TV & Movies
They were like, What do you even mean?
What is a dream ballet?
The description of the dance number, she said, caused confusion among Warner Bros. executives.
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!
I was like, If people could follow that inSingin in the Rain, I think well be fine.
I think people will know what this is, she recalled.
Gerwig had to fight to keep other key scenes in the final cut ofBarbie, too.
Its a cul-de-sac of a moment, in a way it doesnt lead anywhere, Gerwig said.
It was suggested, Well, you could cut it.
And actually, the story would move on just the same.
And I said, If I cut the scene, I dont know what this movie is about.
When you look on the page, the nuance isnt there, the delivery isnt there, Robbie toldTime.
One thing that Gerwig did wind up cutting was afart opera scene yes, really.
Weve always tried to get in a proper fart joke and weve never done it, she toldIndieWire.
We had like a fart opera in the middle [ofBarbie].
I thought it was really funny.
And that was not the consensus.
