Strictly’s Gorka Marquez sparks frenzy as he goes shirtless as Barbie’s Ken

Strictly Come Dancing pro Gorka Márquez has sent fans wild on social media today after showcasing his costume for Saturday night’s movie week theme.

The Spanish dancer will be embodying Ryan Gosling’s take on the iconic character Ken from Margot Robbie’s Barbie Movie, which proved to be a smash hit earlier this year.

In a hilarious Instagram video, Gorka could be seen lip-syncing along to the hit song I’m Just Ken from the Greta Gerwig film.

In view of his 861,000 Instagram followers, Gorka and Strictly’s official account co-penned: “Movie Week is right around the corner and we can’t get Kenough of it.

“This Sunday’s Results show sees our Pros bring Barbie to the Ballroom #Strictly.”

The video showed Gorka looking near-identical to Ryan’s character in the movie, as he donned Ken’s signature white fur coat, black bandana and flashed his toned torso.

He was backed by a squad of colourfully-dressed male Strictly pros, all of whom were channelling Ken’s posse from the film.

Gorka’s followers and friends took to the comments section to marvel at his striking resemblance to the pop culture character.

“Omg,” his Strictly partner Nikita Kanda wrote with a string of laughing emojis. “@gorka_marquez looking exactly like Ken in the film.”

“Hahahahahahahaha yessss,” added fellow dancer Karen Hauer, while Dianne Buswell added: “Obsessed.” (sic)

Gorka and pal Vito Coppola also joked about the fact they were “pretending to know the lyrics” as they mouthed the song.

“Perfect choice of Gorka for Ken! I can’t even wait!!!” a fan named Amanda commented, while Becky mused: “Why does Gorka suit that wig so much?”

“Wow Gorka as Ken … better than Gosling tbh,” added Amy. (sic)

“I was just mindlessly scrolling and got so confused when this came up then I realized that this is the official strictly account and I’m not dreaming,” Nicole wrote.

“Uncanny! The similarity is just,” Marie added with a “chef’s kiss” emoji, while Alix admitted: “Not me thinking that you’d managed to get Ryan Gosling to perform, @gorka_marquez incredible.” (sic)

Strictly Come Dancing returns this Saturday at 6.20pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.