Greta Gerwig Pushed To Keep This Key Scene In ‘Barbie’
Greta Gerwig said she had to fight to keep the “I’m Just Ken” dance scene in the “Barbie” movie.Gerwig explained at BFI London Film Festival that the scene featuring Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu led to discussion over whether it was needed in the film, according to Variety.“It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance,’” Gerwig told “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong on Sunday.“There was a big meeting that was like, ‘Do you need this?’ And I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this.’ They were like, ‘What do you even mean? What is a dream ballet?’ And I was like, ‘A dream ballet? Where do I begin!’”Gerwig pointed to the iconic 1952 musical film “Singin’ in the Rain,” which has “a dream ballet inside of a dream ballet,” as inspiration for ...