Ryan Gosling shares a sweet gesture by male crew of ‘Barbie’ for Margot Robbie

Ryan Gosling, who appears alongside Robbie in the film as Ken, shared in an interview with PEOPLE‘s special issue on Barbie that she implemented a mandatory dress code requiring everyone on set to wear pink one day per week.

“Margot had this pink day once a week, where everyone had to wear something pink. And if you didn’t, you were fined,” Gosling, 42, said of the weekly celebration. “She would go around collecting the fines, and she would donate it to a charity.”

“What was really special was just how excited the male crew members were. At the end of the film, they all got together and, with their own money, made pink crew shirts with rainbow fringe,” he adds.

“It was this opportunity for them to show their respect and admiration for what Margot and [director] Greta [Gerwig] were creating,” Gosling told PEOPLE. “It was almost like that scene at the end of Dead Poets Society, where they all get on their desk and say, ‘O captain! My captain!’ “

In the upcoming Barbie movie, Gosling takes on the role of Ken. One of the highlights of the movie appears to be a full musical number in which Ken sings about his struggles as Barbie’s long-time male companion.

The trailers that have been released in anticipation of the movie’s release suggest that the plot revolves around Barbie leaving her world and exploring the real world with the help of another Barbie character portrayed by Kate McKinnon. 

Ken follows her to the real world, and together, they experience both the pleasures and pains of living among humans