Warner Bros unveiled the foremost trailer of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie on Thursday with Margot Robbie essaying the function of a Mattel doll. The movie which stars Ryan Gosling as Ken additionally options Issa Rae, Hari Nef, Emma Mackey, Dua Lipa, Alexandra Shipp, Kate McKinnon and extra as completely different iterations of the doll.
The new trailer exhibits a bit extra of the dazzling world of Barbieland, inhabited by the iconic Mattel doll Barbie (Margot Robbie) and her boyfriend Ken (Ryan Gosling) and provides a glimpse into their mischief in the real world. Barbie, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, is the first main movie manufacturing throughout Mattel’s present company period underneath CEO Ynon Kreiz.
The official description of the 2023 function reads, “After being expelled from Barbieland for being a lower than perfect-looking doll, Barbie sets off for the human world to seek out true happiness.” The trailer factors out that the function is for everybody, together with the individuals who hate the Mattel doll and its model.
Scenes from the film tease a commentary on the sexualisation of the doll. Margot Robbie in an interview with Vogue, earlier in the week, shared her insights on the subject, “I’m like, ‘Okay, she’s a doll. She’s a plastic doll. She doesn’t have organs. If she doesn’t have organs, she doesn’t have reproductive organs. If she doesn’t have reproductive organs, would she even really feel sexual want?’ No, I don’t suppose she might,” Margot mentioned. “She is sexualised. But she ought to by no means be horny. People can venture intercourse onto her. Yes, she will be able to put on a brief skirt, however as a result of it’s enjoyable and pink. Not as a result of she needed you to see her butt,” she remarked.
The movie is slated to launch throughout the globe on July 21.