Sharon Stone Reveals Her ‘Barbie’ Film’s Opening, Why It Was Canceled

Sharon Stone surprised fans in January when she revealed on Instagram that she tried and did not pitch a “Barbie” film within the Nineteen Nineties, many years earlier than Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie would make their very own adaptation to the tune of $1.4 billion worldwide (the highest-grossing movie of 2023) and eight Academy Award nominations. Stone stated she received “laughed out of the studio” again then. She just lately dropped some new data about her axed “Barbie” film whereas visiting Dana Carvey and David Spade’s “Fly On The Wall” podcast.

“I went to the studio to attempt to make Barbie within the Nineteen Nineties with a producer, a buddy of mine, and I had the then-CEO of Mattel on my aspect. We received thrown out of the studio,” Stone recalled. “They have been like, ‘Why would you are taking this American icon and attempt to destroy it? What’s unsuitable with you?’ I received a lecture and an escort to the door.”

Stone was requested what she had in retailer for her “Barbie” film, and he or she answered by explaining how the movie would’ve began.

“We had it so the opening scene could be Barbie pulling as much as Mattel in her Barbie automobile and secret service come out and their toes are as large because the automobile,” Stone stated. “They escort her into Mattel and all people falls apart as a result of she’s a very powerful member of Mattel. All the massive persons are chasing her round and kissing her ass as a result of she’s the queen of Mattel and it’s concerning the energy of being Barbie and what Barbie might do on the planet as a result of she’s so highly effective. However they didn’t assume Barbie needs to be highly effective.”

Stone is way from the one actor to attempt to fail to get a “Barbie” film off the bottom. Earlier than Gerwig and Robbie perfected their take at Warner Bros., each Amy Schumer and Anne Hathaway tried a “Barbie” film at Sony Footage. Schumer was initially tapped to play the Mattel doll however revealed in 2022 that it was “inventive variations” that precipitated her exit. She stated Robbie’s film regarded “very feminist and funky,” which her model was not.

Hathaway stepped in to interchange Schumer as Barbie in a movie concerning the character getting kicked out of Barbieland for not being good sufficient. Australian filmmaker Alethea Jones, greatest recognized for helming the comedy “Enjoyable Mother Dinner,” was in talks to direct Hathaway’s movie, which sources described on the time as within the vein of “Splash,” “Enchanted” and “Large.” The film by no means received made, and Hathaway isn’t mad about it.

“What’s so thrilling about what Greta and Margot and that phenomenal group [did] is that they hit a bullseye,” Hathaway stated final 12 months on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “The bullseye precipitated your entire world to succeed in this stage of ecstasy. Now think about that model … that a lot power, that a lot anticipation, that a lot emotion … but it surely’s not the fitting model. I truly consider it as a fortunate factor [it didn’t get made].”

“Margot is classy,” Hathaway continued. “The mythic giants they toppled with [‘Barbie’] which have stored sure narratives in place that haven’t allowed alternatives to develop for thus many individuals … they ran straight by way of it! Simply as a cinema-goer and as a girl in Hollywood since I used to be a child, I’m thrilled by the event. If I believed that the model I used to be connected to might have accomplished that, I’d really feel in another way about it, however I genuinely assume their movie was the absolute best model.”

Gerwig and Robbie’s “Barbie” is now accessible to stream on Max. Hearken to Stone’s full look on the “Fly on the Fall” podcast here.