There were multiple actors considered to play Barbie (and Ken, for that matter) in Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar-grossing mega-film Barbie. But one really stands out: Gal Gadot.
In May, Margot Robbie (who is a producer on the film and who ultimately ended up in the titular fluffy-heeled role) talked about her desire for Gadot to lead. To Robbie, Gadot possessed the right amount of “Barbie energy.”
“Because Gal Gadot is so impossibly beautiful, but you don’t hate her for being that beautiful because she’s so genuinely sincere, and she’s so enthusiastically kind, that it’s almost dorky,” the 33-year-old said. “It’s like right before being a dork.”
Gadot, who attended the American premiere of the film in Los Angeles just days before the actor’s strike hit, recently reacted to the huge compliment.
“I adore Margot,” Gadot told Flaunt Magazine in an interview published on August 11. “Margot is one of those women who you just want to be friends with… so funny, warm, fun and smart and obviously so talented.”
“She brings so much to the table,” she said. “I would love to do anything with Margot and was very touched [by her comments]. She warmed my heart with everything that she said about me. I’m super excited for them, and I’m so excited for Barbie.”
With characters inspired by real Barbie dolls, Barbie has made history by making USD$1 billion at the international box office in its first 17 days of release. This had made Gerwig the first woman to have a sole directing credit on a billion-dollar film.
While we adore Wonder Woman’s Gadot, who better to serve that final line in the movie, or nail the fashionable press tour (1975 Barbie is still our favorite), quite like Robbie?
