Why Margot Robbie Is Being Tight-Lipped About Barbie Movie
A pirate's beingness is not for Margot Robbie.
The Barbie prima precocious shared that the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel she was acceptable to prima in is present dormant successful the water.
"We had an thought and we were processing it for a while, ages ago," Margo explained to Vanity Fair on Nov. 14, "to person much of a female-led—not wholly female-led, but conscionable a antithetic benignant of story—which we thought would've been truly cool, but I conjecture they don't privation to bash it."
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Back successful May 2022, shaper Jerry Bruckheimer spoke astir the aboriginal of the Pirates franchise, explaining to The Sunday Times at the clip that determination were 2 projects successful development—one of which was Margot's—and neither acceptable to diagnostic Johnny Depp's quality Captain Jack Sparrow.
While the Babylon prima is not joining the Pirates universe, she is acceptable to articulation different beloved franchise arsenic she'll prima successful and nutrient a 1960s acceptable prequel to the Ocean's films. But earlier past she'll participate the imagination location arsenic the alongside Ryan Gosling successful the upcoming Barbie movie.
And arsenic Margo noted, the Greta Gerwig-directed film—written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach—is much than conscionable a communicative astir an iconic doll—it volition instead be a subversive instrumentality connected Barbie and her world.
"Making an evident Barbie movie would've been highly casual to do," Margot explained, "and thing casual to bash is astir apt not worthy doing."
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However, arsenic for what viewers tin expect from the film's plot, Margot isn't sharing—especially aft she and Ryan attracted truthful overmuch attention and property appearing connected the Venice Beach, Calif. boardwalk successful neon diversion deterioration and rollerblades.
And portion those photos successful peculiar made waves, the histrion admitted earlier this autumn that she was "mortified" by the attraction their precise 1980's benignant matching outfits received
"We look similar we're similar laughing, having fun, but dying connected the inside," she said on The Tonight Show successful September, portion looking backmost astatine the rollerblading pictures. "I was like, 'This is the astir humiliating infinitesimal of my life.'"
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