Zack Sharf Plot details for the Margot Robbie-starring “Barbie” movie remain under wraps, but fans know now that at least one male star in the film had to wax his entire body. That would be Simu Liu, whose role in the film remains a mystery.
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Dua Lipa and Saoirse Ronan have reportedly been cast in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.The singer, who is set to make her acting debut in the Apple TV+ film Argylle later this year, is believed to have landed a role in the upcoming live-action adaptation alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.Speaking to The Sun, an inside source said: “Dua is making waves in both music and movies. She really impressed in Argylle and word spread around Hollywood about how good she was.”They added: “Now she has joined the cast of Barbie alongside big names including Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell and Saoirse Ronan.”#BARBIEJuly 21, 2023Only in theaters pic.twitter.com/mauCGpizD1— Warner Bros.
Pictures (@wbpictures) April 26, 2022This follows rumours that the film will feature multiple versions of Barbie and Ken. According to Kyle Buchanan from The New York Times, Issa Rae and Hari Nef will play Barbie alongside Robbie, while Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa will join Gosling in playing variations of Ken.Liu recently said he signed onto the project after his agent described the film’s script as one of the best he’d ever read.“He literally said this verbatim,” Liu told GQ UK.
“He was like, ‘If I could stake my career on any one script, it’s the Barbie script. I really think you should do it.”Other cast members confirmed include America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Michael Cera, Rhea Perlman, Connor Swindells, Scott Evans and Jamie Demetriou.
Barbie is directed by Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with her partner Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story). The film is scheduled to be released in cinemas on July 21, 2023.Earlier this month, Lipa teased what to expect from the successor to her 2020 album ‘Future
.Zack Sharf Plot details for the Margot Robbie-starring “Barbie” movie remain under wraps, but fans know now that at least one male star in the film had to wax his entire body. That would be Simu Liu, whose role in the film remains a mystery.
filming “Barbie” for Simu Liu.The “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star, 33, revealed he underwent a painful beauty regimen for the upcoming movie, confessing that he had to wax all of his body hair.“Waxing has been an education, to say the least,” Liu told the Independent in a new profile. “It was one of the most painful experiences of my life.”The Canadian native continued, “I have such a newfound admiration for the incredibly brave women who go through this on a monthly basis.”Warner Bros.
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Young Thug and Dua Lipa are guests on the new Calvin Harris. Stream “Potion” below. The song will appear on Harris' upcoming album Funk Wav.
Calvin Harris has released his new single ‘Potion’, which features Dua Lipa and Young Thug – listen below.‘Potion’ will appear on Harris’ new album, ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol.2’, which is coming this summer. His forthcoming sixth studio album will be his first in five years – his last one being the first volume of ‘Funk Wav Bounces’, which arrived in 2017.The video for the single is due to be released later tonight (May 27).Harris teased the track on TikTok earlier this week, sharing a new video of himself working on the song and agreeing with Dua Lipa to have her sing on it.
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa are set to share a new collaborative single called ‘Potion’ this week – get all the details below.The pair previously worked together on the smash hit ‘One Kiss’ in 2018, which spent multiple weeks at the top of the singles chart and NME called “the song of the summer.”Taking to TikTok this week, Harris shared a new video of himself working on the song and agreeing with Dua Lipa to have her sing on it.Asking Lipa via FaceTime if she wanted to collaborate on the track, she responded that she “definitely” wanted to be involved.In a preview of the song, she then sings: “Late night conversations, electric emotions / Sprinkled with a little bit of sex / and that’s a potion.”Watch the TikTok video of the snippet of ‘Potion’, which comes out on Friday (May 27) and also reportedly features Young Thug, below.How I made Potion ♬ original sound – Calvin Harris ‘Potion’ looks set to appear on Harris’ new album, ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol.2’, which is coming this summer. His forthcoming sixth studio album will be his first in five years – his last one being the first volume of ‘Funk Wav Bounces’, which arrived in 2017.That album included the singles ‘Slide’, ‘Heatstroke’, ‘Rollin’, ‘Faking It’, and the chart-topping ‘Feels’ featuring Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean.Earlier this year Harris shared a new track called ‘Lonely’, using his Love Regenerator alias.
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Dua Lipa has reportedly landed a role in the upcoming Barbie film, having set her sights on carving out a career in Hollywood. The 26 year old pop star is set to star opposite Hollywood actors Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the highly anticipated upcoming film, with the pair taking on the iconic roles of Barbie and Ken.
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