Greta Gerwig described scene as ‘heart’ of Barbie, starring Margot Robbie
It is quite common, during the post-production process of a film, to suggest deleting certain scenes, either by studio executives, editors or directors. That was the case with Barbiewhich almost had a cute scene deleted, but the director Greta Gerwig insisted she stay in the final cut.
The scene in question takes place a few moments after Barbie, played by Margot Robbieget to Real world and meets an elderly woman at a bus stop and calls her “beautiful.” During an interview with Rolling Stone USA, gerwig spoke about the meanings of that moment – and the struggle to keep it in the version that hit theaters around the world.
“I love that scene so much. And the oldest woman on the bench is the costume designer. Ann Roth. She’s a legend,” said the filmmaker. “It’s a dead-end moment, in a way – it takes [a trama] nowhere. And in the first few cuts, looking at the film, it was suggested, ‘Well, you can cut it. And, in fact, the story would continue the same way.’ And I said, ‘If I cut the scene, I don’t know what this movie is about.'”
“That’s how I saw it. For me, this is the heart of the film. The way Margot plays that moment is so gentle and not forced at all,” continued Greta Gerwig. “There are the most outrageous elements in the film where people say, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe Mattel let you do that’ or ‘I can’t believe Warner Bros. let you do it.'”
But for me, the part that I can’t believe is still in the movie is this little dead end that goes nowhere – except that it’s the heart of the movie.
That is, the scene with the participation of Ann Roth it is vital for the public to understand the perception of Barbie about Real world after leaving the colored and plasticized perfection of Barbieland: “The idea of a loving God who is a mother, a grandmother – who looks at you and says, ‘Honey, are you okay?’ – is something I feel I need and want to give to other people,” said gerwig to the The New York Times (via Variety).
If I cut that scene, I don’t know why I’m making this movie. If I don’t have that scene, I don’t know what it is or what I did.
Source: Rollingstone
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