Margot Robbie Wouldn't Be Barbie If These Stars Hadn't Turned It Down!
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00:00 Before Margot Robbie landed the title role of Barbie, fans may be shocked to learn she wasn't
00:04 the first one to sign up for A Life in Plastic. Comedian Amy Schumer almost played the lead role
00:10 of the iconic doll. On the June 8th episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,
00:14 she shared her thoughts on the film during a round of Plead the Fifth.
00:17 Can you name a specific reason you dropped out and will you be seeing the movie?
00:22 I can't wait to see the movie. I think it looks awesome. I think we said it was
00:27 scheduling conflict. Okay, that's what we said. That's what we said. But yeah,
00:31 it really was just like creative differences. But you know, there's like a new team behind it,
00:35 and it looks like it's like very feminist and cool. So I will be seeing that movie.
00:39 Was it that it didn't feel feminist and cool when you were involved in it? It was a little... Yes.
00:44 Yeah. Right. In 2016, it was announced that Amy was set to play Barbie in the live-action movie.
00:48 But then months later, she confirmed she would no longer be a part of it. But Amy isn't the
00:53 only actress that couldn't be boxed in. Anne Hathaway was set to replace the Trainwreck star
00:58 in 2018 with a set release date of 2020. But toward the end of that year, Deadline confirmed
01:03 Anne no longer had ties to the project, which made its way over to Warner Brothers with Margot Robbie
01:08 as Barbie instead. Since Margot serves as both the film's star and co-producer, back in May,
01:13 she revealed to Vogue that Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot was who she originally envisioned to lead
01:18 the Barbie world. Margot told the outlet, "Gal Gadot is Barbie energy because Gal Gadot is so
01:24 impossibly beautiful. But you don't hate her for being that beautiful because she's so genuinely
01:28 sincere. And she's so enthusiastically kind that it's almost dorky. It's like right before being
01:34 a dork." And just when you thought the Barbie behind-the-scenes stories couldn't get even more
01:38 surprising, Lady Bird star Saoirse Ronan revealed she was slated to have a cameo in the movie.
01:43 Back in September, she told People, "I was supposed to do a cameo because I live in London,
01:47 and they were filming there. There was a whole character I was going to play, another Barbie.
01:51 I was gutted I couldn't do it." And Saoirse wasn't the only talented actor Greta was hoping would
01:56 make a cameo. She also had her eye on Timothee Chalamet. The director recently told CinemaBlend,
02:01 "I was also doing a specialty cameo with Timmy, and both of them couldn't do it. And I was so
02:06 annoyed, but I love them so much. But it felt like doing something without my children. I mean,
02:10 I'm not their mom, but I sort of feel like their mom." As for the Kens, Barbie's casting director
02:15 Alison Jones told Vanity Fair, Schitt's Creek star Dan Levy was unable to take on a role of Ken
02:20 due to the cast having to spend three months filming in London. And Saturday Night Live's
02:24 Bowen Yang and Pitch Perfect's Ben Platt were also unable to play Ken. Meanwhile, Glee alum
02:29 Jonathan Groff was bummed he couldn't play the role of Alan, which then went to Michael Cera.
02:34 "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to."