Ken plays second fiddle to Barbie? Designer believes so

Ryan Gosling and Ken seemingly do not have a smooth ride since the trailer release, as the star was earlier targeted for being 'too old' to play the iconic character.

Now, the film's costume designer Jacqueline Durran has said the charming guy's costumes were intentionally fewer because no one bat an eye on him when Margot Robbie's Barbie is around.

During an interview with British Vogue, the designer said, "No one cares about Ken, everybody just wants to play with Barbie. He matches Barbie and changes too but he has very, very, many less option."

The British designer explained Ken's main role in the movie was to be "beach", with mostly retro sportswear as the mainstay of his wardrobe.

"He is sporty. That's his main thing. We had buyers in America that went to dealers and imported it for us because we needed so much of it."

"Ken is kind of a subsidiary of Barbie. So Hot Skatin' Barbie is the influence on the rollerblading look in the real world, and Ken just has his own version," Durran said.

In other news, Barbie production designer Sarah Greenwood revealed the pink colour was used to the extent in Barbie production that it created a shortage in the world.

The designer revealed the shooting created a scarcity of the fluorescent shade of Rosco paint, according to IndieWire.

"The world ran out of pink," Greenwood revealed.

Starring Robbie and Gosling, Barbie will land in theatres on July 21.