Margot Robbie is Barbie in the films first official photo

Margot Robbie is Barbie in the film’s first official photo

Margot Robbie is Barbie in the films first official photo

Greta Gerwig

directs the film about the iconic doll, following the huge success of Little Women, which received six Academy Award nominations and a win for Best Costume Design. The entire cast should not be underestimated: the role of Ken, Barbie’s historical boyfriend, is played by

Ryan Gosling

. Next to him we will also find

America Ferrera

(“Ugly Betty”), Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”), Simu Liu (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”), Alexandra Shipp (“Tick, tick,…Boom!”)

Michael Kera

(“Juno”) and Ariana Greenblatt (“Avengers: Infinity War”).

Will Ferrell

Instead, he will be the CEO of the toy company at the center of the film.

“The brand and the name itself immediately makes people think, ‘Oh, Margot plays Barbie, I already know what she’s going to be,’ but our focus is instead, ‘Whatever you think, we’re going to give you something completely different — the thing you didn’t know you wanted,” Margot Robbie, also a producer on the film, said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

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