For a while there, you couldn’t scroll through social media without seeing leaked photos of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in their neon spandex costumes from the set of Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie movie. The pictures, snapped by dozens of paparazzi in Los Angeles, broke the internet for weeks.
Robbie called the photo leaks “mortifying” during a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show.
“I can’t tell you how mortified we were, by the way,” Robbie said when Fallon showed a Barbie set photo to viewers. “We look like we’re laughing and having fun, but we’re dying on the inside. Dying. I was like, this is the most humiliating moment of my life.”
When asked if she ever thought the “Barbie” set photos would dominate internet buzz the way they did, Robbie responded, “Are you kidding? No way! I mean, I knew that we had some exteriors to shoot in L.A. I knew once you were doing exteriors, you’re gonna get papped. There’s probably going to be a little crowd of people who are going to take notice because, you know, we stand out a little bit in those outfits. So I knew there was going to be a little bit of attention, and probably some photos would get out there but not like it did.”
Robbie concluded, “It was like mad. It was like hundreds of people watching all time.”
Robbie stars as Barbie in the upcoming Warner Bros. film, with Ryan Gosling playing Ken. Although plot details are being kept under wraps, rumour has it that the story will feature several different iterations of Barbie and Ken dolls.
America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Issa Rae and Michael Cera make up the impressive supporting cast.
In preparation for her role as Barbie, Emma Mackey revealed that she had a sleepover with Scott Evans and Ncuti Gatwa (who play Skipper and Nicki in the film respectively). “I don’t play games usually because I get so competitive and angry but Scott and I were top of the game” she said.
Barbie is set to hit theatres on July 21st 2023!
