But at the same time, you need to be able to point out all the things that people find problematic about Barbie. Greta will say, run towards it, it will be more interesting.
What were his biggest concerns?
Robbie There was a long list of concerns. By the way, we had complete freedom. They weren’t allowed to direct the film, but we didn’t want to make a film that they didn’t support.
Some things are small, like her calling herself the stereotypical Barbie. There are negative connotations associated with the word “conservative”. He asked if we would consider a different word. Sure, I said, “We can call her Generic Barbie or Original Barbie or Blonde Barbie.” But the word “conservative” is important because she’s already imposing parameters around herself that she, later in the movie, is going to break out and break free. So it is important for his journey. She needs to start out there by referring to herself as the stereotypical Barbie, because she’s already letting herself down without even realizing it.
ryan, Can you describe how you felt when you read the script for the first time?
Ryan Gosling Well, the title page read “Barbie and Ken,” and “and Ken” was dropped. Obviously it was not what I expected. It’s so beautiful and wonderfully designed by Greta and Margot, it’s like a theme park or something, where you don’t really need a map. It has already been engineered to take you to all the places they want you to take without you even knowing it. I went on the ride and I’m still going on it. I don’t want to leave the park. They are taking me out. “The park is closing, sir.” But I ordered churros and they’re coming, I swear.
What do you two say about this little controversy about Kane’s age and Ryan being too old to play him?
gosling #NotMyKane.
Robbie Barbie and Ken are technically 60 years old. so whatever. The first thing I thought of when I heard this was that in “Grease” they’re supposed to be high school students, and out of the 150 times I’ve seen “Grease” over the years, I haven’t seen ” Greece” did not enjoy. Because I was like, “I need to check how old they were.” He’s got the most charismatic, talented people to amaze me. And that’s why I love that movie.
