Sharon Stone tried to make a Barbie movie in the 1990s
The Basic Instinct and Casino actress looks back on the period in Hollywood when adapting the franchise for the big screen was out of the question.
For some time, Sharon Stone has decided to open the backstage doors of Hollywood to the general public. His last outing on the set of the film Sliver had caused a stir, leading to an incendiary response from William Baldwin.
This time, and after the public success of barbie seen by Greta Gerwig, the actress points out the refusals she received when trying to transpose the Mattel property into cinema. The first time she pointed it out was in an Instagram comment, under a video posted by America Ferrera and which shows the interpreter of Gloria receiving a Critics Choice Award. By way of congratulations, Sharon Stone writes:
“I was made fun of when I proposed the idea of Barbie in the 1990s with the support of the company's director. We have come this far thanks to you, thank you ladies for your courage and endurance.”
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A statement that the actress explains in the podcast “Fly on the Wall” of Dana Carvey And David Spade. Sharon Stone takes this opportunity to report the reasons given by the studios:
“I went to the studio to try to make Barbie with a producer, I had the CEO of Mattel at the time with me. We got thrown out. They said : 'Why want to destroy this American icon? What's wrong with you?'. They lectured me and then took me back to the exit.”
However, it is important to note that Sharon Stone is not the only one who wanted to bring the franchise to the big screen without success. Before Greta Gerwig's project and Margot Robbie is not approved by Warner Bros., Amy Schumer And Anne Hathaway had also tried it each on their own.
It therefore seems that only Greta Gerwig managed to convince both a studio and the management of Mattel to bring the film to fruition, surely creating one of the biggest pop culture events of the 2020s.
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