Academy Award-winner Anne Hathaway had a Barbie movie in the works a while back, in which she took over the starring role from Amy Schumer, who dropped out of the project. Hathaway’s film followed Barbie as she gets kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough and lands in a real-world adventure. The project never materialized, which opened the door for Margot Robbie to take over the movie rights to the doll and bring the project to Warner Bros., leading to this summer’s blockbuster hit, Barbie.
Hathaway explained in a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast that it was lucky her film didn’t get made, as it left the door open for the fantastic film we ended up with. She went on to rave about the movie, saying:
“What’s so exciting about what Greta and Margot and that phenomenal team [did] is they hit a bullseye. The bullseye caused the entire world to reach this level of ecstasy. Now imagine that version … that much energy, that much anticipation, that much emotion … but it’s not the right version. I actually think of it as a lucky thing [it didn’t get made].”
Hathaway continued:
“Margot is sublime. What she is doing as a creative person and a producer is so exciting and inspiring. The mythic giants they toppled with [‘Barbie’] that have kept certain narratives in place that have not allowed opportunities to develop for so many people … they ran straight through it! Just as a cinemagoer and as a woman in Hollywood since I was a kid, I’m thrilled by the development. If I believed that the version I was attached to could have done that, I might feel differently about it, but I genuinely think their film was the best possible version. It’s easy just to be thrilled and happy [for them]. I love watching women kill it. To do so well, so undeniably that they actually had to write new records … come on! I think it will probably make things better.”
Hathaway has no regrets about Sony’s iteration of the Barbie movie never getting off the ground, nor does she regret any of her missed career opportunities.
“You learn to just go … the right role finds the right person, and sometimes it’s you and sometimes not. When it doesn’t happen, trust deeper and keep going … it sounds maybe corny but you really do have to keep it grateful.”
That’s a great attitude. It’s pretty crazy to think about all the projects that come and go and evolve behind the scenes that we never get to know the details of. This was one of the times it all happened to work out for the best.
via: Variety
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