Barbie Director Greta Gerwig has revealed that the film’s iconic “I’m Just Ken” dance sequence was almost deleted from the script. Speaking to Succession creator Jesse Armstrong at the BFI London Film Festival, filmmaker Jesse Armstrong said studio executives at Warner Bros. asked her in a “big meeting” if It’s necessary to create a great scene. However, she stood her ground, citing a ballet scene from the 1952 film Singin’ in the Rain as a reference. Barbie’s In “Dream Ballet,” all of the Kens will dress in black and dance in an open, pink-and-blue-toned space while grappling with their own identities.
“The script just said, ‘Then it becomes a dream ballet and they dance it through,'” Gerwig said in the interview (via type). “There was a big meeting and it was like, ‘Do you need this?’ and I was like, ‘Everything about me needs this. ’ They were like, ‘What the hell do you mean? What is a fantasy ballet?’ This scene does seem weird in script form because it just transitions from a musical fight scene on the beach in Barbie Land to Ryan Gosling and An empty space on Liu Simu beach. Warner Bros. seems worried about whether this strange change of scenery will be well-received by mainstream audiences. also, Barbie It was never intended to be a musical – in fact, the song “I’m Just Ken” didn’t initially have a solid status until Gerwig heard it and “loved” wrote minor version composer Mark Rosen.
The song has now become a hit, with over 78.5 million plays on Spotify and Spotify 10 million views on YouTube, at the time of writing. Gosling recorded songs for the 2016 movie “La La La” and served as the lead singer in the film. Barbie and ranked No. 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August. “I thought, if people can follow the rhythm of Singin’ in the Rain, I think we’ll be fine. I think people will know what it is. So that was a big reference point,” Gerwig explained, and Adding that she was equally stressed about the whole scene going down. After all, this wasn’t the only time filming was disrupted. Time magazine story It was revealed that Mattel President and COO Richard Dixon flew to the set to “argue” with director Gerwig and led Margot Robbie on an undisclosed scene that he felt was “off-brand.” Have an “argument”. The pair changed their minds through acting out the scene in front of them and kept it.
Barbie It has now become the highest-grossing movie of 2023, with a global box office revenue of US$1.43 billion (approximately Rs. 11,901 crore), ranking above the “Super Mario Bros.” movie. Oppenheimer. The film, which made Gerwig the first female director to join the billion-dollar club, follows a quintessential Barbie doll (Robbie) who lives a perfect life in a pink Barbie Land, until she begins to become sentient. and forced to face an existential question. crisis. Determined to reverse these conflicting thoughts, she embarks on a real-world journey with Ken (Gosling), where she learns about patriarchy, the troubled lives of women, and how Barbie perpetuates stereotypes and leads to twisted ideas in young girls. Cognition. they themselves. The film is expected to be released on October 17 in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD formats.
Barbie It’s now available to watch digitally and is still playing in select theaters around the world.
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