Only next summer will cinema audiences see Margot Robbie (31) figure as the iconic doll, but a small taste has been “leaked” now.
The long-legged, well-turned doll has been both popular and controversial since it was launched in 1959 by the toy company Mattel. Now she is portrayed for the very first time on the movie screen, in the form of Australian Margot Robbie.
«Barbie July 21, 2023. Only in theaters», The film company Warner Bros. writes Instagram below a picture of Robbie in the lead role – behind the wheel of a pink Chevrolet Corvette.
12 hours after publication, more than 185,000 have printed “likes” and more than 2,000 have commented.
Robbie told the press in 2019 – then it became known that she was going to play Barbie – that she believes that playing with Barbie dolls is important for a child’s path to self-discovery.
For sixty years, Barbie has contributed to children imagining themselves as both princesses and presidents. I am honored to have been given the role and to produce a film that I believe will have a huge impact on children around the world, said the star, known from films such as “The Suicide Squad”, “Bombshell” and “Birds of Prey”.
Ryan Gosling (41) will play Barbie’s girlfriend Ken. No picture of him in the role has yet been shown.
A Barbie movie has been planned in Hollywood also before, then with the company Sony in the lead. Amy Schumer (40) was then intended for the lead role, but had to resign because it collided with another job.
Margot Robbie is by the way reportedly current in the upcoming “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, the sixth in a row, which is in an early stage and has not yet received a title. according to the movie site IMDb Norwegian Joachim Rønning (49) reprises as director.
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