Barbie's Snyder Cut Joke Was Almost A Different Director's Cut (With A Major Cameo)

  • 📰 screenrant
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 88 sec. here
  • 3 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 38%
  • Publisher: 94%

Entertainment Entertainment Headlines News

Entertainment Entertainment Latest News,Entertainment Entertainment Headlines

The Barbie movie's joke about Zack Snyder's Justice League was almost a reference to a different director's cut with a major cameo from the filmmaker.

Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Barbie movie's joke about Zack Snyder's Justice League was almost a reference to a different director's cut with a cameo from the filmmaker. Directed by Greta Gerwig and co-written by Noah Baumbach, the film follows Margot Robbie's Stereotypical Barbie and Ryan Gosling's Ken as they leave the matriarchal utopia of Barbieland in search of self-discovery in the real world.

During a recent Q&A at the WGA West headquarters , co-writers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach revealed that the Barbie movie's joke about Zack Snyder's Justice League was almost a reference to a different director's cut – Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, poking fun at how it added scenes to make it more obvious that Deckard was a replicant and removed the voice-over. In an early draft of Barbie, Ridley Scott himself was even supposed to make a cameo.

Gerwig: One of the Barbies says to Ken, "Oh my god, I never would have realized that Deckard was a replicant." Then when she gets unbrainwashed, there’s a version where she said, "I liked the voiceover. I needed it to help me understand what was happening. Nobody’s following this."Baumbach: It wasn’t making fun of him. We loved him as we love all of our references.Gerwig: Every reference we had was out of love. We love Sly Stallone. Everything was a lighters-up tribute.

The Barbie Movie's Snyder Cut Joke Explained With a subversive script by Gerwig and Baumbach, the Barbie movie makes references to a number of movies, including its opening parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey and a joke about The Godfather. One of the most memorable though is the swipe at Zack Snyder's Justice League given it was just recently released in 2021.

After the joke drew the ire of the passionate Snyder fandom, Gerwig responded in a previous interview. The director said she doesn't "have a dog in this fight" and didn't even know all the "ins and outs" of the Synder Cut movement when she wrote the joke. This, as Gerwig explains, was merely meant to signify the shifting states of Shipp’s character.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 7. in ENTERTAİNMENT

Entertainment Entertainment Latest News, Entertainment Entertainment Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Barbie's Snyder Cut Reference Almost Poked Fun at a Different MovieBlade Runner — and even director Ridley Scott — were almost a part of Barbie.
Source: ComicBook - 🏆 65. / 68 Read more »

How to Watch Barbie Online: Stream Barbie the Movie At HomeStarring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, here's how to watch the 'Barbie' movie online, including where to stream the Greta Gerwig-directed movie.
Source: RollingStone - 🏆 483. / 51 Read more »

Barbie Co-Writer Initially Thought Movie Was a 'Terrible Idea'Noah Baumbach reveals his early relationship with the Barbie film's script.
Source: ComicBook - 🏆 65. / 68 Read more »

'Barbie' Movie Soundtrack Arrives On Vinyl: Exclusive VMP PackageThe 'Barbie' movie soundtrack is now available on vinyl with an exclusive VMP package.
Source: Variety - 🏆 108. / 63 Read more »