{"id":139945,"date":"2022-11-26T13:26:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/i-was-worried-that-barbie-could-be-my-career-ender-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T13:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T13:26:02","slug":"i-was-worried-that-barbie-could-be-my-career-ender-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/i-was-worried-that-barbie-could-be-my-career-ender-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was Worried That ‘Barbie’ Could Be My \u201cCareer-Ender\u201d \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tGreta Gerwig is admitting that she experienced a variety of emotions about taking on her upcoming movie Barbie<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\tDuring a conversation with singer Dua Lipa on the At Your Service<\/em> podcast, Gerwig reflected on deciding to work on the script with Noah Baumbach before then taking on directorial duties for the Warner Bros. movie that hits theaters July 21, 2023. The Little Women<\/em> filmmaker explained that she had been wanting to work with Margot Robbie, who had secured rights to the popular Mattel toy line. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cIt was something that was exciting because it was terrifying,\u201d Gerwig said about working on Barbie<\/em>. \u201cI think that was a big part of it, like: ‘Oh, no, Barbie.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tShe continued, \u201cIt felt like vertigo, starting to write it, like: ‘Where do you even begin, and what would be the story?’ And I think it was that feeling I had was knowing that it would be really interesting terror. Usually that’s where the best stuff is, where you’re like, ‘I am terrified of that.’ Anything where you’re like, ‘This could be a career-ender’ \u2014 then you’re like, ‘I should probably do it.’\u201d <\/p>\n

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\tPrior to Gerwig’s involvement, the script had been in development for years, with Amy Schumer and Anne Hathaway having previously been circling the title role. Gerwig’s movie stars Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and the supporting cast includes America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Issa Rae, Michael Cera, Rhea Perlman and Will Ferrell. <\/p>\n

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\tRobbie previously told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> that the film’s team is looking forward to catching audiences by surprise. \u201cSomething like Barbie where the IP, the name itself, people immediately have an idea of, ‘Oh, Margot is playing Barbie, I know what that is,’ but our goal is to be like, ‘Whatever you’re thinking, we ‘re going to give you something totally different \u2014 the thing you didn’t know you wanted,’\u201d the star said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n