Meet the brains behind the pinktastic Barbie movie

Meet the brains behind the pinktastic Barbie movie

Greta Gerwig has been inching nearer and nearer to elbowing Hollywood’s male administrators out of the best way for that elusive gold statue in latest occasions.

So it got here as a shock to many who the 39-year-old avant-garde movie guru would signal as much as one thing so ‘shallow’ as Barbie.

In 2018, there was fury when Gerwig made historical past as the primary feminine director to be nominated for an Oscar on debut for Lady Bird solely to be bumped in an all-male race that featured Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread, Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk and Jordan Peele for Get Out to eventual winner Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water.

So has Gerwig put her avenue cred on the road with field workplace blockbuster bimbo Barbie?

‘Part of the reason I think I was so intrigued [by this project] is because, not even intellectually, but from deep inside, I understand the counter-arguments. That feels rich,” Gerwig said, as she posed as the brains behind Barbie for Elle magazine.

Barbie (2023)
Camera IconBarbie (2023). Credit: Warner Bros/Warner Bros

She admitted even her most staunch fans were dubious about her Hollywood gamble.

“My mom wasn’t loopy about Barbie. It wasn’t one thing that felt, essentially, authorized, which made it extra intriguing,” she admits.

But with Oscars’ probabilities ratcheting up in recent times for efforts like Little Women, Gerwig says her thoughts is alive with concepts as she reaches the large 4-0 milestone.

‘I’m about to be 40,’ she mentioned. ‘And there’s one thing about that the place you’re like: Oh! I’m correctly middle-aged now.’ All elements of life really feel extraordinarily activated.’

Source: www.perthnow.com.au