Greta Gerwig recently celebrated her 40th Birthday and Ryan Gosling, aka Ken, gathered a whole gang of dancing Barbies and Kens together for the most adorable birthday surprise, moving the director to tears.
The Barbie gang has been spending endless amounts of time together, from filming to worldwide press tours, and have had heaps to celebrate with success, and yesterday, it was time to celebrate director Greta Gewig’s 40th birthday. We take a look at the adorable surprise Ryan had in store.

Ryan Gosling organizes Barbie flashmob for Greta Gerwig’s birthday
In the most adorable surpise ever, arranged by Ryan Gosling, Greta can be seen surprised by a flashmob of Kens, later joined by a whole load of Barbies.
The Kens first performed a dance to Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” before the Barbies came out dancing to Dua Lipa’s “Dance The Night Away”.
“Happy Birthday Greta” is then exclaimed by the dancers who breaks down in (happy tears) before getting up to applaud and hug the dancers.
The caption, posted on the official Barbie account, read: “As Kens know…. Sometimes the only way to express your feelings is through song & dance!
Ken Ryan sent these special Barbies and Kens to start Greta’s birthday with all the feelings!!”
Fans ‘can’t cope’ with the surprise
Although most fans have seen the movie, they’re still provided with endless new content via the Instagram page, as they took to the post to comment on how cute the surpise was.
“Ryan always the same off set and on! sweetest soul ever making birthdays the best,” penned one.
“I feel like Greta is one of those people who are just an absolute joy to exist around and a great friend. working with her for a whole movie?! Yes please!” exclaimed one fan.
“Omg GRETA IS A LEO IT ALL MAKES SENSE,” screamed another.
Another commented: “Greta cry-laughing at a flashmob of Kens is highly relatable.”
Barbe joins the box office billion club
Almost three weeks after hitting the box office, Barbie has hit $1 Billion at the Global Box Office. Only around 50 other films are said to have reached this benchmark.
This milestone makes Gerwig the first woman director to hit the billion mark, although three movies co-directed by women have also hit the mark including Frozen and Frozen 2, both co-directed by Jennifer Lee, and Captain Marvel co-directed by Anna Boden.
The Barbie Instagram page took to Instagram to thank fans for helping them reach the mark, as they wrote:
“Here’s to our incredible Barbies and Kens from all around the world for making our Barbie dreams come true. We’re excited to share that #BarbieTheMovie has hit $1 Billion at the Global Box Office.”
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