Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are opening up about all things Barbie ahead of the movie’s release.
27.06.2023 - 19:25 / usmagazine.com
The names Margot Robbie and Barbie are inextricably linked at this point, but the actress had one big ask before she agreed to play the titular doll in Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming movie.
The I, Tonya star, 32, revealed that she only wanted to play the iconic toy if Mattel promised that she wouldn’t be the only Barbie in the movie. “If [Mattel] hadn’t made that change to have a multiplicity of Barbies, I don’t think I would have wanted to attempt to make a Barbie film,” she said in a TIME magazine cover story published on Tuesday, June 27. “I don’t think you should say, ‘This is the one version of what Barbie is, and that’s what women should aspire to be and look like and act like.’”
While Robbie headlines the film as the blonde, pink-clad Barbie most familiar to fans, the cast includes numerous other stars playing other versions of Barbie. Issa Rae, for example, appears as President Barbie, while Hari Nef is Doctor Barbie and Alexandra Shipp is Writer Barbie.
“My worry was that it was going to feel too white feminist-y, but I think that it’s self-aware,” Rae, 38, told TIME of the movie. “Barbie Land is perfect, right? It represents perfection. So if perfection is just a bunch of white Barbies, I don’t know that anybody can get on board with that.”
Years before Robbie joined the project in 2019, Amy Schumer was in negotiations to play the title role, but she exited the movie in 2017, citing scheduling conflicts. Earlier this month, however, the comedian, 42, admitted that she left Barbie because she didn’t like how it was shaping up.
“I can’t wait to see the movie, it looks awesome,” Schumer said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. “I think we said it was scheduling conflicts, that’s what we said. But
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are opening up about all things Barbie ahead of the movie’s release.
Not even Ken can please everyone.
plays the real-life Barbie in the $100 million live-action “Barbie” movie coming to theaters on July 21.Depending on who a Barbie fan believes, however, the genuine, in-the-flesh Barbie who inspired the doll is either the late Barbie Ryan or the now 82-year-old Barbara Handler Segal.The two origin stories could not be more different. Either Barbie exists thanks to one man’s obsession with the “perfect woman” — or because of an apparently sweet story revolving around a mother’s love for her two children.But both come with far darker sides than the innocent child’s toy would suggest, including orgies, sex toys, embezzlement, AIDS, and suicide.The battle over who really inspired Barbie only exploded into the open decades after the doll made her debut at the International Toy Fair in New York in 1959.She was an immediate hit: 11 inches tall, long-legged, slim-waisted, perky-breasted and either blonde or brunette, dressed in a hand-made black and white swimsuit, and soon after advertised on The Mickey Mouse Club.
Margot Robbie is living her dream life as Barbie right now!
There’s a running joke about how much Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey look a like, and it turns out, that’s exactly why she was cast in Barbie.
As “Barbie” fans get closer to the anticipated film’s big release, Margot Robbie and director, Greta Gerwig, chat about the making of the film and the different types of dynamics on set.
Have y’all ever seen a more glamorous cast?!
Margot Robbie has brought to life an array of wild and memorable characters over the years, with her role as Barbie being among the most highly anticipated. However, fans of Robbie have been asking a particularly challenging question: how would her Barbie character get on with her acclaimed chaotic antihero, Harley Quinn?Robbie stunned in a Barbie-inspired black evening gown while walking the pink carpet at the premiere of the long-awaited movie — held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles on Sunday — and she spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about the fan-favorite hypothetical: would Barbie and Harley be friends, enemies or best friends?«Kind of all of the above,» Robbie said with a laugh.
Margot Robbie ditched the pink for her most glamorous look of all for the world premiere of Barbie!
Margot Robbie channeled old Hollywood glamour, while hitting the pink carpet at the world premiere of “Barbie” in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jul. 9.
Margot Robbie is living her dream life as Barbie right now!
Margot Robbie is a native of Australia, but that didn’t prevent her from forgetting that the title of her new movie has a very different meaning Down Under.
Margot Robbie is a native of Australia, but that didn’t prevent her from forgetting that the title of her new movie has a very different meaning Down Under.
Simu Liu is getting real about Barbie.
she confessed to the New York Times. “I felt really spoiled,” Eastwood said, noting that she was part of a limited cast and crew on set in the shoot’s first days and even had her own trailer.She also got to wear the same exact pretty-in-pink costumes made for Robbie, as the two share identical measurements.“They didn’t make anything for me specifically,” she said.
In three weekends, Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” squares off against Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” for this summer’s big box-office battle. So which film will walk away victorious? Both movies boast stacked ensemble casts, but given its soundtrack, premise, and Margot Robbie as its lead, “Barbie” may be 2023’s movie to beat.
Margot Robbie is letting us in on the secret!
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.
For months now, there has been this silly, social media-created competition between two films that are scheduled for release on the same day—Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” Sure, there is real competition for money when two big-budget studio films are released at the same time, but the odds are that both of these films will be huge hits for their respective studios.
Margot Robbie had a dealbreaker when it came to agreeing to star in the upcoming “Barbie” film.