However, it turns out that director Greta Gerwig cut a few extra scenes from her original script. Plans for even more punchy jokes and superstar cameos were left on the cutting room floor, so — at least for now — the world is left with neither a Barbie-Ken kiss nor a Timothée Chalamet appearance in Barbie Land.
The end-credits footage consists of bloopers featuring the starry cast led by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as they crack up in hysterics between takes. There are also notable scenes that were cut from the movie. Below, EW's got a rundown of the most memorable scenes that didn't make the final cut.
First, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig originally wanted to include a joke in Barbie about Margot and Emma Mackey looking similar IRL, but the joke was cut after they got into costume and realized that they didn't look that similar as their respective Barbies.
In several interviews before the comedy's theatrical release, Gerwig revealed that it was suggested she cut out the scene where Barbie (Margot Robbie) meets an elderly woman on a bench and tells her she's beautiful. “I love that scene so much,” Gerwig told Rolling Stone.
Margot Robbie says her friends teased her for not kissing Ryan Gosling in Barbie: 'What's wrong with you? ' Meanwhile, Gosling was happy to lose the kissing scenes: "I'm so glad all of that got cut out."
Top 10 Barbie Movie Scenes That Didn't Make the Final Cut
Do they actually kiss in movie scenes?
So, do actors really kiss? Short answer: It depends. They usually do some form of kissing, but there are ways to get around it (more on that later). Whether you wind up locking lips with another actor or not, there's a lot that goes into kissing scenes that you should know about.
Barbie is not a very romantic movie. Though Robbie's Barbie is dating Gosling's Ken, the doll would rather have every night be girls night, and neither of them have any idea what Ken is supposed to do if he sleeps over at the Dreamhouse.
What is the difference between Barbie and My Scene Barbie?
The My Scene dolls' bodies are slim, similar to earlier Barbie dolls, but their heads are larger. The New York Times described their features as "exaggerated lips and bulging, makeup-caked eyes." My Scene were designed to appeal to the tween market and compete with the Bratz dolls from MGA Entertainment.
It's been largely speculated that the old lady on the bench is Barbara Handler, the daughter of Barbie inventor Ruth Handler and the doll's namesake. But the lady on the bench is actually played by Ann Roth, an Oscar-winning costume designer and a friend of Gerwig's.
While the film does not dive into trans identity, Barbie still manages to touch upon LGBTQ+ issues without naming them as such. In fact, the film features several openly LGBTQ+ actors, like Hari Nef, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, and Scott Evans.
Mattel didn't have a strong case for copyright infringement, since the "Barbie Girl" video doesn't contain any actual Barbie dolls or images, but the company sued over the use of the trademarked word “Barbie” and the use of “Barbie pink,” a trademarked color.
These include the characters' discussion about Barbie and Ken dolls' lack of genitalia, though there is no nudity or sex in the movie. At the end of the movie there is also a scene where Barbie goes to the gynecologist, which may raise some questions for younger viewers.
Today, the doll itself is 64 years old; in 2023, Barbie would technically be 83 years old if she aged. However, toy company Mattel has said that she's perpetually frozen in time at the age of 19. Despite her ageless appearance, Barbie holds a wide array of adult careers.
Amy Schumer dropped out of original Barbie movie because it 'didn't feel feminist and cool' "I think we said it was scheduling conflicts. That's what we said. But it really was just like, creative differences."
Barbie was named after Ruth and Elliot Handler's daughter, Barbara. Barbara took part in the ceremony immortalizing Barbie's hand and footprints in cement on Hollywood Boulevard in 2002.
Midge is one very early, lesser-known member of Barbieland, who shows up in Barbie as a pregnant woman (played by Emerald Fennell), along with her husband Allan (played by Michael Cera). Most people don't know that Barbie had, at one time, a pregnant bestie, so it makes sense that people have a lot of questions.
Madame Carp is no longer patronized by the palace and goes out of business; with her debt finally paid, Erika leaves to become a renowned singer. After touring the world alone, Erika realizes where her heart truly lies and decides to return home to marry Dominick.
If you've seen Barbie, then you'll be fully aware that the star of the film is actually Ryan Gosling. Gosling plays Ken, Barbie's superfluous paramour. But while Barbie has been the central force of the film's heavy-handed marketing campaign, it turns out that the film is secretly a Ken vehicle.
Apparently, Barbie will never get married. According to the wishes of Barbie creator Ruth Handler, part of Barbie's appeal to young children was that she defied patriarchal norms, and would never walk down the aisle toward Ken or have children. I'm sorry to say, Ruth, but that wasn't how we played it.
Before Barbie came out, Robbie explained to Vogue that she played Barbie as if she didn't feel sexual desire, which also may have contributed to her lack of feelings for Ken. “I'm like, Okay, she's a doll. She's a plastic doll. She doesn't have organs.
Ken (short for Kenneth Carson) hit the toy aisle as Barbie's buyable boyfriend two years after her 1959 debut. He was available in two styles — blond or brunette hair, made of hard plastic — and came dressed in very short red swim trunks. He cost $3.50 and shared a name with the son of Barbie's creator, Ruth Handler.
Barbie makes it clear she's not interested in Ken romantically and urges him to find his own personal passions. The finale not only flips the normal script on female-centric films—in which a woman discovers she doesn't need a man to find her inner power (Legally Blonde, Eat Pray Love, etc.)
