The film has so much promise, and Sony and Mattel have been great partners. I'm bummed, but look forward to seeing Barbie on the big screen." She later explained to The Hollywood Reporter that it was actually creative differences that led her to back out.
Hathaway was initially supposed to star as the iconic Mattel doll after comedian Amy Schumer backed out over creative differences. By October 2018, the project was ultimately scrapped after Sony Pictures' bid on the rights lapsed.
But Amy isn't the only actress that couldn't quite be boxed in, as Anne Hathaway was set to step in to replace the Trainwreck star. Alas, Barbie wouldn't get the opportunity to wear Prada that time around, either.
Schumer was originally cast as Barbie in 2016 but a year later she announced she was leaving the project, citing "scheduling conflicts." She explained the situation further during her chat with Cohen, admitting she actually left for a different reason. "I think we said it was scheduling conflicts," she revealed.
When Amy Schumer dropped out in 2017 due to scheduling conflicts, Hathaway agreed to step up and take on the role of Barbie. However, the cast continued to change until Robbie was ultimately chosen as the star of the film – and Greta Gerwig replaced Alethea Jones as director.
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Who turned down Barbies role?
Dan Levy almost starred in the hit film "Barbie." Find out why the "Schitt's Creek" co-creator turned down a role in Greta Gerwig's movie, a decision he says still haunts him.
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.
Ryan Gosling reveals why he took the role of Ken in Barbie
That's when he came across a Ken doll. "You know where I found Ken? Facedown in the mud next to a squished lemon," he told Fallon. "I texted [a picture of] it to Greta and I said, 'I shall be your Ken, for his story must be told.
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.
In a new interview with Variety, Ryan Gosling revealed that he initially turned down the role of Ken in Greta Gerwig's Barbie, for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Barbie's casting directors Allison Jones and Lucy Bevan very casually revealed three other Hollywood A-listers who turned down the role of Ken: namely Bowen Yang, Dan Levy, and Ben Platt.
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were both reportedly paid $12.5 million for their roles in Barbie. With the strong feminist themes displayed throughout the film, they were rightly paid the same amount for their work.
Back in July 2017, Hathaway was announced as the star of Sony's “Barbie” movie. Comedian Amy Schumer was originally cast, but Hathaway took over the role after Schumer departed.
In 1990, she began to use the "Diva" mold for All Stars Midge and The Beat Midge. In 1991, she was married to Allan (now spelled "Alan"). Before and after the Wedding Day Midge doll was sold, many Midge play line dolls were produced.
Barbie was childfree. She was invented to be that way. Her creator, Ruth Handler, way back in 1959, was disheartened to find that the only dolls her own daughter could play with were baby dolls.
Ryan is the twin brother of Riley, one of the main characters and the secondary antagonist in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. He lives in The Ryan Mansion. He is constantly trying to woo Barbie with one of his songs, much to the anger of Ken. He has a crush on Barbie and is Midge's crush.
Ken became the villain of Barbie. As he ventured into the real world, he learned about patriarchy and embraced it, bringing it back to Barbieland. His plans for Kendom failed, but Barbie helped him realize it was okay to be vulnerable, to be lost and emotional.
And it's true that, in 2016 – 57 years after Barbie's birth – Mattel finally released a 'curvy' Barbie doll in its 'Fashionistas' range. It even earned the brand a Time magazine cover.
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.
No pot bellies, no dadbods, no fat anywhere. Co-casting directors revealed that during Ken auditions, actors would take their tops off thinking that their bodies would be the make-it-or-break-it to getting the roles.
Shelly/Kelly/Chelsea Roberts (1995–2010 as Shelly/Kelly, 2011–present as Chelsea): Barbie's youngest sister, approximately 6 years old, then later 7 years old. Since her name changed to Chelsea, she loves the color pink and has blonde hair and blue eyes like her older sister Barbie.
Tutti. Tutti is Todd's twin sister. Together with Todd, she appeared in 1965 and got discontinued in 1971. After being ceased, some people confused her for Stacie – probably because Tutti was replaced by Kelly, who in turn got replaced by Stacie.
Kelly Roberts is the younger sister of Barbie, Skipper & Stacie and the older sister of Krissy. Kelly was introduced in 1995 and discontinued in 2010. She was replaced by Chelsea in 2011.
