ISLE BE DAMNED Chris Taylor REVEALS REAL REASON he won’t appear in Barbie film sequel and EMBARRASSING behind the scenes SECRET
CHRIS Taylor has revealed the real reason he won’t appear in the next Barbie film, after making a rather embarrassing gaffe on set.
Love Island star Chris, 33, landed a surprise and very brief role in the hit movie after hitting it off with producer and leading star Margot Robbie.
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Chris Taylor has revealed why he won’t appear in the next Barbie filmCredit: Rex
Lasting less than 30 seconds, the former business development manager was cast as a version of Ken.
He delivered his only line halfway through the blockbuster, saying: “And the Nobel prize for horses goes to Ken!”
But, speaking to his villa pal Toby Aromolaran on his Fancy a Chat? podcast, he’s shut down any speculation of a sequel appearance.
When asked if he might be reprising his role, Chris confessed: “Probably not. I don’t know if they’ll have me back. Took me literally five hours to get a single line out properly. I did about 57 takes.”
“I never got it wrong,” he insisted before admitting: “One time, I got it wrong. But that was only because they said that a camera was going to come in front of me and it didn’t.
“And it was a camera that was like six miles away that I was never even gonna see.
“I think Margot Robbie’s husband Tom was just like, ‘Yeah, don’t worry mate. Like, it’s over there. You’re not gonna see it. But anyway, it just took me, it took a lot. It took me like four hours of filming.
“They got me to do it in so many different ways, so many different inclinations, so many different voices. So I had no idea what was going to go into it.
“I’ll be honest, none of them felt right. I’d walked into a studio in Watford. Ryan Gosling’s there, Margot Robbie’s there, like, all this massive set. There’s loads of extras. There’s so much going on. It was a pure, like, sensory overload.”
Chris previously told The Sun how he ended up doing the film, revealing it was all down to Love Island superfan Margot.
I was on Love Island but now I’m in the film of the year and Margot Robbie is my biggest fan
He said: “I don’t know if this is true, but it’s all I can assume. I met Margot Robbie at an afterparty.
“Margot recognised us from Love Island – I was with Jordan and Mac and she came over to us, chatting and talking about Love Island.”
Chris said they got on like a house on fire.
About 18 months later, Chris was asked by Warner Bros to come and audition for Barbie – and initially thought it was a prank.
He continued to think it was a joke even when he was being driven to the studio, but he said: “We get there and Ryan Gosling just walked past my car with bright blonde hair and I was like holy s***, this is actually real.”
We revealed last August how talks had already begun to get the follow-up into production, after Barbie grossed $1bn worldwide.
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Chris enjoyed a very brief role in the hit movieCredit: Warner Bros
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Chris believes Margot Robbie was behind his casting
