'Barbie' Star Margot Robbie Revealed Struggles With Mattel Over Filming The Highly-Anticipated Movie

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Margot explained that she encouraged Mattel to be involved with the making of the movie.

And in a recent interview with

, Margot revealed that during production, Richard Dickson, Mattel president and COO, actually flew to the movie's London filming location to argue about a scene he felt was off-brand for the toy company.She didn't specify what scene he was upset about, but she did say that she and Greta performed the scene so he would change his mind. “When you look on the page, the nuance isn’t there, the delivery isn’t there,” she explained.

And while it seemed like Mattel was finally on board with the content of the movie, during this same press cycle, Robbie Brenner, head and executive producer of Mattel Films, claimed thatWarner Bros. / Alamy To which Margot responded, “It’s not that it is or it isn’t. It’s a movie. It’s a movie that’s got so much in it.” She added, “we’re in on the joke. This [movie] isn’t a Barbie puff piece.”

 

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