When Amy Schumer was asked if the original version of the 'Barbie' movie she’d been set to star in did not feel “feminist and cool,” Schumer confirmed, “Yeah.” But, she thinks the current version 'looks awesome.”
, she finally confirmed the answer—and went a little deeper than “creative differences,” as she’s put it in the past.
“They said I was too thin,” the comedian joked about her departure. When host Andy Cohen asked why she’d really left the project and whether she planned to see it now, she replied, “I can’t wait to see the movie. I think it looks awesome.” Schumer added that the last time she and Cohen spoke, she believed she’d blamed her exit on “scheduling conflicts.” When he pressed further, she cited “creative differences.” But now, she added, “there’s a new team behind it, and it looks like it’s very feminist and cool. So I will be seeing that movie.”feel “feminist and cool,” Schumer confirmed, “Yeah.”
Schumer was originally set to star as Barbie back in 2016, when Sony still owned the film. At the time, the comedian hit back at trolls who said she was physically unsuitable for the role. “I want to thank them for making it so evident that I am a great choice,” she wrote in an at the time. “It’s that kind of response that lets you know something’s wrong with our culture and we all need to work together to change it.”
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