The Barbie movie is speedy coming near — but titular superstar Margot Robbie did not know if it might ever come to fruition.
“I used to be very scared it used to be going to be a no. At the time this was once one of these terrifying thing to take on. People had been like, You’re going to do what?” Robbie informed Vogue in May 2023 of her production company, LuckyChap, approaching Mattel about the undertaking.
Robbie noted that at the time, there wasn’t a collection idea in mind. “We in fact would wish to honor the 60-year legacy that this emblem has. But we need to acknowledge that there are a large number of individuals who aren’t fanatics of Barbie. And actually, aren’t just detached to Barbie. They actively hate Barbie. And have a real issue with Barbie. We wish to be able to recognize that," she explained.
[sendtonews type="waft" key="ezAr5IiVZl-2828627-14453"]The actress, who stars in the comedy alongside Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, Dua Lipa, Kate McKinnon, America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Simu Liu and more, eventually accepted the role but shared that she “really didn’t even think about playing Barbie until years into developing” the movie. Eventually, the concept came together when LuckyChap was given the green light — and after Robbie convinced Greta Gerwig to both direct the film and pen the script.
“It felt sparky to me in some way that felt kind of promising,” Gerwig told Vogue in May 2023, adding that she would only agree to the job if her partner, Noah Baumbach, co-wrote it with her. “I was the one who said, Noah and I will do this.”
“There really was this kind of open, free road that we could keep building,” Baumbach added. “It’s like you’re playing with dolls when you’re writing something, and in this case, of course, there was this extra layer in that they were dolls.”
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