Barbie star Simu Liu reveals he 'blacked out' during Oscars performance of I'm Just Ken
Simu Liu "blacked out" during the performance of 'I'm Just Ken' at the Oscars and cannot remember a thing about it.
Simu Liu "blacked out" during the performance of 'I'm Just Ken' at the Oscars.
The 34-year-old actor played one of the Kens in Greta Gerwig's summer smash hit 'Barbie' and during a performance of the hit track from the movie alongside Ryan Gosling and his other male co-stars at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday (10.03.24) and admitted that he couldn't remember a thing about the moment but thinks it was the perfect way to wrap up the film's success.
He told Access Hollywood: "I blanked, I blacked out, I don’t have a whole lot of memory of it. What an incredible way to send off this beautiful movie and this moment in pop culture, I’m very happy."
Ryan - who lost out the Best Supporting Actor award to Robert Downey Jr for his role in 'Oppenheimer' - began his performance on from his seat in Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, where his 'Barbie' co-star Margot Robbie, seated in front of him, couldn't control her laughter.
Ryan - dressed in a bright pink suit and sunglasses - then walked up to the stage, joined by writer Mark Ronson on guitar and was backed by dozens of male dancers during the song, including some of his co-stars such as Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans and Simu Liu, before the Guns N' Roses guitarist appeared to play on the second half of the track.
Towards the end, Ryan wandered over to the star-studded crowd and sang along with his co-stars before holding the mic out to the likes of Emma Stone to sing along.
