It seems Margot Robbie – star and producer of Barbie – went all out to inspire cast and crew to fully immerse themselves into the ‘Barbie world’.
As part of her efforts to enthuse those working on the movie, Robbie mandated a dress code on the set – ‘compelling’ cast and crew to wear pink once a week.
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The Aussie bombshell’s co-star Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in the upcoming film, exposed the rule during their marathon press tour.
“Margot had this pink day once a week, where everyone had to wear something pink. And if you didn’t, you were fined,” Gosling told People.
He shared that Robbie “would go around collecting the fines, and she would donate it to a charity”.
“What was really special was just how excited the male crew members were,” he said of the rule to wear pink.
“At the end of the film, they all got together and, with their own money, made pink crew shirts with rainbow fringe.”
The pink dress code, he said, was an opportunity for the cast and crew “to show their respect and admiration for what Margot and Greta (Gerwig) were creating.”
“It was almost like that scene at the end of Dead Poets Society, where they all get on their desk and say, ‘O captain! My captain!’”
Gosling previously revealed another effort Robbie went to in order to help inspire him to tap into what he has referred to as his “Ken-ergy”.
Speaking with Vogue in May, Gosling said Robbie left him “a pink present with a pink bow, from Barbie to Ken, every day while we were filming. They were all beach related.”
Some of the gifts were puka shell jewellery items, or a sign reading “Pray for surf”, which Gosling said is “Because Ken’s job is just ‘beach’.”
“I’ve never quite figured out what that means,” he said.
“But I felt like she was trying to help Ken understand through these gifts that she was giving.”
In the interview with People, Robbie also gushed about the Ken star, calling him “the most comedically gifted actor I have ever worked with”.
She laughed that she “ruined” most of his takes because she was laughing the entire way through.
The Gerwig-directed movie stars Robbie as the iconic Mattel toy, along with Gosling, Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, Will Ferrell and America Ferrera.
Barbie premieres in Australian cinemas on Thursday, July 20.
– with CNN
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