Summary. Barbie included a Helen Mirren post-credits scene in the IMAX release, showing Midge giving birth to her baby. Will Ferrell's improvisation in the film resulted in many scenes being cut, leaving room for a potential blooper reel in the future.
Last month, Helen Mirren revealed that a scene was cut from “Barbie,” where Olivia Colman “comes in and tries to take over the role of the Narrator and I had to fight her off.”
Is there a Barbie post-credits scene? Yes, there was a Barbie post-credit scene for the film's IMAX release, but no other formats had it. Regular cinema screenings didn't include the extra footage, so you had to go to an IMAX viewing specifically to see it.
The writers of Barbie, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, have detailed comments by the doll's creators, Mattel, upon reading their script. These include reservations about their executive getting shot with an arrow during the beach battle scene.
The worst of the language in Barbie is bleeped out, but some words and phrases to expect include "crap," "oh my God," and "shut up," though there is nothing explicit. Some suggestive references are present in the movie, which were a big contributor to the movie's PG-13 rating.
Barbie, formally known as “Barbara Millicent Roberts,” was born in 1959, which would technically make her 65 years old — except for the small fact that she was born as a 19-year-old. Yep, that's right: The first ever Barbie was officially 19 years old, which would make her age closer to 84 years old.
Notably, when asked why they would not want to play with her, at least 25 percent of the girls said it was because curvy Barbie was fat, chubby, or "big." The tendency to idealize thin bodies and show negative attitudes toward fatter bodies has implications for how children treat each other.
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.
There are also two discontinued Kens that take part in the scene with all the forgotten dolls. The first is Sugar Daddy Ken, a modern doll portrayed by British actor Rob Brydon. Sugar Daddy Ken was created in 2009 for Barbie's 50th anniversary as part of the adult doll collection line for Mattel.
A big plot line in the Barbie movie, one that was teased in Ryan Gosling's impassioned performance of the summer bop “I'm Just Ken,” is Barbie's lack of romantic interest in Ken. Minor spoiler alert: turns out, Robbie's Barbie never actually kisses Gosling on the lips in the film.
Summary. Margot Robbie's friends were surprised that she and Ryan Gosling's Ken don't kiss in the Barbie film, questioning her role as a producer. Barbie and Ken have a close bond but do not share a romantic relationship in the movie, with Barbie explicitly stating that she isn't interested in Ken that way.
Midge's run as the youthful, freckled sidekick has been sporadic and at times turbulent, with only a handful of releases in the '60s, before she resurfaced in the '80s and '90s. Then, a pregnant version of the doll was unceremoniously pulled from store shelves in 2002 amid fears she was promoting teen motherhood.
Actually, the scene that was almost deleted is the one in which Margot Robbie sits at a bus stop in the real world, bursting into tears overcome by her circumstances, and then sees an old woman next to her. Barbie says that she is beautiful and the old lady replies: “I know.”
Why Barbie's Post-Credits Scene Was Cut From The Original Release. Greta Gerwig never revealed why the post-credits scene featuring Helen Mirren and Midge was cut from the final version of Barbie. But the director probably had a good reason for leaving it on the cutting room floor.
By the late 1980s, Midge was back on shelves as part of the California Dream Barbie set. Then, she was re-released in the 1990s wearing a wedding dress, and again in 2002 with a detachable magnetic pregnant stomach, which allowed her to “deliver” a small plastic baby curled up inside, per CBS News.
Mattel responded to some consumer criticism and remodelled her body as early as 1997 when Barbie's breasts were reduced in size and her waist thickened.
Recently, the Barbie brand has been improving its diversity and inclusion; in 2020, dolls were released with no hair, the skin condition vitiligo, and prosthetics. Currently, their website states they have '35 skin tones', '97 hairstyles' and '9 body types and counting'.
The most perfect plastic pair had been together for 43 years when the surprising split was announced. Mattel said that it was just time for the two dolls to spend some time apart, with some hints pointing to Ken's avoidance of the marriage subject.
Technically, Ken has no official age (he is a doll, after all) although he was first introduced as Barbie's boyfriend on March 11, 1961, which means he has been around for 62 years. (Barbie was created in 1959, which would make her 64.)
