Margot Robbie was apparently “mortified” by Barbie set-leaks
Looks like life in plastic isn’t always so fantastic for the cast of Barbie
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Has any movie ever dominated the news cycle so far in advance of its release quite like Greta Gerwig’s Barbie? The magenta-hued film, which is not slated to premiere until July 2023, has gone viral again and again (remember when Ryan Gosling wouldn’t stop talking about “Ken-ergy”?), but never with quite as much fervor as with those original set-leaks. You know the ones: Targaryen-haired Gosling and Margot Robbie are roller-skating in the tackiest, brightest, most ‘80s outfits imaginable. In the background, it looks like all of Los Angeles has come out to gawk at the odd couple. Everything is so, so neon; they may have even helped inspire a real-life fashion trend.
Margot Robbie’s reaction to the photos was not as fawning as the rest of the internet’s. “I can’t tell you how mortified we were, by the way,” the actor said of the leaks in a recent appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. “We look like we’re, like, laughing and having fun, but dying on the inside. Dying. I was like, this is the most humiliating moment of my life.”
When Fallon asked if she knew the photos would “go everywhere,” Robbie responded with an emphatic “no.”
“I mean, I knew that we had some exteriors to shoot in L.A.,” she said. “I knew, OK, once you were doing exteriors, you’re gonna get papped. There’s probably going to be a little crowd of people who are going to stand out, because, you know, we stand out a little bit in those outfits. So I knew there was going to be a little bit of attention, and probably some photos would get out there, but not like it did. It was like mad. It was like hundreds of people watching.”
While Warner Bros. has been keeping the plot of Barbie under strict lock and key, rumors have long been swirling that the film will follow Robbie’s character as she escapes from “Barbieland” and learns how to navigate the real world. Is Barbieland anything like Hollywoodland? Will life really imitate art? We will just have to wait and see.
You probably shouldn’t crash any future shoots but if you do happen to stumble on one, just be sure not to confuse Robbie with her co-star Emma Mackey. Or Issa Rae, or Hari Nef, or anyone else in this movie’s insanely stacked cast.
Barbie premieres July 21, 2023.
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Shut up and look pretty …. – KatKat, Melbourne, Australia, January 2015
Free publicity! Folks are really looking forward to it now
If I was getting paid how much they got for that role, I’d happily skate down Venice Beach in those outfits.
My admiration for Robbie continues to grow thanks to her correct usage of the word “mortified.” I don’t know what it is about this word, but I feel like I’m surrounded by friends and family who think it means something like “irritated” or “angered”.
She “literally” knows how to use the word mortified?
Take it easy, Margot. I’m sure no one was expecting a Barbie movie to be this solemn, stately affair.
I think most are still baffled at the quality of cast involved. I’m hoping for something bonkers.
You mean this Borbee Movie funeral action figure I bought is fake?
I’m pissed they leaked the six-minute long conversation Ken and Barbie have on Argentina’s monetary policy and its long-term effects on the whole South American economy. Really wanted to experience that in the theatre.
I too am mortified that Margot Robbie was forced at gunpoint to sign on to a Barbie movie, just terrible circumstances all around
What did Alec Baldwin do now?
A Greta Gerwig Barbie movie.
Literally not what she’s mortified about.
She didn’t say anything like that but ok
I too am mortified that Margot Robbie was forced at gunpoint to sign on to a Barbie movie, just terrible circumstances all around
“Has any movie ever dominated the news cycle so far in advance of its release quite like Greta Gerwig’s Barbie?”Don’t Worry Darling would like a word
And that’s just from this year. Barbie does not rank high at all in the big list of studio films.
I still haven’t seen Joker, purely because I was already sick of it before it came out.
If she’s mortified by pictures of the filming, how’s she going to feel when the movie comes out?
A lot of actors, and us regular people, get mortified having to watch yourself on video or hear your voice in a recording. Pretty relatable.
I don’t really understand what there was to be mortified about.
She’s mortified people are talking about her movie. It’s crazy. She’s very modest and does not like the attention.
The plot seems remarkably similar to Enchanted, but I’m sure there’s many more that haven’t come to mind.
It’s an isekai
Insert, The more you know gif.
(remember when Ryan Gosling wouldn’t stop talking about “Ken-ergy”?)I mean, I remember him jokingly saying it once in an interview, and then you guys managed to somehow squeeze a 1000-word article out of it. What defines “Ken-ergy”? Why “loyalty,” “joviality,” “sincerity,” and…“slay,” of course.
At least he had a sense of humor about it.
Movie isnt using the song Barbie Girl, not even in trailers….because the producers are morons.
This is why you always hire union plumbers.
Has any movie ever dominated the news cycle so far in advance of its release quite like Greta Gerwig’s Barbie?Seeing as I only get my pop culture news from the A.V. Club, I would say I’ve never heard of any other movie ever existing other than “Don’t Worry Darling.”
“Has any movie ever dominated the news cycle so far in advance of its release quite like Greta Gerwig’s Barbie?”
yes, many
“Has any movie ever dominated the news cycle so far in advance of its release quite like Greta Gerwig’s Barbie?”A bit of a hyperbolic opening sentence, no?
Ugh so disgusting to be seen in public wearing a costume and hair and makeup for a movie!
Some people here strangely offended by Robbie trying to come up with something interesting to say on a piss-weak chatshow and landing on “it was embarrassing to wear super-cheesy 80s clothes for that one scene.”