Margot Robbie Convinced Studio ‘Barbie’ Could Make A Billion Dollars: ‘I Was Overselling, But We Had A Movie To Make’

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Margot Robbie is not only the star of “Barbie”, she’s also a producer on the hugely anticipated new movie, through her LuckyChap Entertainment production company.

In a new interview with Collider, Robbie recalled pitching the movie to Warner Bros. and Mattel, admitting she may have heightened expectations just a touch in order to get the movie greenlit. “I think my pitch in the green-light meeting was the studios have prospered so much when they’re brave enough to pair a big idea with a visionary director,” she said of Oscar nominee Greta Gerwig taking on the high-concept project. READ MORE: Movie Review: She’s Perfect Barbie.

He’s Scene-Stealing Ken. Their Life In Plastic Looks Fantastic “And then I gave a series of examples like, ‘dinosaurs and [Steven] Spielberg,’ that and that, that and that — pretty much naming anything that’s been incredible and made a ton of money for the studios over the years.

And I was like, ‘And now you’ve got Barbie and Greta Gerwig.’ And I think I told them that it’d make a billion dollars, which maybe I was overselling, but we had a movie to make, okay?!” she added.