'Barbie' director and co-writer Greta Gerwig feared that taking on the live-action movie 'could be a career-ender.' The film stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken.
Greta Gerwig admitted that she was"terrified" to direct and co-write the upcoming Warner Bros.The 39-year-old filmmaker told Dua Lipa that she was excited but also worried about taking on the first ever live-action movie based on the iconic Mattel Doll.
"It was terrifying," the three-time Academy Award nominee said during a Friday appearance on the 27-year-old British singer's podcast"At Your Service."Gerwig continued,"I think there’s something about starting from that place where it’s like, ‘Well, anything is possible.'"She added,"It felt like vertigo starting to write it.
"I think it was that feeling I had knowing that it would be really interesting terror. That's usually where the best stuff is."said."Anything where you’re like, ‘This could be a career-ender,’ then you’re like, ‘OK, I probably should do it.'"Gerwig enlisted her partner and frequent collaborator Noah Baumbach to co-write the screenplay in 2019. In 2021, she signed on to direct the romantic comedy.
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