00:00 ♪ I'm just Ken, but I see the love she sees a friend ♪
00:05 - The song "I'm Just Ken" was almost a much smaller part
00:07 of the "Barbie" movie.
00:08 A new featurette promoting the record-breaking film's release
00:11 on video on demand breaks down
00:13 the "I'm Just Ken" musical battle scene
00:15 and sees music producer Mark Ronson reveal this
00:17 about the making of the song.
00:19 - It went from being this song that was maybe
00:21 gonna be placed somewhere in the film
00:22 to this song that they built this kind of epic battle around.
00:26 - Once Ronson wrote the initial version,
00:28 he says that writer-director Greta Gerwig wanted more.
00:31 - I instantly knew what the Ken song should be.
00:34 Greta's like, "We love that song.
00:36 "Actually, can you make it longer?"
00:37 So we're essentially scoring like 11 minutes
00:39 just around the Ken song.
00:41 - Elsewhere in the featurette video,
00:42 Gerwig shared what inspired the beach battle scene.
00:45 - Growing up, I loved the Nutcracker.
00:47 The battle between the toy soldiers and the rats,
00:50 the absurdity of it, that's something I was thinking about
00:53 when we were creating this battle.
00:55 - "Barbie" is now available to rent or buy
00:57 on video on demand platforms.
00:59 For more on this story, head to thr.com.
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