Jane Fonda Worries About Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Barbarella’ Remake, Reveals Why She Never Made a Sequel
usmagazine.comJane Fonda’s starring turn in 1968’s Barbarella helped catapult her to worldwide acclaim — but she’s not thinking about passing the mantle onto Sydney Sweeney, who is set to lead the upcoming remake.“I try not to because I worry about what it’s going to be,” Fonda, 85, told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Friday, January 27. “I had an idea of how to do it that [original producer] Dino De Laurentiis, when he was still alive, wouldn’t listen to.
But it could have been a truly feminist movie.”The Grace and Frankie alum portrayed Barbarella in the original sci-fi flick, which was directed by her ex-husband Roger Vadim.
The movie follows astronaut Barbarella as she attempts to thwart scientist Durand Durand’s (Milo O’Shea) nefarious plans of mass destruction.
Barbarella quickly became a cult classic upon its release — and made Fonda a bona fide sex symbol of the decade.“The ’70s were when I began to produce movies.
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