Sharon Stone Details Her Failed ‘Barbie’ Movie Pitch, Says Studio Execs ‘Didn’t Think Barbie Should Be Powerful’ and Asked: ‘What Is Wrong With You?’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Sharon Stone surprised fans in January when she revealed on Instagram that she tried and failed to pitch a “Barbie” movie in the 1990s, decades before Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie would make their own “Barbie” movie to the tune of $1.4 billion worldwide (the highest-grossing film of 2023) and eight Academy Award nominations.
Stone said she got “laughed out of the studio” back then, and she recently dropped some new info about her axed “Barbie” movie while visiting Dana Carvey and David Spade’s “Fly On The Wall” podcast. “I went to the studio to try and make Barbie in the 1990s with a producer, a friend of mine, and I had the then-CEO of Mattel on my side.
We got thrown out of the studio,” Stone recalled. “They were like, ‘Why would you take this American icon and try to destroy it?
What is wrong with you?’ I got a lecture and an escort to the door.” Stone was asked what she had in store for her “Barbie” movie, and she answered by explaining how the film would’ve started. “We had it so the opening scene would be Barbie pulling up to Mattel in her Barbie car and secret service come out and their feet are as big as the car,” Stone said. “They escort her into Mattel and everybody falls aside because she’s the most important member of Mattel.
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