If you’re on Twitter, you couldn’t miss the Barbie phenomenon. Every day, the social network regales us with a new photo of Margot Robbie or Ryan Gosling in a doll outfit. Every day, the expectation around the film grows and, with it, the risk of a big miss. The studios recently released the first official photos of Margot Robbie, transformed into Barbie at the wheel of her candy pink convertible, then Ryan Gosling, peroxidized hair, photoshopped abs and a failed spray tan. Then came skating sessions at Venice Beach in neon outfits and walks in sexy cowboy costumes. Barbie and Ken’s incredible wardrobe was designed by Briton Jacqueline Durran, Oscar winner for Anna Karenina and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, and who recently created the costumes for The Batman and Spencer with Kristen Stewart. other animated television series on the famous Mattel toys created in 1959 and sold in hundreds of millions of copies have already staged the world of the iconic doll, this is the very first production in real views. The project has been in the pipeline for eight years and many screenwriters have succeeded in writing different versions of the screenplay. It then moved from the offices of Sony to those of Warner, which took over the project and different interpreters of Barbie have therefore been considered. It was first Amy Schumer (Crazy Amy) who was to embody the blonde doll catapulted from her idyllic universe to the real world and reincarnated in the body of a woman with less unreal measurements. The actress then gave way to Anne Hathaway and then to Margot Robbie. The latter also took over the project via its production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, which finances its projects (Me, Tonya, Birds of Prey) or committed feature films, such as Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman. Confusing and daring : Promising Young Woman is not the movie you thinkAbout it, the actress and producer told The Hollywood Reporter: “People immediately think ‘Margot is going to play Barbie, I know what it’s going to be like. ‘, but our goal is more to say, ‘Whatever you think, we’re going to give you something radically different – something you didn’t even think you wanted.’ Now the question is whether we can do justice to the franchise and to the fans while surprising people. Because if you can do it and if you can generate an intelligent conversation, you really are on all fronts.”The story of the most famous couple in the world of toys has been imagined by another couple, emblem of cinema ma independent American, Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. The director of Lady Bird and The Daughters of Doctor March is also directing Barbie and, given her previous feats of arms, it is obvious that the film will take the opposite view from the superficial visuals that have leaked on the Web. .Besides the viral photos from the set, the film’s cast helps create noise around the project. Alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were announced Will Ferrell, as Mattel boss, Emma Mackey, the Sex Education revelation also known for her resemblance to Robbie, as well as Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp and America Ferrera.Issa Rae (Insecure) and Hari Nef (transgender actress and model) are also set to portray Barbie, while Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) are set to offer their portrayal of Ken. Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), Michael Cera (Juno, SuperGrave) or Connor Swindells (also famous thanks to Sex Education) complete the cast of the film placed under the sign of diversity and inclusivity. of very few elements concerning the scenario, but Margot Robbie corresponding to the criteria of beauty in force in the plastic world of Barbie, the history certainly moved away from the original premise. Barbieland robots, Barbie and Ken, her gay best friend, or the marriage of reality TV superstar Barbie and Ken-ye: all the craziest ideas (that BuzzFeed had fun imagining) are still allowed.Simu Liu recently said in an interview that he took on the project on the advice of his agent, who considers the Barbie script to be the best he’s read. “If I had to stake my career on one script, it would be Barbie,” he reportedly told the actor. However, we will have to wait until July 19, 2023 to see the result on our cinema screens (coincidentally, Barbie will be released at the same time as Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan, an ambitious black and white project with an equally gigantic cast).
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