After the controversy caused by her omission from the Oscar nominations, Greta Gerwig has preferred to focus on the present and “enjoy” other recognitions, such as the one that Time magazine recently granted her by including her as one of the Women of the Year. .
During the award ceremony for this award, where other actresses such as Taraji P. Henson and Andra Day were also present, the director was questioned about a possible sequel to her great success “Barbie.”
Given this, the “Frances Ha” singer revealed that the original intention of making “Barbie” was the love she had for the famous Mattel brand toy: “I remember going to Toys R Us and looking at Barbies and I loved her hair.” . And I loved everything about them and my mom wasn’t sure about it.”
Will Greta Gerwig make another “Barbie” movie?
After revealing the main reason why she filmed “Barbie,” the director also mentioned that the generational history between her mother and her was also part of the way she perceived the film.
Due to the above, and when she tried to answer the question about a possible sequel to “Barbie,” the American revealed that only if she finds an “inspiration” of this type, will she have enough tools to carry out a second part.
Likewise, he noted that the experience of making the film brought him great joy, so the idea of being with that group of people again is very exciting.
It should be noted that after the great success of “Barbie”, both critically and at the box office, Gerwig received nominations for various awards, within the directing category, such as the Golden Globe as well as the Directors Guild Award.
However, despite winning awards at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards, in other categories, the screenwriter was also omitted from the nominations for the most important award in the film industry in the United States: the Oscar.
Added to the above was the omission of Margot Robbie in the nominations for Best Actress, which caused a “wave” of criticism and accusations towards the Academy for the absence of both stars. Robbie and Gerwig’s co-stars, such as Ryan Gosling, América Ferrera, who were nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, raised their voices to defend their director and co-star. Likewise, political figures such as Hillary Clinton also showed their discontent.
However, despite the variety of criticism, other stars such as Whoopi Goldberg, Michelle Yeoh, among others, pointed out that the omission of Robbie and Gerwig is not an issue of gender parity, but rather simple “perception.”
Despite her omission from the Oscars, Greta Gerwig will compete for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, along with her husband Noah Baumbach, on March 10.
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