‘Gal Gadot is the energy of Barbie’: Agent Stone star almost played the doll, it was even Margot Robbie’s first choice

Given the success of Barbie, which has surpassed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, it’s hard to imagine any other actress than Margot Robbie in the lead role. However, the latter explained to Vogue last May (Variety) that her first choice was actually Gal Gadot. Indeed, as a film producer, he did not immediately imagine himself in this role. So the Wonder Woman star was at the top of the list, but her busy schedule prevented her from making it to Barbieland.

In an interview with Flaunt magazine, Gal Gadot Also expressed himself on this topic:

I love Margot. She is one of those women you just want to be friends with. She is so funny and warm and funny and smart and obviously talented. He has too much to put on the table. I would love to do something with Margot, and I really enjoyed it. He warmed my heart with what he said about me. I’m so excited for them and I’m so excited for Barbie.

Indeed, during the casting, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie looked for “Barbie energy”, that is, a certain combination of beauty and sincerity, and thus concluded that Gal Gadot was a great example.

“Gal Gadot is the energy of Barbie. Because Gal Gadot is incredibly beautiful, but you don’t hate her for being so beautiful because she’s so genuinely honest and so enthusiastically kind it’s almost funny. it was just funnyHe explained Margot Robbie.

despite Gal Gadot could not play BarbieHer personality became a calling card for casting directors, who took her as an example when it was necessary to hire other actresses for various barbies in the film, such as Issa Rae, Harry Neff, Emma Mac, Dua Lipa, among others. , Sharon Rooney, Anna Cruz Kane, Alexandra Shipp, Nicola Coughlan or even Kate McKinnon.

They could also act in a movie

But Gal Gadot He is not the first actor to be approached for the main role Barbie. When the project began in 2014, a live-action adaptation by Amy Schumer was dropped before it was scrapped, again due to scheduling conflicts.

As for Kenny, casting directors revealed last month that Bowen Young (Saturday Night Live), Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek) and Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) were all in the running to play a version of Kenny in the film, but. There, too, unavailability prevented it from being done. Jonathan Groff (Frozen, Mindhunter) was also considered for the role of Alan before Michael Cera took the role.

Besides, Greta Gerwig also told CinemaBlend ahead of the film’s debut that he was looking to cast stars from his previous hits Lady Bird and The Daughters of Doctor March, namely Saorise Ronan and Timothée Chalamet. Barbie – To no avail.

“That would be a special cameo“, he said about it. “I was also going to make a special appearance with Timmy. Both failed and I was so angry. But I love them very much. However, I felt like I was doing something without my children. That is, I am not their mother, but somehow I feel like their mother.“

Barbie is currently playing at a movie theater near you.