Margot Robbie Barbie Movie Cast

With body measurements like this, you'd be forgiven for thinking it'd be near impossible to find an actress capable of embodying Barbie in a live-action film about the doll's life, let alone execute the cinematic project.

But it comes as no surprise that Oscar-nominated actress Margot Robbie has stepped up to play the iconic character, and has joined forces with some very familiar faces to bring the narrative alive.

Plot remains mostly under wraps, we do know that the film will see Ryan Gosling's, who plays Ken in the film, wanting to go on a summer adventure with Robbie's Barbie as they navigate a blossoming romance. Other than that, we're not entirely sure what to expect from the film's plot.

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, Robbie previously revealed that the film is going to give its audience 'the thing you didn't know you wanted'. The star - who co-runs the production company behind the film, LuckyChap Entertainment, with her husband Tom Ackerley and best friend Josey McNamara - explained to the news outlet that their new

Also include Ackerley, Mattel’s Robbie Brenner; and David Heyman from Heyday Films. LuckyChap’s McNamara and Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz are also executive producers.

Star noted. She continued by saying that she knew that for many people reading the reports it would be an 'Oh, Margot is playing Barbie, I know what that is, ' but that her goal is to give fans 'something totally different—the thing you didn't know [they] wanted'.

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While Robbie trusted Gerwig, she has revealed she had one request for the film. 'I’ll follow your vision. Whatever you want this

In June 2023. 'Please, please, please can we have a Dreamhouse where she has a slide that goes from her bedroom down to her pool, because that is my goal in life.'

Set, that she studied old Radox commercials in order to prepare for Barbie’s shower scenes in the upcoming film. 'I would actually just look up old Radox commercials and try and replicate that, ' she explained.

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Other interesting tidbits that Robbie divulged about the set of the film included the fact that Barbie’s home was fully see-through to allow for the Barbies to ‘see each other’, featured a slide that lead from the bedroom to the garden, and had a fake pool.

Margot said it was ‘pretty incredible’ to see the set for the first time. 'I'd spent so long looking at the miniatures, and the models, and the drawings, and the design and then when you see it first time in real life and it's all there... it was really exciting, ' she added.

Cast, following previous Barbies Amy Schumer and Anne Hathaway backing out of the project for different reasons, the Australian star finally confirmed the news last year.

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In June 2022, Robbie and Gosling were pictured in LA on the set of the film (see the photos here), marking the latter's first time being spotted while filming in character.

In April 2023, a full-length trailer for the highly-anticipated film was revealed, and several actors took to Instagram to share the news of which Barbie they star as in the film, including

Album. In a 16-second clip shared to Instagram, the pop star is seen stepping out in satin pom-pom adorned mules with glittered heels. She then emulates Robbie’s now-iconic shot of her slipping out of the same pair of shoes in the

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Trailer. Lipa then blows a kiss at the camera as a disco track plays in the background, offering just a single lyric: ‘Just come along for the ride!’ Her shimmery eye-shadow and nails, eclectic jewry and pink halterneck look adds to the mood, as does the glimmering disco-lit room.

Rumours about Lipa's involvement in the film started in May 2022, so we're very pleased they became a reality (as real as Barbie gets anyway...).

As for the line-up of Ken dolls, as well as Gosling, of course, three-time Emmy winner Will Ferrell is joined by the likes of Marvel's Simu Liu, new

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In July 2022 that outside of filming, the cast gathered for a slumber party. And it was a Barbie-only party for the actors who play the famed doll figure.

Referring to co-stars Evans and Gatwa, she added that it 'would involve playing games with Scott and Ncuti'. Sharing details about the cast's fun moments away from set, Mackey admitted: 'I don't play games usually, because I get so competitive and angry. But Scott and I were top of the game.'

Back in June 2021 interview, Robbie spoke about the pressures of playing such an iconic character. 'Right, it comes with a lot of baggage!' she told

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And a lot of nostalgic connections. But with that come a lot of exciting ways to attack it. People generally hear Barbie and think, I know what that movie is going to be, and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and directing it, and they’re like, Oh, well, maybe I don’t...'

While they might share similar physical attributes - long blonde hair, blue eyes, a wide smile - Robbie and Barbie also share somewhat similar career trajectories.

After all, Barbie has been known to have more than 150 careers on her CV, from registered nurse to rock star, veterinarian to aerobics instructor, pilot to police officer.

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According to the Barbie website, the doll first broke the 'plastic ceiling' in the 1960s when, 'as an astronaut, she went to the moon…four years before Neil Armstrong'.

Meanwhile, in the 1980s she took to the boardroom as 'Day to Night' CEO Barbie and ran for President in the 1990s, before any female candidate ever made it onto the presidential ballot.

In April 2023 Warner Bros. released a second teaser trailer for the film, in which Gosling's Ken tells Robbie's Barbie: 'I thought I might stay over tonight.' With a smile, she then asks: 'Why?' as he says: 'Because we're boyfriend and girlfriend.'

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In April 2022 Warner Bros. shared a photo of Robbie in the iconic role to tease fans ahead of the film's release.

Announcing that the film will be out on July 21, 2023 the tweet included a snap of Robbie sitting behind a bright pink Corvette wearing a stripy blue and white halterneck top, beaded bracelet, white and blue polka dot headband and sporting a big bouncy blow dry.

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It follows the success of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which recently landed in cinemas to rave reviews and outperformed all expectations, breaking box office records for the most commercially successful movie by a female director.

In addition to an epic marketing campaign and Gerwig's feminist premise, the film's success also comes down to its brilliant cast led by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the stereotypical

Robbie and Gosling are joined by a huge supporting cast of Barbies from all kinds of different professions, including Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, Dua Lipa and Issa Rae, as well as their trusty sidekick Kens!

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Who is Barbie? The titular doll who is expelled from Barbie Land for not being perfect enough, leading to an adventure in the real world with her boyfriend, Ken.

What else has Margot Robbie starred in? The star shot to fame in the Australian soap Neighbours playing aspiring fashion designer Donna Freedman, before swapping Melbourne for Hollywood with her breakthrough role in The Wolf of Wall Street.

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She has since become a household name with roles in the first Suicide Squad, Focus, I, Tonya, Mary Queen of Scots, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. More recently she appeared in the 2019 drama Bombshell - earning Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Glove Award nominations for her performance - and 2022 movie Babylon.

Who is Ken? The title character’s love interest. We’ve been given many sneak peeks of Gosling in character, complete with platinum