Barbie co-writer/director Greta Gerwig dug in when it came to actor Ryan Gosling‘s big dance number, “I’m Just Ken.”
Studio executives questioned the part in the script that indicated: “And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance.” Gerwig envisioned that number to mirror the iconic, “Singing in the Rain.” She won her argument with executives but later held her breath, wondering if her gut was right.
‘Barbie’ needed a ‘dream ballet’
Gerwig recalled being summoned into a “big meeting” where she was asked “‘Do you need this?’” she recalled, People reports.
“I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this,'” Gerwig said. “They were like, ‘What do you even mean? What is a dream ballet?’ And I was like, ‘A dream ballet? Where do I begin!'”
The scene in question was set in an empty room filled with Kens dressed in black.
Studio executives questioned the part in the script that indicated: “And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance.” Gerwig envisioned that number to mirror the iconic, “Singing in the Rain.” She won her argument with executives but later held her breath, wondering if her gut was right.
‘Barbie’ needed a ‘dream ballet’
Gerwig recalled being summoned into a “big meeting” where she was asked “‘Do you need this?’” she recalled, People reports.
“I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this,'” Gerwig said. “They were like, ‘What do you even mean? What is a dream ballet?’ And I was like, ‘A dream ballet? Where do I begin!'”
The scene in question was set in an empty room filled with Kens dressed in black.
- 10/10/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Greta Gerwig wears a see-through skirt while stepping out for her Screen Talks conversation during the 2023 BFI London Film Festival on Sunday (October 8) held at the BFI Southbank in London.
The 40-year-old actress, writer and director talked with fellow screenwriter Jesse Armstrong about her work during the event, including of course, her most recent hit Barbie.
While talking about the film, Greta revealed another scene that the studio questioned and she had to fight to keep it in.
See what she shared inside…
Greta shared that she was asked in a meeting if Ryan Gosling‘s “I’m Just Ken” dance number was necessary.
“It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance,’” she said, via Variety. “There was a big meeting that was like, ‘Do you need this?’ And I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this.’ They were like,...
The 40-year-old actress, writer and director talked with fellow screenwriter Jesse Armstrong about her work during the event, including of course, her most recent hit Barbie.
While talking about the film, Greta revealed another scene that the studio questioned and she had to fight to keep it in.
See what she shared inside…
Greta shared that she was asked in a meeting if Ryan Gosling‘s “I’m Just Ken” dance number was necessary.
“It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance,’” she said, via Variety. “There was a big meeting that was like, ‘Do you need this?’ And I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this.’ They were like,...
- 10/8/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
“Barbie” director Greta Gerwig discussed how Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” dance sequence came to be during her Screen Talk at the BFI London Film Festival on Sunday, revealing that she was asked in a “big meeting” if the scene was necessary.
“It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance,'” Gerwig said in conversation with “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong. “There was a big meeting that was like, ‘Do you need this?’ And I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this.’ They were like, ‘What do you even mean? What is a dream ballet?’ And I was like, ‘A dream ballet? Where do I begin!'”
Gerwig cited “Singing in the Rain” as one of her main inspirations for the scene, explaining that the classic movie musical contains “a dream ballet inside of a dream ballet.
“It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance,'” Gerwig said in conversation with “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong. “There was a big meeting that was like, ‘Do you need this?’ And I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this.’ They were like, ‘What do you even mean? What is a dream ballet?’ And I was like, ‘A dream ballet? Where do I begin!'”
Gerwig cited “Singing in the Rain” as one of her main inspirations for the scene, explaining that the classic movie musical contains “a dream ballet inside of a dream ballet.
- 10/8/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Robbie Fairchild, a Broadway lead and former New York City Ballet principal dancer, will star in the stage version of Michel Hazanavicius’ 2011 Oscar-winning movie The Artist, set in the 1920s when movies found their voice with the advent of talking pictures.
Fairchild received a Tony Award nomination for An American In Paris, another show based on a celebrated movie when it premiered on Broadway in 2015. Two years later, he helped launch that show in the West End.
In The Artist, he will play Silent Era matinee idol George Valentin, who finds his career torn away from him when the talkies arrive.
The part won French actor Jean Dujardin the Best Actor Oscar.
The Artist, co-written for the theater by Drew McOnie and playwright and screenwriter Lindsey Ferrentino, will have its world premiere at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from May 11 to May...
Fairchild received a Tony Award nomination for An American In Paris, another show based on a celebrated movie when it premiered on Broadway in 2015. Two years later, he helped launch that show in the West End.
In The Artist, he will play Silent Era matinee idol George Valentin, who finds his career torn away from him when the talkies arrive.
The part won French actor Jean Dujardin the Best Actor Oscar.
The Artist, co-written for the theater by Drew McOnie and playwright and screenwriter Lindsey Ferrentino, will have its world premiere at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from May 11 to May...
- 9/28/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
With Barbie just around the corner, there’s a lot of anticipation and wiggly legs. If you’re feeling underprepared to see the new Greta Gerwig movie, she has a full watchlist on her Letterboxd to help you through her filmmaking process and her many a classic inspiration that drove this project home. Now, there are some of us who don’t have access to or maybe an interest in watching these old movies, so I’ve tried to make a compilation of movies that includes some of Greta’s picks, but also my interpretation of what other movies could fall under this category. This list has been curated with the influence of Greta’s interviews, her own watchlist, and the promotional content of Barbie. If you’re having a watch party before seeing the new film, here are some films you could choose from:
The Wizard of Oz
This...
The Wizard of Oz
This...
- 7/20/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
While there’s no argument that Tom Holland is best known for playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and its sequels, there’s another performance that continues to resonate with viewers: his 2017 appearance on “Lip Sync Battle”.
In that now-iconic bit, Holland began by making like Gene Kelly while lip-syncing to “Singing in the Rain”, wearing a suit, tie and hat while accompanied by backup dancers, all brandishing umbrellas.
Read More: Tom Holland Makes It Rain To Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ In The Ultimate ‘Lip Sync Battle’ Performance
After 20 seconds or so, Holland briefly disappeared and then re-emerged dressed in an entirely different outfit, wearing a wig, fishnet stockings, high heels and a bustier, faux rain pouring down as he lip-synced to Rihanna’s “Umbrella” while performing an unbelievably acrobatic dance routine that included a gymnastic flip that found him splashing down into a puddle of water.
Despite all the years that have passed,...
In that now-iconic bit, Holland began by making like Gene Kelly while lip-syncing to “Singing in the Rain”, wearing a suit, tie and hat while accompanied by backup dancers, all brandishing umbrellas.
Read More: Tom Holland Makes It Rain To Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ In The Ultimate ‘Lip Sync Battle’ Performance
After 20 seconds or so, Holland briefly disappeared and then re-emerged dressed in an entirely different outfit, wearing a wig, fishnet stockings, high heels and a bustier, faux rain pouring down as he lip-synced to Rihanna’s “Umbrella” while performing an unbelievably acrobatic dance routine that included a gymnastic flip that found him splashing down into a puddle of water.
Despite all the years that have passed,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
There are so many big sells for the 1955 musical It’s Always Fair Weather. Firstly, the golden pairing of Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen is the key factor. The musical maestros behind such great heavy hitters such as Singing in the Rain (1952) and On the Town (1949) return for another outing, promising an exquisite smorgasbord of dancing and colour.
The other interest in this musical is that it is an MGM musical. That means all the scintillating scenes of the spectrum on the screen. A nouvelle advancement here is It’s Always Fair Weather is shot in CinemaScope and, instead of Technicolor, it is filmed in brilliant Eastmancolor.
Plus, seeing the original 1955 print, as the filmmakers intended, thanks to the BFI Film on Film festival made It’s Always Fair Weather a must-see outing.
So, one heads into It’s Always Fair Weather with all this in mind and comes away with one name – Dolores Gray…...
The other interest in this musical is that it is an MGM musical. That means all the scintillating scenes of the spectrum on the screen. A nouvelle advancement here is It’s Always Fair Weather is shot in CinemaScope and, instead of Technicolor, it is filmed in brilliant Eastmancolor.
Plus, seeing the original 1955 print, as the filmmakers intended, thanks to the BFI Film on Film festival made It’s Always Fair Weather a must-see outing.
So, one heads into It’s Always Fair Weather with all this in mind and comes away with one name – Dolores Gray…...
- 6/12/2023
- by Sarah Cook
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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