Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling Enter the Real World in ‘Barbie’ CinemaCon Sizzle
thewrap.comGreta Gerwig’s “Barbie” at CinemaCon. The footage reveal was preceded by Gerwig walking on stage alongside Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and American Ferrera. “Everyone knows Barbie,” declared Robbie, “but she’s never been on the [big] screen.” Gerwig noted that she had never met Gosling prior to making the film.
Gosling joked that he previously only knew Ken from {the outside} but now he knew Ken from within. While he initially doubted his Ken-ergy,” Gerwig and Robbie brought it out “like pink scarlet fever.” Ferrara noted that by the end of the film, she was a Barbie Girl. “You’ve never seen so many grown men find an excuse to come to the set,” remarked Robbie. “It was like a dopamine hit.” Replied Gosling, “I think I finally know what Dorothy felt like.”Noting the film’s comic elements, Robbie said that she had watched a cut of the film and could tell when Gerwig had to cut away before Margot broke character.
The trailer opens with Barbie waking up in her dream house and her dream world before meeting up with Ken who invites himself over to Barbie’s giant choreographed party.
Life is good for all until Barbie asks if any of them think about dying. Meanwhile, trouble is afoot with cold showers, falling off the roof and heels touching the ground.
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