Except you’ve got lived in a gap for the final yr, you may know that the 2 titan motion pictures of final summer season had been undeniably ‘Barbenheimer’ – or Barbie and Oppenheimer. The 2 totally reverse movies, launched on the exact same weekend in July, went on to be the enduring pairing we did not know we wanted – one a fantasy, feminist, comedy musical about Barbie, the opposite a sobering biopic concerning the invention of the atomic bomb – however additionally they began a field workplace race over who can be extra profitable.

And, whereas Barbie made more cash, Oppenheimer cultivated extra business reward, with quite a few Oscar nods, whereas Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig had been each snubbed for his or her roles in Barbie as lead actress and lead director, respectively.

So, when Ryan Gosling (who performed Barbie’s love curiosity, Ken) and Emily Blunt (who performed Oppenheimer’s spouse, Kitty) took to the stage collectively on the 96th academy awards to current the award for Greatest Stunt Efficiency, we hoped for some chaotic antics… and we weren’t upset.

Ryan opened with a steely, “Oh. Howdy Emily,” to which she replied, “wow, little bit of frosty howdy,” earlier than he defined: “in no way, no. I am simply completely happy that we are able to lastly put this ‘Barbenheimer’ rivalry behind us.”

Emily agreed stating: “That’s proper, right here’s Ken and Kitty, simply leaving all that fodder within the mud, guys. And the best way this award season’s turned out, it wasn’t that a lot of a rivalry, so, simply let it go.” The viewers awkward-smiled acknowledging the disparity between the 2 movies’ Oscar nominations, however Ryan ploughed on noting: “It’s true, you guys are doing very nicely. Congratulations. However , I feel I form of found out why they referred to as it ‘Barbenheimer’ they usually didn’t name it ‘Oppenbarbie.’”

When requested why, he continued: “Nicely, I feel you guys are on the tail-end of that since you had been driving Barbie’s coat tails all summer season.” From the viewers, an ecstatic Margot may be seen creasing behind her arms. However Emily shot again, saying “Thanks for Ken-splaining that to me. Alright, Mr I-Want-To-Paint-My-Abs-On-To-Get-Nominated, you don’t see Robert Downey doing that, Robert Downey didn’t paint his abs on.”

The banter between the 2 is even funnier, given we all know the 2 actors are literally buddies and have starred in The Fall Man collectively (an motion comedy a few stunt double that is quickly to be launched and fill the opening left behind by Barbenheimer).