Sharon Stone in Beverly Hills, California, on March 16, 2023; Margot Robbie inBarbie(2023).Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage; Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage; Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Sharon Stoneis recalling a time when she hadBarbiedreams of her own that were dismissed.
The actress, 65, remembered a pastBarbiepitch she madein a commentonAmerica Ferrera’s Monday Instagram post, which showed theBarbieactress’s speech as sheaccepted the SeeHer Awardat the 2024Critics Choice Awardson Sunday.
“I was laughed out [of] the studio when i came w the Barbie idea in the 90s w the support of the head of Barbie,” Stone wrote. “How far we’ve come thank you ladies for your courage and endurance.”
Ferrera, 39, used part of her time onstage to pay tribute to herBarbiedirectorGreta Gerwig, thanking her “for proving through your incredible mastery as a filmmaker that women’s stories have no difficulty achievingcinematic greatness and box-office historyat the same time.”
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America Ferrera accepts the SeeHer Award at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 2024.Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
Years before Gerwig’s film,Anne Hathawaywas initially attached to a version of theBarbiefilm that didn’t pan out, and, before that,Amy Schumerwas set to play the iconic doll back in 2016.
TheOscarwinner added, “If I believed that the version I was attached to could’ve done that, yeah, I might feel differently about it, but I genuinely thinktheirs was the best possible version.”
As for Schumer, 42, the actress and comedian said on Instagramthat she “really enjoyed"bothBarbieand its box-office rivalOppenheimer, joking in addition of the latter film, “But I think I should have playedEmily Blunt’s role. Do better Hollywood.”
From L: Amy Schumer in Los Angeles on June 27, 2022; Margot Robbie inBarbie(2023); Anne Hathaway in New York City on Oct. 3, 2023.Frazer Harrison/WireImage; Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Frazer Harrison/WireImage; Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Last month, Stone said during at interview onThe LadyGangpodcast that she would choose Robbie to play a younger version of her in a biopic.
“I adore Margot Robbie, so probably her,” theBasic Instinctactress said. “I think she’s the greatest. So talented. After I saw her playTonya Harding[in 2017’sI, Tonya] I was like, ‘You’re it, lady.’ "
source: people.com
