Barbie director Greta Gerwig REVEALS preliminary fear of Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling film being ‘a career-ender’

Throughout an look on Dua Lipa: At Your Service podcast, through Leisure Weekly, Greta Gerwig – who directed and co-wrote Barbie’s script with accomplice Noah Baumbach – confessed how she was each excited and “terrified” earlier than manufacturing for the film started in March 2022: “It was terrifying. I feel that was a giant a part of it. I feel there’s one thing about ranging from that place the place it is like, ‘Effectively, something is feasible!’ It felt like vertigo beginning to write it. Like, the place do you even start? What can be the story?”

However, Greta Gerwig nonetheless praises Barbie for pushing her out of her consolation zone, inspite of the mammoth accountability of bringing the legendary toy franchise to the silver display screen: “That feeling that I had was figuring out that it might be actually attention-grabbing terror. Normally, that is the place the very best stuff is. Whenever you’re like, ‘I’m petrified of that.’ Something the place you are like, ‘This could possibly be a career-ender,’ then you definitely’re like, ‘Okay, I most likely ought to do it.'”

Greta Gerwig on Margot Robbie & Tom Ackerley’s Assist

Greta Gerwig additionally admitted how she felt comforted in figuring out that her “cowboy hats, ’80s spandex and Kenergy” imaginative and prescient of Barbie had co-producers Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerly (who’re married in actual life!), and Mattel’s full help. Speaking about Mattel’s “extremely uncommon” belief and freedom with out micromanaging, which Greta Gerwig discovered “excellent,” the Oscar-nominated filmmaker additionally spoke on how she was given entry to the complete Barbie archives: “They actually gave us their belief. And I feel a giant cause for that was truly Margot and Tom [Ackerley] and the way in which in addition they, you realize, mentioned, ‘We need to make this film and we need to make her imaginative and prescient. We do not have to make any Barbie film. We need to make this one.'”

As a outcome, Greta Gerwig was “very a lot supported in what I wished to do. I normally know on a intestine stage if one thing feels proper. And if it does not you’ll be able to misinform your self, nevertheless it’s not gonna wind up in a great spot.”

We will not wait to see Greta Gerwig’s Barbie-esque imaginative and prescient come to life on the silver display screen!

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Additionally starring Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Michael Cera and extra alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, Barbie releases on July 21, 2023.