Stories keep coming out of the “Barbie” movie press tour, with the latest revolving around how even the crew got in on the action with a little help from the film’s star.
“Barbie” is set to hit cinemas on July 21st, where it’s expected to compete with both Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and the second weekend of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”.
The Greta Gerwig-directed film, starring Margot Robbie, has a good chance of topping the box-office that weekend. In the movie, a doll living in ‘Barbieland’ is expelled for not being perfect enough and sets off on an adventure in the real world.
Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in the film, recently spoke with People Magazine and revealed that Robbie scheduled “pink days” on set which had very specific rules and punishments:
“Margot had this pink day once a week, where everyone had to wear something pink. And if you didn’t, you were fined. She would go around collecting the fines, and she would donate it to a charity.
What was really special was just how excited the male crew members were. At the end of the film, they all got together and, with their own money, made pink crew shirts with rainbow fringe.
It was this opportunity for them to show their respect and admiration for what Margot and [director] Greta [Gerwig] were creating. It was almost like that scene at the end of Dead Poets Society, where they all get on their desk and say, ‘O captain! My captain!'”
The film also stars America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindells, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Alexandra Shipp, Scott Evans, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Dua Lipa, with Will Ferrell and Helen Mirren.
