We chat with Barbie star America Ferrera, who shares insight into her character, the symbolism of the iconic Mattel toy, and how she felt collaborating with Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie:
In Barbie, the titular character grapples with questions about the perfect world of Barbie Land and her very existence. This crisis leads to Barbie being kicked out of the utopia of Barbie Land and sent to the real world. While there, she discovers unexpected truths about herself, Ken, and how the world sees Barbie.
Screen Rant spoke with America Ferrera about her role in Barbie. She discussed collaborating with Gerwig and Robbie as director and producer respectively. Ferrera also touched on the symbolism of Barbie and shared intriguing insights into her character in the new movie. Gloria has a very specific view of Barbie, which differs from her daughter. Why do you think this perspective of the doll has changed with generations?
America Ferrera: I mean, everything. When I think about all the different versions of this movie that could have been, and how many times you could watch a movie and go, "Oh, that was a missed opportunity," or "Why didn't they take a risk?" My first thought when I finished reading the script was, "There's no way they're gonna let them make this movie.
But what was so wonderful about the script was that this is an expansion of that world to include more of us, and to get to be a part of taking something so iconic and archetypal and culturally dominant like Barbie, that has set standards for girls and women for decades, and be a part of the legacy of that. Expanding it was such a joy; to get to do it with this character, Gloria, who is kind of all of us trying to figure out what it means to be a woman, real or imagined.
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