The film “Barbie” debuted on July 9, 2023, and appeared in Polish cinemas 12 days later. The production grossed over $1.45 billion worldwide, attracted crowds to cinemas and became a real phenomenon. She received 12 nominations for the Golden Globes and two statuettes. Now it will compete for eight categories, including best film, best supporting actor and best song (it received two nominations). The huge success goes hand in hand with considerable interest from fans. You may be surprised by the latest revelation. It turns out that Ben Affleck was supposed to appear in “Barbie”.
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Michael Cera revealed a few days ago that Ben Affleck was to appear in Greta Gerwig’s film. In “Barbie” he played the role of Allan, Ken’s friend. Cera, together with Ryan Gossling, America Ferrera and Kate McKinnon, were recently guests of the podcast. During the conversation, Allan revealed that one of the scenes with his participation was supposed to look completely different.
Ben Affleck was supposed to make a short cameo as Ken, or rather one of several Kens, in the fight scene with the construction workers Ken. – I wasn’t supposed to fight in the film. Can I tell you what it was supposed to look like? It was supposed to be Ben Affleck, Cera revealed. As he revealed, due to the tight schedule associated with Affleck directing the film “Air”, the star had to resign, although he really wanted to appear in “Barbie”. – I think he cared about it very much, but he was making his own film – he said, adding that the production of “Barbie” found out about it at the last minute.
Therefore, it was necessary to make changes to the script and Allan had to play the fight scene. – They said: “OK, Ben is out. Something has to happen here, so you will fight,” he said. The problem is that Michael Cera was struggling with post-COVID complications on set, so it wasn’t easy for him. After the first day, a nurse had to send him home. Fortunately, we finally managed to shoot the entire scene. However, Affleck was not the only Hollywood star who was supposed to appear in Greta Gerwig’s film.
Not only Ben Affleck could appear in “Barbie”. The main role was supposed to go to another actress
Before Gerwig started working on the production, Amy Schumer was supposed to star as the iconic doll. Later, the role in the planned film went to Anne Hathaway, but this idea was not implemented. in turn, she revealed that her role was to be limited only to being a producer, and Gal Gadot was to play the title Barbie. “She’s so incredibly beautiful, but you don’t hate her for it because she’s so sincere and so enthusiastically polite that it’s almost awkward,” Robbie told Vouge.
Source: Gazeta
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