‘Barbie’: Why the new Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is going to be the movie of the year?

Among the most anticipated films of this 2023, there is a title that shines above the others, and not only because of the glitter and the pink that it gives off for each of its frames. We talk about ‘Barbie’, the new feat starring Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig.

The movie It will arrive on July 21., and with each novelty, either with the first images, a teaser or a first trailer, the public has felt more eager for summer to arrive. Why do we have to wait so long for this movie?

Greta’s unique style

Greta Gerwig is the director and screenwriter of works such as ‘Little Women’ or ‘Lady Bird’, two critically acclaimed titles in recent years. Both films proved to be an example of the good work of the actress, both in the director’s chair and when preparing good texts. “Little Women” was actually nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay, and Lady Bird was nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director.

With the filmmaker’s remarkable past achievements, ‘Barbie’ could well be another film that utilizes all of her talents. In addition to directing and writing, Gerwig worked as a film and television actress for many years, offering jobs on ‘Mistress America’, ‘Jackie’, ‘Background Noise’ and most notably ‘Frances Ha’, a revolution in cinema. indie North American. Disney has counted on her to write the next live-action of ‘Snow White’ by Marc Webb. Her creativity in writing and on camera has known no limits, and her talent seems to spread like never before through the universe that she has now created from the Mattel doll.

Margot, Ryan and everyone else

Margot Robbie was an obvious choice to play Barbie. After rising to stardom with her role as Harley Quinn in the DCEU, she has also chosen to participate in smaller projects such as ‘I, Tonya’ or ‘The scandal’. But Margot is not only accompanied by her career in front of the camera, but also behind it. LuckyChap Entertainment is the production company that founded the Australian, who already has credits in films such as ‘Birds of Prey’, ‘I, Tonya’, ‘A Promising Young Woman’ and even ‘Barbie’. Robbie is not afraid of any kind of projects as a producer.
Joining Barbie is her counterpart, Ken, played by Ryan Gosling., another of the most considered actors of his generation: ‘Noa’s Diary’, ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ or ‘La La Land’ attest to this. But as you already know we will not have a Barbie and a Ken: there will be multiple versions of both dolls.

Issa Rae, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Dua Lipa, Kate Mckinnon, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya, Ana Cruz Kayne, will be Barbie. As for the Ken, the other versions are performed by Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans and Michael Cera. There are also Emerald Fennell, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Helen Mirren, Will Ferrell, Connor Swindells or Jamie Demetriou within the cast. come on, what ‘Barbie’ has a tremendous repertoire of names that could be the envy of any romantic comedy.

Barbie in live action

The line of Mattel’s most famous creation has traditionally had a target audience of girls, and has featured Barbie movies, but all animated. For more than two decades, movies centering on the doll’s adventures in various circumstances have been made with the commercial goal of selling more Barbies around the world. And apart from this, always with a clearly childish target audience, which will not happen with this film.

Margot Robbie told THR that the film pretends “really honor the intellectual property and the fans”, but also “surprise peopleThe fact that a live-action Barbie movie has never been made before has given more creative freedom. It will also allow audiences to view the film with a more open mind given that it is free of comparisons to products of the past. It won’t be a surprise if ‘Barbie’ becomes a hit and launches a new film franchise.. Because in a movie market currently dominated by superhero movies, a saga about this doll could be a much-needed breath of fresh air.

Life in pink… And more colours!

Here is the great mystery that Greta and Margot have prepared for us. In his previous projects with his production company, Robbie has shown that he wants to tell stories from a point of view not previously explored.: female points of view, characters that confront the patriarchy… That is, stories where women are not the complement of the male protagonists.

The teaser trailer has taught us -and captivated- with that pink world in which the Barbies and the Ken live in an apparently idyllic way and with few problems. The protagonist is going to leave Barbie Land and enter the real world, to which her particular Ken will accompany her by surprise (and on skates, of course). Here is the beginning of her great feat. What will happen to him in that new dimension called reality? What better than to tear down the fronts of machismo with the doll that has most symbolized inequality and sexism, and use it as a tool for female empowerment?

We will have the answers this summer.