Director Greta Gerwig was almost asked to remove an emotional scene from it Barbie.
Director Greta Gerwig was almost asked to remove an emotional scene from it Barbie.
Gerwig is co-writing and directing the new fantasy comedy starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. This film received critical acclaim and was commercially successful. earn $155 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend.
She explained how Warner Bros. suggested she cut a scene from the film where Barbie sees an elderly woman on the bench next to her and calls her beautiful. “I love that scene so much,” said Gerwig Rolling Stone. “And the older woman on the bench is costume designer Ann Roth. She is a legend. In a way, it’s a dead end – it’s going nowhere. And in early cuts, when you saw the film, they said, ‘Well, you could cut it.’ And indeed the story would go on anyway.’ And I said, ‘If I cut the scene, I don’t know what this movie is about.’”
“For me, that’s the heart of the film,” she continues. “The way Margot plays this moment is so gentle and so effortless.”
Who is in the Barbie cast?
The film stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Issa Rae, Michael Cera, Hari Nef, Will Ferrell, Helen Mirren, Dua Lipa and more.
Barbie is now playing in cinemas.