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TheBarbieshave arrived — andDua Lipais in the crowd!
On Tuesday, the official social media accounts forGreta Gerwig’s upcomingBarbiemovie released a series of character posters for the film, showcasing a wide variety of actors playing different variations of Barbies, Kens and regular humans throughout the film.
Notably, singer Dua Lipa, 27, is featured as a mermaid-inspired Barbie doll in the new movie, seemingly confirming months-long rumors regarding Lipa’s appearance in the upcoming film.
Including Lipa’s mermaid Barbie, social media accounts for theBarbiemovie rolled out 24 character posters on Tuesday, showcasingMargot Robbiein the lead role,Ryan Goslingas Ken,Issa Raeas a Barbie who is the president andSimu Liuas another Ken.
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Alternate versions of both Barbie and Ken were teased in thefirst teaser trailer for the filmreleased in December, and Tuesday’s character posters reveal also show off Kate McKinnon, Ncuti Gatwa, Nicola Coughlan, Alexandra Shipp, Ritu Arya, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Hari Nef, Emma Mackey, Ana Cruz Kayne, Scott Evans and Sharon Rooney as alternate versions of each character.
Each Barbie variation appears to be tied to an occupation or lifestyle — Lipa is a mermaid; Mackey’s Barbie “has a Nobel Prize in physics”; each Ken is described as yet another Ken.
Some of the posters broke form; Michael Cera is introduced as Allan and Emerald Fennell as Midge, both based on other Mattel dolls of the same name. Meanwhile, America Ferrara, Ariana Greenblatt, Will Ferrell, Connor Swindells and Jamie Demetriou were introduced in posters as humans, whileHelen Mirrenis the film’s narrator.
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Ferrell, 55, previously told theWall Street JournalMagazinein a Nov. 2022 interview thathe will play the CEO of Mattel, the toy company that owns the Barbie brand.
Barbieparties into theaters July 21.
source: people.com
