Jodie Foster celebrates support for Barbie’s Greta Gerwig: “I hope it continues”

Jodie Foster celebrates support for Barbie’s Greta Gerwig: “I hope it continues”

Star of True Detective: Nightland, actor celebrated the change in thinking about women involved in the film industry

In the air in True Detective: Nightlandthe first season of the anthology starring two women, Jodie Foster celebrated the support of women in the film industry and cited Barbielong Greta Gerwigas an example of the success we can expect when they take the reins of big ideas.

“I’ve had the beauty of being able to be in the business since the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and so on. The progression or improvement of our audience translates into a kind of new thinking about who our marginalized voices are. In the past, they they saw women as a risk (…). That thinking has changed now”he recalled in an interview with Variety.

“With a big hit like Barbie, they supported Greta Gerwig, who had made mostly independent films. They gave her the keys to the kingdom and said, ‘We’re giving you our most important child,’ and [deram] all the money to support this. This is news for women. I hope it continues”added Foster.

About Barbie

In the movie, Barbie (Margot Robbie, The Suicide Squad) starts to have problems when Barbieland, his perfect world, stops being so perfect. To get everything back to normal, she decides to go to the Real World to discover the root of the problem.

However, the merciless president of the company that makes Barbie dolls will not let her wander our world for long and will pursue her until she is perfectly safe in her perfect world… which is no longer so perfect when she returns, thanks The Ken (Ryan Gosling, La La Land: Singing Seasons).

In addition to Robbie It is Goslingthe cast of Barbie still has Alexandra Shipp (Tick, tick… BOOM!), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Emma Mackey (Sex Education), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Secret Invasion), Issa Rae (Insecure), Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who), Hari Nef (The Idol), John Cena (Peacemaker) and the singer Dua Lipaamong others, such as different versions of Barbie and Ken.

America Ferrera (Superstore), Ariana Greenblatt (Ahsoka), Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Will Ferrel (Stranger Than Fiction), Kate McKinnon (Ghostbuster), Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Emerald Fennell (Beautiful Revenge) It is Helen Mirren (Shazam: Fury of the Gods), among many others, complete the cast.

In addition to directing the film, Greta Gerwig (Little Women) also signs the script for Barbie together with her co-worker and husband, Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, White Noise). Watch the trailer:

Source: Rollingstone

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