Warner Bros. gives audiences a closer look at “Barbie” in a new official trailer. While the film’s storyline has mostly been kept secret, the new trailer shows what Greta Gerwig’s Summer Tent Pole is all about, as Barbie and Ken will officially enter the real world on July 21st.
Margot Robbie’s Barbie and Ryan Gosling’s Ken are tired of their days in Barbieland (where everyone seems to be named Barbie and Ken too) and are venturing beyond the borders of their homeland. The new footage shows Barbie and Ken exploring the modern world, which is vastly different from the safe haven of their pink plastic lifestyle. While at Venice Beach, Barbie punches a man who smacks her butt, and she and Ken end up posing for some LAPD mugshots. Meanwhile, people in our world are starting to freak out because a real Barbie is walking the streets of LA
Gerwig and the “Barbie” cast tried to keep the film’s plot hidden from audiences, but when photos and videos from filming in Los Angeles went viral last year, fans began to understand the film’s plot.
“By the way, I can’t tell you how embarrassed we were,” Robbie told Jimmy Fallon last year of the set photos that garnered a lot of internet attention. “We seem to be laughing and having fun, but we’re dying inside. Die. I thought this is the most humbling moment of my life.”
“I knew we had to do some location shoots in LA. I knew that when you’re shooting outdoors, you’ll get done quickly. There’s probably going to be a small crowd who’ll notice because, you know, we stand out a little in these outfits. So I knew there would be some attention and probably some photos would come out, but not like this,” Robbie added.
In addition to Robbie and Gosling, “Barbie” will have a star-studded cast including Will Ferrell, Connor Swindells, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Sharon Rooney and Ana Cruz Kayne, Ritu Arya, Jamie Demetriou, Emma Mackey, Dua Lipa, Issa Rae, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Simu Liu, Scott Evans and Ncuti Gatwa.
Gerwig is co-directing and co-writing Barbie with her husband Noah Baumbach. The film is a co-production of Mattel Films, Heyday Films and Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment. Executive Producers are LuckyChap’s Josey McNamara and Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz.
Check out the trailer below.