How Margot Robbie became Barbie

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Casting Process
Answer the questions:
1. Did Margot audition for the role of Barbie? What other position did she
have in this movie?
2. Had Margot worked with Ryan Gosling before Barbie?
3. Did they get along during the movie?

Margot's Vision
Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.
a) Margot had three requests for Greta regarding the movie.
b) She wanted a slide from Barbie’s bedroom to the pool because she has
one at home.
c) Dua Lipa played the Mermaid Barbie in the movie.
d) Margot describes herself as a “barbie fanatic” as a child.
e) A big memorable Christmas gift for Margot was a Barbie dreamhouse
she got when she was five.
f) Margot describes the construction of the dreamhouse as “incredible”
g) Margot mentions people getting shocked when seeing the dreamhouse
on set for the first time.
 Mental Preparation
Fill in the gaps:
I suppose I mentally began __________1 Barbie as soon as I read the script. I
just couldn't not read the script and be like __________2 it out in my head, and
kind of trying it on, and seeing if it fit, and like, "Oh, how am I going to do that?"
And because I was talking to Greta __________3, you know, these discussions
were just constant and ever evolving. I __________4 my trailer, I do this for all
the characters I play now, but I went all out for this character of Barbie.
__________5 stuff, fluffy stuff, things that make me happy, things that are like
cute, pictures of my friends, like things like that.
Just so that I'd be in, you know, a really happy __________6 kind of mood. I
have a Barbie perfume, so that's always the final thing for my character, as soon
as I put my character __________7 on, I think I relate to like smell associations,
like sense memory is pretty strong for me.
So as soon as the perfume's on then I was like, "Okay, ready".
Then I have all the usual things that I do when I prepped for a character,
__________8 with dialect coach and an acting coach, and a movement coach,
and research. Spent time at the Mattel __________9 speaking to Mattel
employees, asking them about how the brand has evolved over the years.
What was the importance of some of the changes that they made, and how do you
__________10 a Barbie? You know, I could go there and watch someone literally
thread Barbie's hair. But I also did watch, you know, Barbie __________11, did
read about the creator, Ruth Handler, all that kind of history to Barbie. And also,
I watched a bunch of the Barbie, like she has a YouTube __________12.
And one that stuck with me that wasn't necessarily that applicable for the movie,
but, I __________13 to hear it for me in life, Barbie on her YouTube channel did
this whole thing about saying thank you and instead of
saying __________14, and I was like, "Oh wow, I do
that all the time".
I start __________15, we're sorry to bother but,
you know, da-da-dada. Like sorry, I can't do that.
Barbie has this whole lesson about like swap out the
word sorry for the word thank you. Thank you for
__________16 that I couldn't do that, or thank you
for hearing me out, here's what I think of this. And I
was like, "Wow, I can't believe Barbie just taught me, I'm
a grown __________17 and Barbie's still teaching me
something." It was fun and I definitely delved into whatever
aspects of Barbie I could find to help me as a __________18,
but also help me find the character.
The __________19 spent speaking to Greta was the most valuable for this role.
We had some big lofty questions to ask, like:
- What is the __________20 of life?
- What is true __________21 ?
- Why is __________22 worth living?
- If you could have __________23 controlled Barbie Land, what would
make you ever choose anything else?
Those questions led to some pretty deep answers and __________24. And not
even answers, 'cause there isn't really an answer. That's what we kept coming
back to is like, I can't sum up the meaning of life in a neat little __________25.

Physical Preparation
Answer the questions:
a) Why does Margot mention that wearing
high heels help in the process of moving like
Barbie?
b) Why did Greta, the director, chose
dancers to work on Barbie and not actors?
c) How did “having thoughts of death”
changed the narrative and acting in Barbie?

Hair, Makeup & Wardrobe

Order the processes in the order that she mentions:
___ big wigs to make the actresses look like dolls
___ more structured fabric and strong patterns in the beginning of the movie and
softer fabric and patterns in the end.
___ outfits that made the cast feel really good in them
___ 1:30 hour to do hair and make up
___ the jewelry going from big shells earrings to more normal and delicate ring
and necklace
___ clothes inspired in old barbies and also important women in history
___ creamy, perfect, beautiful make up that resemble old technicolor movies
Filming Process and Margot's Barbie Takeaways
Fill in the gaps:
Ah, on set every day, every day was the _________1 day ever, every day was
hilarious, there was so many _________2 actors in this film, from Ryan who is
so comedically gifted as our Ken, and Kate McKinnon. I've already _________2
with Kate before and know that she's hilarious, but nothing can prepare you for
what is ever gonna come out of her _________3. Will Ferrell plays our Mattel
CEO. I mean, just so many _________4 comedic actors, brilliant actors, every
day was hilarious.
Greta herself is a brilliantly comedically gifted actor, so. The lines she would give
you were always so funny. I ruined most of Ryan's takes, I would _________5
like through half of them. He would do something _________6 every time. And
I think he was just like, his barometer was to try and make me burst into laughter,
which he succeeded at almost every day.
This movie gets to some pretty deep, profound places, more so than you'd expect
a movie about _________7 to be. And since we were exploring things about how
any person might feel, there were scenes where like things felt pretty real and raw.
Not just for me, like America has this _________8 speech just about how
contradictory it is to be a woman, and how we tie ourselves in knots just to be
liked. How it's just such an _________9 task. You can't be all those things.
And then in the end, it's just, you fail anyway, you know. So, that speech in
particular I think was very moving. Because it's true, everyone's like
_________10, Ken's like, "What's my purpose? What am I doing here?" And
Barbie's like, "What's my purpose?" And you know, the Mattel CEO, who's a
character in the movie, is kind of like, "How do I be me in this world?" You know.
So it's kind of, everyone has their chance of having that _________11, having
that journey, and arriving at the kind of acceptance place of,
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