in front of the director Greta Gerwig and the actress and producer Margot Robbie Take charge of the project warnerThe Sony images tried to adjust Barbie for cinemas. Today it seems clear that the original idea was doomed to failure. According to the screenwriter Diablo CodyThere are many reasons for this: from the cultural scene 10 years ago to the references that the studio brought with it.
“When I was hired, the culture hadn’t accepted the woman or the dumb blonde as valid feminist archetypes,” she explained in an interview with GQ. “If you search for Barbie on TikTok, you’ll find an entire subculture that celebrates the feminine. But in 2014 it was unreasonable to portray a skinny, blond, white doll as a heroine.”
According to Cody, the studio’s intentions also didn’t align with Barbie’s own iconography. “They wanted to have a feminist, girlboss feel in Barbie, and I couldn’t because Barbie isn’t.” A Lego adventurea feature film that was both commercially and critically successful.
“It became a problem for me because they did it so well. Whenever I came up with something metalinguistic, it was too close to what they had done. It was a stumbling block for me. But now enough time has passed and they might even cast.” Will Ferrell as the antagonist in the Barbie movie and nobody cares.
It is worth remembering that in the animation the comedian also played a malicious manager who wants to control the puppets.
Cody isn’t the first to revisit the decadeold project. the comedian Amy Schumer, one of many actresses considered for the lead role, also opened up about why the film wasn’t made. According to Schumer, the script wasn’t “cool and feminist.”
Margot Robbie It is Ryan Gosling In Barbie, play the “traditional” versions of Barbie and Ken, while the cast even includes a variety of alternate versions of the dolls and other supporting characters played by Simu Liu (Shang Chi), Michael Cera (Juno), Issa Rae (Unsure), Kate McKinnon (Ghost Buster) Nicola Coughlan (Bridgeton), Emma Mackey (enlightenment lessons), John Cena (Fast and Furious), Will Ferrell (A Leprechaun in New York) and more.
The film is directed by Greta Gerwig from “Little Women” and “Lady Bird”. The Oscarnominated filmmaker is also signing the screenplay alongside Noah Baumbach.
Barbie was scheduled to premiere on July 20 in Brazil.
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