Saoirse Ronan reveals she was set to play Weird Barbie

Saoirse Ronan has revealed she was meant to have a job within the Barbie movie, however did not get to participate.

The Irish actress stated she was lined as much as be “a bizarre Barbie” in Greta Gerwig’s runaway hit.

Australian actress Margot Robbie stars as the primary character, Stereotypical Barbie, whereas Ryan Gosling performs Ken – however there are additionally numerous different variations of the dolls, together with Judge Barbie and Mermaid Barbie, and Sugar Daddy Ken.

Saturday Night Live comic Kate McKinnon performs Weird Barbie, and Ronan informed US publication Variety she would have starred alongside her.

The 29-year-old actress, who starred in Gerwig’s 2017 film Lady Bird and her 2019 adaptation of Little Women, stated: “I labored with Jacqueline Durran, the costume designer.

“After they’d made it, I was like, who was I going to be anyway?

“Because I had a scene however did not ever get to do it and I wasn’t within the film… and she or he was like, ‘Oh, clearly you’re going to be a very bizarre Barbie, Saoirse’.”

Reflecting on what her Barbie may have been like, Ronan stated: “I think I’d be the very strange girl that talked to herself and always had her pet dog with her all the time and she just talked to the dog and wouldn’t look at anyone.”

Gerwig had revealed to leisure website Cinema Blend in July 2023 that Ronan and Wonka actor Timothee Chalamet have been each meant to have a “specialty cameo”, however stated the actress was producing on the time.

“Both of them couldn’t do it, and I was so annoyed,” she stated.

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Chalamet starred reverse Ronan in Little Women, as Laurie, and performed her character’s love curiosity, Kyle, in Lady Bird.

Following Barbie’s launch, Warner Bros stated the film contributed greater than £80m to the UK economic system.

The movie, which Gerwig co-wrote together with her associate Noah Baumbach, has been nominated for a slew of awards and received the primary Golden Globe for cinematic and field workplace achievement earlier in January.