'Barbie': How Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie Brought Barbie Land to the Big Screen (Exclusive)

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Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig cannot wait to welcome moviegoers into the land of .«I am just so excited,» said Robbie, who stars as the titular doll, when the cast of the upcoming epic sat down with ET's Denny Directo. «We're at the point of sharing it with the world.

There's always that thing when you make a movie and you love it and you care about it so much and you hope that people are gonna like it and even see it.

Like even if they don't like it, I just hope they see it and get to form an opinion. But I feel like so many people are gonna see this movie that it's really exciting.»«It really is Greta's vision,» she added. «I mean, the vision for Barbie obviously started 64 years ago, but Greta bringing it into the world today in the way that only Greta Gerwig can is what makes this movie worth making right now.»The project has been in development for years — with names like Amy Schumer and Diablo Cody attached to various interpretations of the story — but it wasn't until Robbie bought the rights from Mattel in 2018 that the ball got rolling on this version of the toy's tale, bringing together her producing prowess with Gerwig's vision.«It really started with Margot.

Margot invited me into the party,» Gerwig noted. «Actually, right before we started shooting, we were in a golf cart driving around the studio.