Former Love Island contestant Chris Taylor has revealed how his surprise Barbie cameo has impacted his career.
Taylor featured in the 2019 edition of the ITV dating show alongside Molly Mae Hague, Tommy Fury and Maura Higgins, but was dumped from the island less than a week before the final.
But despite not winning the show, the former salesman has gone on to be a successful social media influencer.
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Now, Taylor, 32, can add Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie to his list of co-stars after landing a role in the Barbie film.
Taylor appears in the middle of the film, playing a version of Ken and delivering the line: “And the Nobel prize for horses goes to Ken!”
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While it’s only a very minor role, it’s one of Chris’s biggest jobs to date – but he hadn’t planned for it.
Speaking of his career with The Mirror, he said: “I can’t claim that anything I’ve done has been on purpose yet.”
But he has plans to continue in acting now, as he has been taking some classes.
He said about acting in the future: “Oh yeah, definitely! I’ll definitely do more films.
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“I’m just going to do a cameo in every single one of Margot Robbie’s films. She hasn’t mentioned it yet, but I think there’s like an unspoken deal that we’ve written,” he joked.
Chris previously revealed that Margot Robbie, who plays the title character of the film, “insisted” he should have a role in the movie.
He said that the Suicide Squad actress is a big Love Island fan, and even has a secret account on Instagram, where she follows all the Islanders.
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Following his acting stint in the critically acclaimed film, Taylor spoke to about what’s next for the ex-Islander in his career.
Speaking about how his life has been impacted after Love Island, Taylor admitted that he had not put any thought into how the show would affect him.
“I don’t even think I fully considered going on Love Island but the opportunity was in front of me and I thought: ‘Yeah, all right, why not?’,” he said.
Since then, his career has gone from strength to strength, working on Youtube, doing advertisements and acting.
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