Margot Robbie failed to be nominated in the Best Director category and the Best Actress category respectively, irony a fact, ‘Barbie’ is a female-centric film about feminism.
Gosling said in a statement shared with PEOPLE, “There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally celebrated film. No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit, and genius.”
He explained that to say he’s disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement. “Against all odds with nothing but a couple of soulless, scantily clad, and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture and they made history. Their work should be recognized along with the other very deserving nominees.” his statement continued.
Gerwig and her husband, Noah Baumbach, were recognized in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. The record-breaking film also received nominations in Costume Design and Production Design categories. Robbie, her husband Tom Ackerly, Robbie Brenner, and David Hyman were nominated for Best Picture as producers.
