“If [Mattel] hadn’t made that change... I don’t think I would have wanted to attempt to make a Barbie film.'
in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming summer blockbuster alongside Ryan Gosling and a diverse cast that includes Issa Rae, America Ferrera, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, and Dua Lipa.Ahead of the film’s release, Margot explained she didn’t want to present a singular image of “what Barbie is” nor “what women should aspire to be and look like”.magazine, she shared that she and Greta had told Mattel’s chief executive Ynon Kreiz that the film had to “acknowledge certain things”.
“In that very first meeting, we impressed upon Ynon we are going to honour the legacy of your brand, but if we don’t acknowledge certain things—if we don’t say it, someone else is going to say it,” Margot said.Margot continued: “If [Mattel] hadn’t made that change to have a multiplicity of Barbies, I don’t think I would have wanted to attempt to make a Barbie film.
The Barbie Fashionistas line, which began in 1959, has seen more than 175 looks with different skin tones, hair textures, body sizes andSet to hit cinemas on July 21, the movie sees Barbie leave the utopian Barbie Land after questioning her mortality and travelling to the real world with Ken.
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