As of this week, Barbie is the hottest movie of the year, and it’s amassed rave reviews.
17.08.2023 - 16:03 / etcanada.com
Timothée Chalamet wishes he was a Ken.
In a new interview with Hollywood First Look, director Greta Gerwig revealed that her “Lady Bird” and “Little Women” star had wanted to appear in “Barbie”.
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In fact, Gerwig had tried to get both Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan to appear in the film, but the scheduling didn’t work out.
“I tried to get them both in it. They both couldn’t do it,” Gerwig said.
She then revealed, “Although Timothée did come by the set and then said, ‘I should have been in this,’ And I was like, ‘I know! Why aren’t you in this?’”
Gerwig previously spoke with CinemaBlend about her intention to have the “Lady Bird” co-stars appear in “specialty cameos.”
“Both of them couldn’t do it and I was so annoyed,” she said at the time. “But I love them so much. But it felt like doing something without my children. I mean, I’m not their mom, but I sort of feel like their mom.”
Ronan had been busying filming and producing the upcoming film “The Outrun”, based on the 2016 memoir by Scottish journalist and author Amy Liptrot.
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Last month, the “Barbie” casting directors also revealed to Vanity Fair some of the other stars they had tried to get for cameos in the movie.
Among them were Bowen Yang, Dan Levy and Ben Platt, who had all been approached to play Kens, while Jonathan Groff had been up for the part of Allan, played in the movie by Michael Cera.
Chalamet, meanwhile, while next be seen in “Dune: Part Two” as well as the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” prequel “Wonka”.
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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.
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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.
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.
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