Amy Schumer bowed out of playing Barbie, but there’s more to the story than she initially let on. A few years after ducking out of the production, the actor opened up about the real reason why she decided that the film wasn’t for her. Schumer sat down with The Hollywood Reporter, where she revealed that the role of Barbie was not all that she thought it would be. “They didn’t want to do it the way I wanted to do it, the only way I was interested in doing it,” she told the outlet. Now, Greta Gerwig has taken over, and Margot Robbie is slated to play the role of Barbie.
Schumer elaborated even more on the creative differences. In her version, she gets kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough. Schumer has always promoted body positivity, and she embraces differences in women. Schumer wanted Barbie to be an inventor in her version of the film, but in Sony’s version of the film, they wanted her to simply invent a high-heel composed of Jell-O. “The idea that that’s just what every woman must want, right there, I should have gone, ‘You’ve got the wrong gal,'” she said.
At least Schumer has moved onto other roles, like the Hulu series “Life & Beth.” She stars alongside “Superbad” actorMichael Cera, and has been promoting the film on her Instagram page. You know what they say — when one door closes, another one opens.
