Amy Schumer Reveals the Real Reason She Walked Away From Live-Action 'Barbie' Project
justjared.comAmy Schumer is opening up about a big decision. The 40-year-old comedian revealed why she decided to step away from the upcoming live-action Barbie movie in an interview with THR.
At the time of her exiting the project, the reason was “scheduling conflicts” with her 2018 film I Feel Pretty. Now, she is clarifying what really happened. Click inside to read more… “They definitely didn’t want to do it the way I wanted to do it, the only way I was interested in doing it,” she admitted.
She went on to explain that she and sister and writing partner Kim Caramele wrote Barbie as an “ambitious inventor,” while the studio asked that her invention be a high heel made out of Jell-O. Amy also said that she was sent a pair of Manolo Blahniks to celebrate the film deal. “The idea that that’s just what every woman must want, right there, I should have gone, ‘You’ve got the wrong gal,’” she said.
She also explained that her career was feeling “a little stagnant” by 2018, leading to her leaving her UTA representatives. “I loved those guys, but I just didn’t feel support for, like, ‘This is who Amy is and she’s not going to be this other thing.’ I felt like I was disappointing my team by not being Barbie.” The project moved to Warner Bros.
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