Margot Robbie comes to life as the famous figurine in the official trailer for Warner Bros. Barbie. Oscar nominee Robbie leads a star-studded cast that includes a muscular Ryan Gosling as Barbies boy toy, Ken.The two actors are not the only Barbie and Ken dolls in the film. Dua Lipa stars as mermaid Barbie, for instance, alongside many other actors as different iterations of the famous doll.
The first Barbie trailer featuring a nod to Stanley Kubriks 2001: A Space Odyssey officially introduced the world to Robbies Barbie, but it didnt reveal too much about the characters or storyline. Since then it has been revealed that Barbie and Ken have been placed in the real world and forced to wrestle with the difficulties of no longer being just dolls.
Gerwig has enlisted an A-list ensemble to star alongside Robbie and Gosling, including Will Ferrell as the Mattel CEO, Connor Swindells, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Sharon Rooney, Ana Cruz Kayne, Ritu Arya and Jamie Demetriou, as well as additional Barbie and Kens, including Emma Mackey, Issa Rae, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Simu Liu, Scott Evans and Ncuti Gatwa.
Directed by Gerwig, Barbie was co-written by the director and her husband, filmmaker Noah Baumbach. Gerwig indicated she was a little apprehensive and slightly terrified when taking on the highly-anticipated project, saying,That feeling that I had was knowing that it would be really interesting terror. Usually thats where the best stuff is. I am terrified of that. Anything where youre like, This could be a career-ender, then youre like, OK, I probably should do it.'
Barbie is a co-production by Mattel Films, Heyday Films and Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerleys, LuckyChap Entertainment. Josey McNamara from LuckyChap and Ynon Kreiz from Mattel serve as executive producers.
Barbie will make open in theaters on July 21. Watch the full trailer below.