twitter<\/strong><\/a>, when he reported that Issa Rae and Hari Nef would also be appearing as different incarnations of Barbie, and that Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa would be doing similar duties for Ken.<\/p>\r\nThe revelation is fueling speculation of a new plot twist for the film: Barbie\u2019s realization that she may not be the only doll in town. The possibility is not outlandish: Though Barbie and Ken are often stereotyped as the iconic whitebread, cisgendered American couple, Mattel has marketed numerous variants since the dolls were first introduced, in 1959 and 1961 respectively. Included among these iterations are several, Hispanic, and Native American versions of Barbie.<\/p>\r\n
Gerwig\u2019s film is also garnering much interest because of what has been described as its \u201cmassive\u201d cast, which already includes (in alphabetical order) Kingsley Ben-Adair, Ritu Arya, Jamie Demeetriou, Scott Evans, Emerald Fennsll, Michael Cera, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Kate McKinnon, Rhea Perlman, Sharon Rooney, Alexandra Shipp, and Connor Swindells. And The Irish Sun<\/em> is reporting that Dua Lipa and Saoirse Ronan are also being considered for roles in the flick.<\/p>\r\nBarbie<\/strong> is currently in production in London, at Warner Brothers\u2019 Leavesden Studios. Star Margot Robbie is listed as a producer via her LuckyChap venue.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are Barbie and Ken alone in the cinematic universe?\u00a0That\u2019s the tantalizing question being floated around. “Little Women” helmer,\u00a0Greta Gerwig is directing for Warner Brothers from a screenplay she co-wrote with her partner, Noah Baumbach.\u00a0Though Margot Robbie will be playing the title role as previously announced, it\u2019s now likely that she will share top billing with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2567,9339,4909,9338,8457,2569,9337,4617,721],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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