Bill Cunningham Dead: Original Ken Doll Voice Actor Dies at 96

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Bill Cunningham — the original voice of the Ken doll — has died at age 96.

“He has a beautiful voice, and he’s a beautiful dancer. We got there organically,” Gerwig, 39, toldin an interview published on Wednesday, July 25, of how she managed to convince Gosling, 42, to sing for the role. “I think if I had said, ‘I want you to sing and dance in this movie,’ he would not have necessarily done that for me. But it was kind of that thing of boiling a lobster. I think by the time he was singing and dancing, he didn’t even totally know how we had gotten there.

Though Cunningham’s name wasn’t on the list of inspirations for Gosling’s version of Ken, Gerwig shared a number of iconic actors when telling the outlet of Gosling’s portrayal, calling it “some combination of Marlon Brando meets Gene Wilder meets John Barrymore meets

 

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