Discover and surprise yourself with all the curiosities, fun facts and hidden details of Barbie Movie with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. The film with real actors of the Barbie doll is a spectacle in which different easter eggs, fun facts, curiosities or details that you need to know if you are a true fan of Barbie Movie. In addition, I tell you curious facts and curiosities about Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the stars of Barbie Movie and those in charge of playing Barbie and Ken in the magnificent film by Greta Gerwig.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
According to Ryan Gosling, he accepted the role of Ken after seeing his daughter’s Ken doll lying face down in the mud next to a squished lemon. He then took a shot of the doll and lemon and sent it to Greta Gerwig, saying, “I shall be your Ken, his story must be told.”
Despite fan expectations, Aqua: Barbie Girl (1997) will not be featured in the film. Mattel has a bad legal history with the band over the song, and unsuccessfully tried to sue Aqua over the song for “copyright infringement” only for Aqua to win the lawsuit as their single was a parody and protected under fair use. Nevertheless the Main trailer, released on the 25th May 2023 featured a short sample from the song at the end. However it was a cover version, not the original version.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
The font used in the film is based on the font that was used for all Barbie dolls, products, and merchandise from 1975-1991. The Barbie logo usually undergoes a makeover for each generation.
Kate McKinnon’s Barbie in the film is a humorous nod to the kind of rough play to which a child could subject their Barbie doll. The stains on her face are from marker and her messy haircut is a result of a child butchering their doll’s hair with scissors.
Originally announced in 2009, this project has undergone multiple different iterations and been a property for three different studios. Originally it was a Universal Pictures production, but after five years of development, Sony Pictures took over in 2014. Jenny Bicks was hired as a screenwriter, but replaced by Diablo Cody the following year. In December 2016, Amy Schumer entered negotiations to star in the title role, as well as rewrite the screenplay alongside Kim Caramele. Schumer exited the project in 2017, where it was announced Alethea Jones would direct, Olivia Milch would write and Anne Hathaway would lead role. Sony’s option expired in October 2018 and the project transferred to Warner Bros. Pictures, where the project would finally make progress and become a film.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
Michael Cera plays Allan in the film, who is Ken’s best friend introduced in 1964. His girlfriend-turned-wife Midge also appears in the film played by Emerald Fennell. Both characters were canonically married in 1990 with the Wedding Day Midge dolls.
On 8 January 2019, Margot Robbie was announced to star as the title-lead character.
Simu Liu plays an Asian variant of Ken in the film. Though he’s not based on a specific Ken, the first Asian Ken doll to be released was in 2011, with the collector edition Japan Ken (also known as the Samurai Ken) included as part of the Dolls of the World series. Not only was he the first Asian Ken, he was also the first (and so far, only) Ken to be included in Dolls of the World, which was previously a Barbie-only line.
The first trailer is a tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi film 2001. Una odisea del espacio (1968).
Ryan Gosling’s Ken is inspired by the appearance of Sun Lovin’ Malibu Ken from 1979, who also wore turquoise swimwear and had blonde hair with tan skin.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
This will mark the first time Barbie appears in a theatrical live action feature film as opposed to her animated appearances in the direct to video films and television specials. But this does not include the two animated films Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010) which are from Disney and Pixar and only used by permission from Mattel. In fact Barbie was going to appear in the first Toy Story (1995) film as the love interest of Woody until she got replaced by Bo Peep since Mattel refused to let her appear in the film.
Dua Lipa plays a Mermaid Barbie in the film. Her appearance is directly based on the blue Dreamtopia Mermaid Barbie doll from 2018.
Both Margot Robbie and Kate McKinnon, who play Barbie, previously starred in El escándalo (Bombshell) (2019). In that film, Jess Carr (McKinnon) called Kayla Pospisil (Robbie) an “anchor Barbie”.
Issa Rae in the film plays a Barbie for President doll. Her appearance is based on the 2004 Barbie for President African American version that had a red pantsuit. Barbie for President is a Mattel doll line that first appeared in 1992 depicting Barbie as a presidential candidate, and the line reappears every presidential election year.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
Before the teaser trailer was released, Deadline reported that the film will be rated PG by the MPAA.
The shot of Barbie stepping out of her heels on her tippy toes is a nod to the body mold of the traditional Barbie. Until 2015 with the introduction of Barbie Fashionista dolls with feet molded to be flat so that they can wear flat footwear, all Barbie dolls that had feet were molded to only wear high heels, even if the doll had no shoes as part of the gimmick or accessories (like the beach-themed Barbie dolls for example).
Nicola Coughlan’s Barbie is a Diplomat. Though there hasn’t been a Diplomat Barbie doll released specifically, the Australian Diplomat Julie Bishop was honored with a Barbie doll by Mattel in 2021, as she was the first woman to serve as Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
Emerald Fennell plays Barbie’s friend Midge in the film, first introduced in 1963 as her redheaded companion. Her appearance in this film is specifically based on the 2003 Pregnant Midge & Baby doll from the Happy Family line. This doll is infamous for having been controversial back when she was released, as the doll was accused of promoting teen pregnancy (even though Midge was an adult in this version) and for seemingly being an unwed single mother (even though Midge had gotten married to Ken’s friend Allan in 1990 with the Wedding Day Midge Giftset, and Allan was a part of the Happy Family line as her husband). The box for Midge & Baby lacked a cutout of Allan in the back, making it seem like she was unmarried and pregnant, so Walmart pulled the doll from shelves and Mattel replaced it with a new box that had a cutout of Allan in the corner of the box to make it more obvious she’s married, her silver wedding band on her hand was also painted to be thicker to make it more noticeable.
The first theatrically released live-action movie to be based on a doll line ever since Bratz: La pelÃcula (2007).
Sharon Rooney plays a Lawyer Barbie in the film. Though there hasn’t been a Lawyer Barbie released specifically (with the closest examples being 1963 Career Girl Barbie, 1992 Business Executive Barbie, and 1999 Working Woman Barbie), there was an Elle Woods Barbie released in 2003, as a promotional tie-in with the release of Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (2003).
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
The second trailer for the film is a tribute to The Matrix (1999) by Lana and Lilly Wachowski.
Hari Nef plays a Doctor Barbie in the film. She is inspired by the historically important Doctor Barbie released in 1973, depicted as an M.D. with teal blue scrubs, surgical mask, and a stethoscope. The doll had actually received a commemorative reproduction by Mattel in 2022.
Hari Nef, a transgender woman, plays a Barbie in the film. The first transgender Barbie doll Mattel ever released was the Laverne Cox Barbie doll in 2022 as part of the Tribute Collection series honoring iconic women. The doll is historical for being the first Barbie to be transgender.
Ncuti Gatwa plays an African American musician Ken variant in the film. The first AA Ken to be released was in 1982 with the Sunsational Malibu Ken doll. His appearance in this film is also inspired by the Ken from the Grand Ole Opry Country Duet Giftset featuring both Barbie and Ken as country musicians.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
Alexandra Shipp plays a celebrated Author Barbie in the film. Though there hasn’t been an Author Barbie released specifically, Mattel did honor acclaimed author Maya Angelou with a Barbie doll in 2021 as part of the Inspiring Women series.
This is director Greta Gerwig’s first movie to be shot in the Univisium 2:1 aspect ratio, unlike her previous movies, Noches y fines de semana (2008), Lady Bird (2017), and Mujercitas (2019), all of which were shot in the taller 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Ritu Arya plays a Pulitzer Prize winning Barbie in the film. She’s not based on any specific Barbie but there was the commemorative release of the Ida B. Wells Barbie released in 2021 as part of the Inspiring Women series, who herself is a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Though not directly based on a specific doll, Emma Mackey’s Barbie is inspired by the Scientist, STEM Leader, and Astrophysicist Barbie dolls that Mattel has released prior as part of Barbie’s various careers.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
Ana Cruz Kayne plays a Supreme Court Justice Barbie in the film. The first Barbie to depict her as a courtroom judge was released in 2019 as part of the Career of the Year doll line.
Scott Evans in the film plays a Western themed Ken. His appearance is a tribute to the Cowboy Ken released in 1993 called the Western Stampin’ Ken doll.
Production designer Sarah Greenwood claimed that so much fluorescent pink paint from the company Rosco was used for the set construction that it caused an international shortages. However, according to Lauren Proud, vice-president of Rosco paint, while the production did indeed use as much paint as the company had, the shortages were connected with the supply chain problem during the Covid-19 pandemic.
50 FUN FACTS about BARBIE MOVIE
Saoirse Ronan was going to appear in the film, but her scenes were cut. Ronan previously collaborated with Greta Gerwig on Lady Bird (2017) and Mujercitas (2019).
The older woman Barbie is talking to in the real world, according to the subtitles of the official Main Trailer, is called Ruth. She is named after Ruth Handler, the co-founder of Mattel and is considered the “Mother of Barbie”. She created the first Barbie in 1959.