Kevin Costner surprises America Ferrera by reciting her famous ‘Barbie’ monologue

Kevin Costner is apparently a huge Barbie fan, too. When presenting with America Ferrera the award for best actress in a musical or comedy series during the 81st annual Golden Globe awards ceremony, he talked about the importance of the Barbie film and he even recited some of Ferrera’s iconic monologue from the movie in reference to the “power of writing.” 

While Ferrera shared how she got chills from the iconic line from Costner’s film The Bodyguard, he had to share a time when he got chills from one of her famous quotes from a movie, PEOPLE reported.

Ferrara tells Costner during the presentation, “When you say, ‘Goodbye Rachel’ and she leaves and you run to each other and then … chills,” she said. Costner replied, “You know, you have a scene that I really love. I think a lot of people really love that scene.” Then he goes into Ferrara’s now-famous monologue. 

“You know, ‘It’s literally impossible to be a woman.’ You know that, ‘You’re so beautiful. You’re so smart and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough.’ That was pretty good,” Costner said.

Ferrara was stunned, and replied, “Did you, Kevin Costner, memorize my monologue about womanhood from Barbie?” 

Before he continued the monologue, Costner said, “But it’s an important message, and it always serves to remind me what’s possible in films. It just reminds me that when we take our time, when we manage to get it right, when film is working at its very best, it can be about moments you never ever forget.”

And Costner definitely didn’t forget Ferrera’s monologue. He continued, “A look, a touch, a kiss, a speech, and you just had one of those moments. And all the actors nominated tonight know so well the power of writing that they’ve been gifted with and that they have the chance to live forever.”

This speech proves once again that the Barbie movie was more than just a good time, but it truly touched people and not only had women cheering in theaters, but showed to the world the double standards women face every single day. And while some critics said the film oversimplified feminism, Ferrera shot back at those comments in an interview for an article in The New York Times.

“We can know things and still need to hear them out loud. It can still be cathartic,” she said in the article. “There are a lot of people who need Feminism 101, whole generations of girls who are just coming up now and who don’t have words for the culture that they’re being raised in,” Ferrara said. 

“Also, boys and men who may have never spent any time thinking about feminist theory—if you are well-versed in feminism, then it might seem like an oversimplification, but there are entire countries that banned this film for a reason,” she said.

Looks like Kevin Costner may be one of the men who has spent some time thinking about feminist theory, if only because he seemed to enjoy that monologue so much to be willing to recite it during the Golden Globes.