Barbie's Simu Liu says beach-off fight was 'bucket list' moment
Barbie star Simu Liu has opened up on his experience filming the beach-off movie scene with co-star Ryan Gosling, hailing it a 'bucket list' moment.
The Shang-Chi actor portrays one of the many Kens in the Greta Gerwig-directed movie, alongside Gosling, new Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa, Secret Invasion star Kingsley Ben-Adir, former WWE wrestler John Cena and actor Scott Evans.
Fans have already seen the beach-off scene teased in the Barbie trailer, which will see Gosling take on Liu in a fight sequence set on the Barbie Land beach.
In an exclusive interview with Digital Spy, Liu confirmed that filming the scene proved just as hilarious as it appears on screen.
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"Early on in the movie, we tease a little beach-off with Ryan's character and mine," he tells us. "It's played for a joke, but then we pay it off later in the movie and it's brilliant.
"I could say that I got to dance/fight with Ryan Gosling which is a tick on the bucket list that I don't think a lot of people will have. It was fantastic."
The actor credits the movie's "excellent choreographers" for helping to bring the play fight sequence to life.
"It's a wonderful thing when you get to show up at work and dance," he added.
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Liu also shared what he'd like audiences to take away from the Barbie movie.
"I grew up in a very heteronormative environment where boys played with this and wore this colour, girls did other things, and I really regret that," he told us.
"I hope that this movie continues a movement where we dismantle those really dumb, really archaic rules and we allow boys and girls to play with the things they want to, wear the colours they want to, whatever they feel like on any particular day."
Barbie is in cinemas now
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