Michael Cera in “Barbie”.Photo: Warner Bros.
Barbiefans are finding out about even more deleted scenes that didn’t make the final cut.
In aninterview withVarietypublished Friday, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto revealed that “there were many moments that ended up on the cutting room floor.”
Among them was an homage to Steven Spielberg’sJawsinvolvingMichael Cera’s character Allan.
The deleted scene had directorGreta Gerwig“asking the video assistant to replay it for her just to laugh,” Prieto said. He added that the writer-director “could not stop laughing when we shot it.”
Describing one of “so many scenes” that ended up not making the final cut, Prieto (also the cinematographer behindBrokeback Mountain, The Wolf of Wall Streetand the upcomingKillers of the Flower Moon) said Cera as Allan is “terrified [when] Ken hits a wave and then flies in the air. There’s a moment where the police officer sees someone being eaten in the water.”
“The camera does this push-in,” he continued, “a move where you use a zoom and you’re dialing into the character while zooming back at the same time. The effect is that the background changes — the shot and his performance [were] very dramatic.”
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in “Barbie”.Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Another deleted scene reportedly involvesEmerald Fennellas thepregnant Midge, a discontinued Mattel doll, andHelen Mirrenmaking an on-camera appearance asBarbie’s narrator.
The scene’s existence had beenrumoredon social media thanks to a JulyBorisFX interviewwith film editor Nick Houy and the post-production team. PerInsider, a since-deleted Instagram post from cast member Tom Clark mentioned a scene involving “the narrator walking in on Midge.”
“It was a little additional moment [where] Helen Mirren then blocks the camera,” Prieto toldVariety. “I can’t really say much more.”
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Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig on the set of “Barbie”.Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
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Further, he teased more footage ofWill Ferrellas Gerwig’s take on the Mattel company’s CEO.
“They should have bloopers from that because he just came up with the craziest stuff,” he said. “All the actors around him couldn’t avoid laughing. We were all playing, and so many moments of improvisation had to be taken out.”
One idea from Gerwig that likely still won’t reach audiences is the “fart opera” she had planned for midway throughBarbie. “I thought it was really funny," Gerwig said onIndieWire’sFilmmaker Toolkitpodcast. “And that was not the consensus.”
However, anothermomentthat the director was grateful made the cut was the scene in whichMargot Robbie’s teary Barbie encounters an older woman on a bench in the real world, calling her “beautiful.”
“It’s a cul-de-sac of a moment, in a way — it doesn’t lead anywhere,” Gerwig toldRolling Stone. “And in early cuts, looking at the movie, 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 don’t know what this movie is about.’ ”
Barbieis currently available to see in IMAX theatersfor one week only, containing extra content.
source: people.com
