Gal Gadotdid not get to playBarbieon the big screen, but it appears she enjoyed the movie.
On Tuesday, Gadot, 38, shared a post toInstagramfeaturing two pictures of herself on the pink carpet at the movie’s world premiere as she joinedNicki Minajas some of the first celebrities to offer their thoughts on theBarbiemovie.
“BravoMargot RobbieandGreta Gerwig! You’ve created such a delicious, colorful, fun movie that carries such an important message,” the actress wrote in the caption to her post. “I had so much fun watching The Barbie movie! Congrats 💖💖💖💖.”
Gadot, best known for her role as Wonder Woman in a number of DC Studios films, attended theBarbieworld premiere on Sunday after the film’s star and producer Robbie, 33, noted in May that Gadot was initially a top choice to portray the iconic Mattel doll onscreen.
At the time, Robbie said in an interview withVoguethat she and filmmaker Gerwig, 39, felt Gadot was perfect for the movie after declaring her peer held “Barbie energy.”
Gal Gadot at the premiere of “Barbie” held at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on July 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Christopher Polk/WWD via Getty Images
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“Because Gal Gadot is so impossibly beautiful, but you don’t hate her for being that beautiful, because she’s so genuinely sincere," Robbie recounted in the outlet’s July 2023 edition. “And she’s so enthusiastically kind, that it’s almost dorky. It’s like right before being a dork.”
Though Robbie and Gerwig initially sought Gadot to play Barbie,Voguereported at the time that theRed Noticestar simply was not available to take part in the film. Instead, Robbie herself stepped into the film’s lead role, though a number of actors — includingIssa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Hari Nef, Emma Mackey and Dua Lipa — portraydifferent variations of Barbiethroughout the movie.
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Amy Schumerwas originally announced as the lead of the live-actionBarbiemovie in 2016, though she confirmed just months later that she would no longer be in the movie, citing scheduling conflicts.
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“I think we said it was scheduling conflicts. That’s what we said,” Schumer recalled during a June appearance onWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. “But itreally was just creative differences. But there’s like a new team behind it and it looks like it’s very feminist and cool, so I will be seeing that movie.”
Schumer’s involvement with theBarbiemovie came long before Robbie and Gerwig entered the frame, with theLittle Womendirector collaborating with her partner Noah Baumbach on the film’s screenplay. Before Gerwig took on writing and directing duties for the film, Gadot’sWonder Womandirector Patty Jenkins was in conversations to direct and Anne Hathaway was at one point attached to star as Barbie as well, asDeadlinereported back in 2018.
The movie’s final cast also includesRyan Goslingas Ken andWill Ferrellas the CEO of Mattel, in addition to Simu Liu, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Michael Cera, Jamie Demetriou, Connor Swindells, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan and Ritu Arya.
Barbieis in theaters July 21.
source: people.com
