Margot Robbie Reveals the Comedy that Set Barbie's Tone & the Actress She Initially Wanted for the Role, Talks Future Plans

On not wanting to star in Barbie unless she was right for the role, a mentality that she brings to her other production projects…

The introduction to the interview revealed that Margot thought of Gal Gadot as “the ultimate personification of the doll” and was interested in casting her to play Barbie.

Within the interview, Margot stressed that she didn’t open her production company simply to land more lead roles.

“I have actor friends who tell me they want to establish a production company, and I’m always like, ‘Tell me exactly why, because I might be urging you not to do it,’” she said. “Because actually, if it’s not about making films for other people, you kind of put yourself in a bad position to negotiate for yourself if you take this approach. Once you’re a producer on something, you’ve got no leverage, you’ve got no negotiating power. So, yes, you might have creative control, but you’re going to get paid like sh*t, so be careful what you wish for. It’s also such a lot of work that sometimes just starring in something else is a better thing to do if that’s your goal.”

Elsewhere in the conversation while discussing working with Saltburn director Emerald Fennell, Margot said that there are many actresses she wants to work with still.

“And it also ends up being an exciting way to work with other actresses we love. We’ve got our wishlist of actresses we love, and as soon as Emerald hands you a script, you’re like, ‘Oh, we could get them now.’”