Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey have been cast in the live-action Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig
Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey will perform in the live action in Barbie and Twitter went wild with this news. The actresses joined the cast of the adaptation directed by Greta Gerwigin which Robbie will play the protagonist doll. (via NME)
Besides Mackey, cast has names like Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Ryan Gosling, Alexandra Shipp, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindell, Ritu Arya, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Emerald Fennell, Sharon Rooney, Scott Evans, Ana Cruz Kayne and Jamie Demetriou.
In social networks, the comparison between Robbie and Mackey it’s not from now. Several netizens emphasize the physical similarity between the actresses and ask for a film with both for a long time.
“I need that Emma Mackey and Margot Robbie be sisters in Barbie,” one person tweeted. “This montage of Emma Mackey and Margot Robbie becoming real… I’m in,” another wrote of an issue that features the actresses in the cast of sex education (2019).
“Fan Casting Twitter School finally had a winner,” commented another person. While another asked that Samara Weaving also joined the cast: “It would be a goal to cast two actresses identical to Robbie like others barbies.”
Need Emma Mackey and Margot Robbie to be siblings in Barbie, only fitting https://t.co/11CvgMpafY
— Christian Cortave (@CCortave24) April 11, 2022
this edit of emma mackey and margot robbie is becoming real.. im up pic.twitter.com/76kVN08u92
— monroe *killed by psg and french elections (@missvirgocrier) April 11, 2022
Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey on the set of Barbie pic.twitter.com/msFJP9Typj
— Catt (@ChicCattLady2) April 11, 2022
twitter school of fancasting finally got a win https://t.co/NY3RAfG2FB
— cay (@koralinadean) April 11, 2022
They should add Samara Weaving while they’re at it to play Barbie’s sister or another doll. I think it would be very meta to cast two actresses who look nearly identical to Robbie to be cast as other Barbies pic.twitter.com/tsgkUF14ME
— Nick Nocera (@nnocera2580) April 11, 2022
For now, there is not much information about the plot and roles, just that Ferrell will be the CEO of the toy factory. The screenplay is co-written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha and Story of a Marriage) and Robbie will be a producer with David Heyman and Robbie Brenner.
Emma Mackey doesn’t want to be compared to Margot Robbie
In 2020, Mackey revealed to The Independent who “wants people to stop comparing her” to Robbie. According to the actress, the comparison is unfounded: “I really don’t see anything. It’s lovely to be compared to Margot Robbiebut I mostly prefer people to focus on the jobs we’re both doing rather than how we look.”
Mackey, tired of comparisons, she also spoke about the problem of appearance in the film industry: “Hollywood produces people who look the same and we love to put people in boxes. It’s just something we do as a species, we categorize people, we always do.”
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