Fans of Amy Schumer may want to rethink their subscriptions to Paramount+ now that the streaming service has ditched her acclaimed sketch comedy series, “Inside Amy Schumer”.
09.06.2023 - 15:13 / justjared.com
Amy Schumer is talking Barbie.
If you didn’t know, the 42-year-old comedian and actress was originally cast as the titular role in the live-action when Sony was developing the project, but in 2017, it was revealed she had dropped out of the project.
At the time, Amy cited “scheduling conflicts” as to why she dropped out, but later said, “They definitely didn’t want to do it the way I wanted to do it.”
Warner Bros. later picked up the rights to the movie and Margot Robbie was cast as Barbie. The movie directed by Greta Gerwig will be released in theaters on July 21.
While appearing on Watch What Happens Live on Thursday night (June 8), Amy further explained why she dropped out of the movie.
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“I can’t wait to see the movie, I think it looks awesome,” Amy started.
“I think we said it was scheduling conflicts, that’s what we said. But yeah, it really was just creative differences,” Amy went on to explain. “But you know what, there’s a new team behind it, and it looks like it’s very feminist and cool so I will be seeing the movie.”
Host Andy Cohen then questioned if the original version of the movie didn’t feel feminist and cool,” Amy shrugged and said, “Yeah.”
In a new interview, Margot, 32, revealed that another big name star turned down the role of Barbie.
Fans of Amy Schumer may want to rethink their subscriptions to Paramount+ now that the streaming service has ditched her acclaimed sketch comedy series, “Inside Amy Schumer”.
Margot Robbie is revealing behind-the-scenes secrets of a viral shot. In an interview with Fandango, the 32-year-old actress shared how the much-discussed shot of Barbie's permanently high-heeled feet was captured on film.«It was probably about eight takes. Wasn't that many,» Robbie said of the scene in the trailer, before confirming that it was her feet in the shot.«I walked up, we had little sticky bits on the floor, double-sided tape for the shoes, so they wouldn't come off, so I could get my feet out of them,» she said.
Paramount+ is about to make even more fans angry.
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are doing Barbie promo!
Margot Robbie took on the role of the world's most iconic toy figure in the upcoming and hotly anticipated, there was another actress the filmmakers had in mind — Gal Gadot.The stunning star walked the carpet at Netflix's Tudum: A Global Fan Event, held in São Paulo, Brazil, and she stopped to talk with ET's Denny Directo about reports that producers — including Robbie herself — first thought of Gadot for the titular role.Robbie told, in an interview published in May, that Gadot was considered, but wasn't available, and yet served as a sort of template for the character, explaining, «Gal Gadot Barbie energy.»«Margo, I love you!» Gadot told ET in response to the actress' remarks. «I'll do anything with you, I'll be [in] anything with you!»According to Robbie's comments to Vogue, Gadot embodies the ideals of Barbie «because she is so impossibly beautiful, but you don’t hate her for being that beautiful because she’s so genuinely sincere, and she’s so enthusiastically kind, that it’s almost dorky.
Comedian Amy Schumer has blasted entrepreneur Hilaria Baldwin and her famous Spanish heritage scandal, in her Netflix special Emergency Contact. Amy previously trolled 39 year old Hilaria in 2021, after it was discovered that she had been lying about her Spanish heritage. But now the 42 year old has spoken out about Amy once again and her "Von Trapp amount of kids." She has also trolled the yoga teacher over her husband Alec Baldwin', after he shot and killed cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, on a film set.
Amy Schumer is taking aim at Hilaria Baldwin in her new Netflix comedy special.
Amy Schumer is going after Hilaria Baldwin yet again.
Amy Schumer ridiculed Hilaria Baldwin's Spanish heritage scandal in the comedian's latest Netflix special. Schumer threw jabs at her husband, Chris Fischer, throughout "Emergency Contact," but pointed out that no matter what, "He can stand me." "Do you guys know who Hilaria Baldwin is?" Schumer asked the audience. "I’m saying it wrong.
She went there! Amy Schumer didn’t hold back her thoughts on Hilaria Baldwin and her unique lifestyle choices.
William Earl Comedian Amy Schumer sets her sights on Alec Baldwin and the tragic “Rust” shooting in her new Netflix comedy special, “Emergency Contact.” The set, which was taped during her Dec. 10 shows at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, debuted on the platform on June 13. Late in the show, Schumer discusses Baldwin’s wife Hilaria, an yoga influencer who has implied Spanish heritage even though she was born in Boston to a family that liked to vacation in Spain. “Hilaria from España is actually Hillary from Boston,” Schumer said. “This woman is in no way Spanish — her parents are not from Spain, no one in her life is from Spain.”
Margot Robbie has revealed the one request she made to director Greta Gerwig before filming the new Barbie movie.Set for release on July 21, Gerwig’s film stars Robbie in the titular role, with Ryan Gosling as Ken.Speaking about the film in an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Robbie discussed how she fell in love with the character as a child when she was gifted a Barbie Dreamhouse for Christmas.Such was the impact the gift had on her, that she revealed she asked Gerwig to allow her to live out the real-life fantasy of the Dreamhouse in the film.“I’ll follow your vision. Whatever you want this Barbie movie to be, let’s do that,” she remembers telling the director.
Amy Schumer has urged her fellow celebrities to admit they use Ozempic for weight loss. While appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the Snatched actress insisted that Hollywood stars should "just stop hiding" their reliance on the anti-obesity medication. "Everyone has been lying saying, 'Oh smaller portions,'" Amy said.
Amy Schumer says she always knew Pete Davidson would be a star.
Amy Schumer was always convinced that Pete Davidson was destined for stardom. The 42-year-old actress saw Pete, 29, perform a stand-up routine during his teenage years, and she was immediately impressed by him. During an appearance on 'Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen', Amy joked: "I do take full credit for Pete Davidson's success.
Amy Schumer slammed other celebrities for not being truthful about taking Ozempic. The 42-year-old comedian blasted stars for saying they lost weight by simply eating "smaller portions" and "lying" about using the injectable drug. "Like, shut the f--- up!" the "I Feel Pretty" actress said during an appearance Thursday on "Watch What Happens Live! With Andy Cohen." "You are on Ozempic or one of those things or you got work done. Just stop." Ozempic is an FDA-approved semaglutide medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes, but it has been prescribed off-brand for weight loss.
Amy Schumer wasn’t feeling right about living in Barbie’s dreamhouse. So she chose another career path.
Amy Schumer says she always knew Pete Davidson would be a star.The star is giving herself credit for giving Davidson his big break, paving the way for his success, by offering him a part in her 2015 film,. Davidson appears briefly in the film as a patient of Bill Hader's sports doctor character, giggling over getting injured while «really high.»In an appearance on Bravo's on Thursday, Schumer was asked about her experience performing standup with Davidson long before he found success on . «I do take full credit for Pete Davidson's success,» Schumer joked, to which host Andy Cohen noted that Schumer gave him the role that introduced him to former star Hader, who in turn recommended him to Lorne Michaels.
With Gerta Gerwig at the helm, a massive ensemble cast, and a soundtrack complete with new tracks from Dua Lipa and Ryan Gosling (it’s true), “Barbie” will surely be one of the biggest films this summer. And it’s a long time coming: the film was first announced in 2009, the finally hit development five years later, going through multiple iterations before Gerwig and Noah Baumbach penned their screenplay.
Not here for it. Amy Schumer called out male actors who expand their families late in life.