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I didnt know Ken from within.
If Im being really honest, I doubted my Kenergy.
I didnt see it.
Margot and Greta conjured this out of me.
I was living my life and then, one day, I was bleaching my hair.
And wearing bespoke neon outfits and Rollerblading down Venice Beach.
It came on like a fever.
Like a scarlet fever.
Like a pink fever.
Why am I wearing jackets without shirts?
To be conjured in such a way was really special.
The quartets details about making the movie killed with the CinemaCon crowd.
It was like a dopamine hit, Robbie said.
I ruined all of Ryans takes because I was crying with laughter.
It got to a point where he wanted to direct, and I said, Step aside!
Gerwig recalled bursting into tears when she set foot on set for the first time.
They had made life-size Barbie houses with a slide going down into a pool, she said.
The Barbie cars they made it was so touching.
The people who made the action vehicles had just made the Batmobile.
Were going to top the Batmobile!
There was such genuine emotion put into every object.
Discos assumption is that when people get together they want to dance.
I felt like Barbie is the same way.
A sizzle reel the studio put together for CinemaCon revealed new facets of the film.
Robbie as Barbie lives in a plastic-toy world of unending joy, unquestioned happiness, and chaste romance.
Today is the best day ever!
And before that, yesterday was!
And tomorrow will be the best day ever too!
Their conversation ultimately starts a heros journey from the toy realm into the real world.
There, Robbies Barbie is repeatedly arrested and put behind bars.
When she rebuffs him, Ken exclaims, But Im a man!
(Ill need a clicky pen and a white lab coat, he says as she walks away.)
The CinemaCon footage was laugh-out-loud, haha funny but also weird and heartfelt.
Gerwig explained that the ensemble casts earnestness had enabledBarbies unique brand of comedy.
These actors can do anything, she said.
They took it so seriously.
The humor came from taking everything to heart and then playing it like its a drama.
It was like watching Marlon Brando play Ken.
