Greenblatt told ELLE of filming Barbie, “Everyone had such a great time making it, and it really shows on camera.” She added that while filming in London, Robbie and Gerwig arranged for the cast to screen films relating to Barbie every Sunday at Electric Cinema in Notting Hill. The experience ended up being great, even working with the executives at Mattel, who have creative control over the doll fashion line. Finally, there are the humans: America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, and Helen Mirren as the narrator. And there’s the boy humans: CEO Will Ferrell (“Please call me mother”), Connor Swindells (“He’s like an intern or something”), and Jamie Demetriou (“He’s a suit”). not in Barbie? To help Robbie get into character, Gerwig recommended listening to an episode of the podcast This American Life where a woman doesn't introspect. “You know how you have a voice in your head all the time?” Robbie told Vogue. “This woman, she doesn’t have that voice in her head.” If you are still contemplating whether a Prime membership aligns with your needs, you can also make use of the free trial.

Barbie herself is living her best life in her perfect Barbie world, partying of an evening with Barbies who are political leaders, supreme court judges and Nobel laureates (including Dua Lipa and Issa Rae), and a castrato chorus of beach-bunny Ken clones (including John Cena and Simu Liu) and Ken’s gloomy beta-male mate Allan (Michael Cera) when suddenly she is assailed with the terrible thought of dying. America Ferrara, Ariana Greenblatt, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Sharon Rooney, Scott Evans, Ana Cruz Kayne, Connor Swindells, Ritu Arya, and Jamie Demetriou also are slated to appear in the movie. Emerald Fennell, writer-director of 2020’s Promising Young Woman, has a role as well. Robbie and Gosling are not the only big names in the movie, however. In fact, the list of big names in the film is honestly kind of absurd. According to some gossip that New York Times journalist Kyle Buchannan heard at the Cannes Film Festival, there are going to be multiple Barbies and Kens in the film. Insecure star Issa Rae and Hari Nef, the trans actress and model who starred in Transparent, will reportedly both play Barbies, too. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa, who was recently announced as the 14th Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who season, will be alternate Kens. Robbie trusted Gerwig, but she had a simple request before singing on. “I’ll follow your vision. Whatever you want this Barbie movie to be, let’s do that. Except I just have one favor,” she recalled telling the director on The Kelly Clarkson Show. “Please, please, please can we have a Dreamhouse where she has a slide that goes from her bedroom down to her pool, because that is my goal in life.” We get it. Is production for Barbie over? It's very interesting because everybody says, Oh my God, it's just like a dream house I used to have," Greenwood says. "And you go, Well, maybe that's what it feels like, which is good, but it's not a dream house. It's the feeling of a dream house." Stereotypical Barbie's dream house has so many details viewers won't want to miss.The boudoir never stopped being current, It’s the most private, feminine space. The bedroom’s the space that no-one else is going to see.” Gerwig will pen the script with Marriage Story's Baumbach, which means this won't be your typical toy-to-television adaptation.

Barbie is a massive star-studded production featuring multiple Barbies, Kens, and humans. After long keeping character details close to the vest, the film shared its full roster on social media.Barbie was created by Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel in 1945 with husband Elliot. The doll (full name: Barbara Millicent Roberts) is named for the couple’s daughter, Barbara. Every actor you’ve heard of in the past five years is either in this movie or in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. And they’re all Barbies, duh! Or a lot of them are, anyway. Along with the many, many Barbies of high repute is an extended cast that will play humans and other, lesser dolls, like Kens. Also Helen Mirren is the narrator. Barbie movie socials are going all out with individual character posters introducing the massive ensemble. While staying at the property—which is based on the famous Mattel dollhouse design—guests can also enjoy a couple of Ken’s favorite activities. The Warner Bros. project was first announced in 2019, but numerous other projects—and, not to mention, a pandemic—have kept Gerwig and Robbie busy in the interim. Variety confirms that Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach would finalize the script after completing work on the Baumbach-directed 2022 film White Noise. Who's playing Ken?