‘Barbie’: Michael Cera Had To Email Greta Gerwig & Talk To Her On Zoom To Land His Role As Allan

As of this week, Barbie is the hottest movie of the year, and it’s amassed rave reviews.

“Barbie” director Greta Gerwig is giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Canada’s Ken and his Ken-ergetic musical number.

Ethan Shanfeld Ryan Gosling showed off his singing and dancing chops in “Barbie” with its musical centerpiece, “I’m Just Ken.” Now, fans of the Greta Gerwig blockbuster can watch behind-the-scenes footage of Gosling rehearsing the epic pop number alongside his Ken co-stars including Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa. In the four-minute featurette, Gosling goes through the various stages of rehearsal as he makes Gerwig burst out laughing as he strips off his white fur coat. The video intercuts clips of Gosling practicing his moves in sweatpants and a backwards hat in a dance studio with footage from the finished film.

Michael Cera is looking back on the moment that he got slapped across the face by Rihanna.

Michael Cera was one of the standouts on Barbie giving life to the only Allan in the Greta Gerwig-directed film.

Michael Cera has reflected on the moment Rihanna slapped him in the face for a film role.The actor featured in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s 2013 disaster comedy This Is The End, about a group of celebrities who get stuck in James Franco‘s house after a series of catastrophic events destroy Los Angeles.In the film, Cera plays a fictionalised version of himself and ends up on the receiving end of a hard slap from Rihanna after he smacks her in the butt.Speaking in a recent interview with GQ, Cera reflected on his most iconic film and TV roles when he explained what went into the slap sequence.“She definitely hit me,” he recalled. “But really, I wanted that.

Michael Cera REALLY wanted to play Allan in Barbie.

Michael Cera has been winning raves for his performance in “Barbie” as Allan, the singular male character in Barbieland who isn’t one of the many iterations of Ken.

Barbie.The actor stars as Mattel’s discontinued doll in the satirical comedy, led by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.Since the film’s release in cinemas last month, Cera’s awkward character Allan has become a fan-favourite. However, the Canadian actor has since explained how he came close to missing out on the role altogether, thanks to his manager.In a recent video interview with GQ, the Superbad star revealed that his casting was “very last-minute”.“My manager got a call checking on my availability for it, and he called me and he said, ‘I got a call about this movie, it’s the Barbie movie, Greta Gerwig’s directing it, and it’s filming in London for four months or something.

Barbie movie.In an interview with Hollywood First Look, Gerwig revealed that the Wonka star visited the set of her film in London. The director said she wanted Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan to make cameos in the movie, but their schedules didn’t match up with the project.“I tried to get them both in it.

Ethan Shanfeld Michael Cera plays the awkward, one-of-a-kind Allan in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster “Barbie” movie. But if not for arranging a last-minute Zoom call with the director, Cera might not have made it into the film. “It was a kind of very last-minute casting,” Cera said in a video interview with GQ conducted before the actors strike.

Timothée Chalamet wishes he was a Ken.

Nearly one month into its theatrical run, and “Barbie” keeps trucking.  Greta Gerwig‘s blockbuster now sits at $1.19 billion at the global box office, good for the year’s second highest-grossing film (and demolishing Margot Robbie‘s pitch to studios that “Barbie” would break the billion dollar barrier). So will “Barbie” surpass “The Super Mario Bros.

Barbie movie.In an interview with Hollywood First Look, Gerwig revealed that the Wonka star visited the set of her film in London. The director said she wanted Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan to make cameos in the movie, but their schedules didn’t match up with the project.“I tried to get them both in it.

The adventures of Scott Pilgrim are continuing!

Michael Cera is reprising his role as Scott Pilgrim!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Greta Gerwig revealed in an interview with Hollywood First Look during her “Barbie” press tour that Timothée Chalamet visited the film’s set in London and lamented over not being able to star in the film. Gerwig directed Chalamet in both “Lady Bird” and “Little Women.” The filmmaker previously told CinemaBlend that Chalamet and her muse Saoirse Ronan were courted for cameo appearances in “Barbie” but scheduling conflicts got in the way. “I tried to get them both in it.

UPDATED, 5:45 AM: Netflix has dropped the first-look teaser for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (official title), its upcoming anime series based on the classic graphic novels and 2010 film starring Michael Cera. Cera reunites with many of the film’s cast including Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza and more who lend their voices to the series, which will premiere November 17. Watch the teaser above.

Sophia Scorziello editor Michael Cera reunites with Sex Bob-Omb — this time in animated form — for Netflix’s upcoming anime “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.” The eight-episode series is helmed by animation studio Science Saru, and follows the cult-favorite story of bass-playing title character Scott Pilgrim and his battle of the bands and the exes. The new Netflix show follows Edgar Wright’s 2010 action rom-com “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” which was based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley.

***NOTE: THIS INTERVIEW WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE WGA AND SAG-AFTRA STRIKE*** In today’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo talks about siblinghood with actors Michael Cera (“Superbad,” “Barbie”)& Sophia Lillis (“IT,” “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”). The duo is promoting their latest film, “The Adults,” which follows three siblings coming together after being estranged for some time and the awkward dance of reconnection that follows.