Barbie writer-director Greta Gerwig and star-producer Margot Robbie showcased their comedy chops in a one-two bit tonight, thanking the Gotham Awards for a International Icon & Creator tribute. Watch their speech above.
“We love a restaurant in a financial institution!” mentioned Gerwig of the Cipriani Wall Avenue locale, which is simply that.
The duo was lovingly launched by Laura Dern.
“On some degree, I’m shocked each time you textual content me again,” Gerwig mentioned to Dern. “And I’m additionally shocked once you textual content me again,” she added, turning to Robbie.
The 2 recapped the genesis of the blockbuster movie that painted the world pink and has earned greater than $1.4 billion worldwide since opening this summer season. They stood shut collectively, alternating traces.
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“4 years in the past, I requested Greta to return and write Barbie with me,” mentioned Robbie. Gerwig and her husband and co-writer Noah Baumbach “took an object — a doll with no character or story — and cooked up probably the most ridiculous, outrageous, bananas script in an try and conjure again what they beloved in regards to the motion pictures.”
Mentioned Gerwig about making the movie throughout the Covid lockdown: “We figured that if nobody was making motion pictures anyway, they may as effectively not make this one. And we confirmed it to everybody. And Warner Bros., miraculously, mentioned sure, and Mattel, miraculously, mentioned sure.”
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Robbie: “Primarily. Largely. With some notes, which Greta and Noah ignored.”
Gerwig: ”We fastidiously thought-about the notes. After which we offered our case.”
Robbie: “You ignored them.”
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The 2 then began a months-long marketing campaign to get Ryan Gosling as Ken. “And likewise make him our good friend, who texts with us,” mentioned Gerwig.
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