Oliver Stone Clears Up Resurfaced ‘Barbie’ Comments: “I Apologize For Speaking Ignorantly”
deadline.comThe Savages director said he made the remarks “before the film even came out” and while he was promoting his documentary Nuclear Now.
Oliver Stone and clearing up his Barbie comments from last year after an interview with the filmmaker resurfaced recently. “At the time, I was busy promoting my nuclear documentary in Europe and had little to no knowledge of the project beyond its title,” he said in a post he shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Since publicly commenting on Greta Gerwig’s film, Oliver said he “was able to see Barbie in a theater back in July and appreciated the film for its originality and its themes.” He continued, “I found the filmmakers’ approach certainly different than what I expected.
I apologize for speaking ignorantly.” Stone went on to praise Gerwig’s 2017 film Ladybird, saying it “was one of my favorites of that year.” The filmmaker also recognized Barbie’s impact on the industry. “Barbie’s box office greatly boosted the morale of our business, which was welcome.
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