Will Ferrell says he believes the forged and crewmembers of Barbie deserve “every accolade” coming to them.
The actor, 56, talked with ET’s Nischelle Turner from the crimson carpet of the Los Angeles premiere for Might December — which the Elf star served as an govt producer on. In 2023, the comic has additionally produced the ultimate season of HBO’s Succession, Hulu’s Quiz Woman, and Searchlight’s Theater Camp.
Through the dialogue, Ferrell mentioned it was so good to lastly be again after the 118-day SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented him from speaking about or selling movies he appeared in, together with Barbie. Now, in a position to speak concerning the summer time blockbuster, the beloved actor says he’s so blissful that the film turned an enormous hit.
“I love that people flocked to see it and they deserve every accolade,” he instructed ET. “I’m so happy for Greta [Gerwig] and for Margot [Robbie] and Ryan [Gosling],” he mentioned. “When I read that script, I was like ‘this is going to be huge.'”
Ferrell, who performs Mattel’s CEO within the movie, described his response to first getting into the pink-filled world of Barbie and Ken and the way his instincts instructed him from early on that the film would make an impression.
“When I walked onto those sets and saw that Mattel was actually letting this happen, I thought ‘Oh my gosh, this could have a real chance to be one of those zeitgeist things that has a real cultural statement.'”
By early September, Barbie had made greater than $1.4 billion worldwide on the field workplace.
Exterior of the field workplace, earlier this week, Barbie: The Album — the star-studded accompaniment to Greta Gerwig’s record-breaking blockbuster — picked up a Grammy nomination for Greatest Compilation Soundtrack for Visible Media and 10 different nominations.
4 of the 5 nominees within the Greatest Music Written for Visible Media went to tracks from Barbie — “I’m Just Ken,” “Dance the Night,” “What Was I Made For,” and Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World.” The one outsider is Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly.
The movie has additionally obtained main Oscar buzz, with Selection predicting nominations within the classes of Excellent Tailored Screenplay, Excellent Director, Excellent Movie and extra.
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