Issa Rae Praises 'Barbie' For Body Inclusivity: 'Almost Everyone Is Represented In Some Way'
justjared.comIssa Rae is opening up about being part of Barbie. The 38-year-old actress plays President Barbie in the new movie, opposite Margot Robbie, America Ferrera and Ryan Gosling, and many more.
In a new interview with Glamour, Issa revealed that when the offer came into star in the movie, she wasn’t in “Barbie shape”.
However, she learned that she didn’t need to be. Keep reading to find out more… Issa told the outlet that she was “post-Insecure, post-Rap Sh!t, and post-the-final-season-of-Insecure-press-tour” when Barbie came to her. “I was like, ‘Well, I’m going to let myself go.
I’m eating everything.’ And then I got the call to do Barbie and was like, ‘Oh, no, I am not Barbie-shape ready,’” she recalled. “But then I realized Greta’s Barbie world consists of all body types.
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