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As far as she\u2019s concerned, one film is enough<\/p>\n
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Margot is ready to say goodbye to Barbie, much to everyone\u2019s horror<\/p>\n
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She has the world at her perfectly arched feet, still breaking box office records and sparking whispers of awards following her career-defining performance in Barbie. But two months since unveiling the hit film to the public, and taking it on the road for one sartorially-perfect world promo tour, Margot Robbie has apparently had enough. While the actress has yet to comment publicly on a potential sequel, sources tell Closer that she\u2019s quietly taken herself out of the running to star in another film. Instead, we\u2019re told, she\u2019s keen in her role as producer to potentially expand the Barbie filmic universe and pass the mantle onto another actress. After all, as the film\u2019s narrator so eloquently tells us, \u201cBarbie is all these women. And all these women are Barbie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMargot couldn\u2019t be more grateful and happy for the opportunity she had in Barbie,\u201d says an insider close to the Australian actress, who \u2013 in her dual role as main star and producer \u2013 had reportedly made $50million from both her salary and box office bonuses. \u201cIt\u2019s taken her to a whole new stratosphere as far as her pull in Hollywood goes. She\u2019s now in a position where studios are virtually falling over themselves to keep her happy, so it\u2019s genuinely a case of what she wants to take as her next steps creatively, rather than what\u2019s needed to pay the bills. From a career and financial perspective, she\u2019s set.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Margot and Ken won praise for bringing Barbie and Ken to life<\/p>\n
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While Barbie won critical praise for its tongue-in-cheek and deft critique of patriarchal and gender stereotypes, Margot herself proved in the making that \u2013 just like her plastic alter-ego \u2013 she\u2019s no airhead. After entering talks in 2018 to both star in the movie and produce it, alongside her husband, Tom Ackerley, through their production company LuckyChap Entertainment, it was Margot who approached Greta Gerwig to direct. The latter then signed on, on the condition that she and her partner, Noah Baumbach, would write the script. As well as securing Greta, Margot also pitched the film to Warner Bros, comparing its potential success to Jurassic Park and jokingly promising them that \u2013 if done her way \u2013 the film would gross over $1billion.<\/p>\n
At the time, such statements may have sounded far-fetched, but less than two months since the film hit cinemas, Margot, 33, has officially delivered on her promise. Earlier this month, it was reported that Barbie had grossed $612.3million in the US and Canada, and $771.9million in other territories (including $114.9 million in the UK) \u2013 taking it to a worldwide total of over $1.3 billion. What\u2019s more, it\u2019s been largely credited for reviving the dwindling cinema industry. The day it was released \u2013 alongside Christopher Nolan\u2019s epic, Oppenheimer \u2013 on 9 July will go down in history as a cultural reset, after fans flocked to cinemas to see both Barbie and Oppenheimer, in a phenomenon that has since been dubbed Barbenheimer. Despite sharing the billing with Oppenheimer, it has majorly outperformed the latter in box office numbers and has since become the highest-grossing film of the year. It took a lot of moving parts to make it happen \u2013 but Margot stands at the epicentre of the film\u2019s runaway success.<\/p>\n
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People can\u2019t get enough of Margot or Barbie<\/p>\n
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It’s no surprise, then, that there are already murmurings of a sequel. Director and writer Greta has said herself that, while she has no plans as yet to make a follow-up, she hopes her film \u201cis the launch of a world and a bunch of different movies\u201d. Margot has echoed her sentiments, saying, \u201cIt could go a million different directions from this point.\u201d One obvious direction, of course, would be to do a Ken-focused feature. In his role as the peroxide blonde beach him-bo, Ryan Gosling very nearly stole the show \u2013 with critics praising his \u201cflawlessly funny\u201d performance and pitch-perfect comic timing. And, while Ryan himself has made no comment on any future films, our source says it\u2019s the logical next step for the powers that be. <\/p>\n
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Will we see a Ken movie next?<\/p>\n
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\u201cEverybody at the studio is talking about making a Ken movie \u2013 as soon as possible, in fact,\u201d we\u2019re told. \u201cFor Margot, it\u2019s all about the story. Barbie ended with Margot\u2019s Barbie becoming a real woman, so a follow-up to that journey isn\u2019t needed. Instead, there is plenty of room for Ryan to do a full-blown movie of his own, with Margot involved behind the scenes. The Ken movie will need its own Barbie, and the universe that both Margot and Greta created provides for that. There is an infinite number of Barbies who could step in, which is why the original movie was never built around having just one Barbie in the first place.\u201d <\/p>\n
As for Margot\u2019s next move in front of the cameras, that remains to be seen. According to our source, \u201cThere are projects in the works that she and Tom are committed to \u2013 she\u2019ll see those through, for sure. There\u2019s also a lot of talk about them wanting to start a family sooner rather than later.\u201d For the moment, we\u2019re told, Margot\u2019s keen to keep her options open, while duly basking in the success of all her Barbie efforts. Still, there\u2019s no denying that she has the Midas touch \u2013 and having delivered on her promise to bring a $1billion film to the big screen, it\u2019s unlikely that both Mattel and studio executives will want to let her go so easily. Whatever Margot\u2019s involvement may be in any future films, the film\u2019s tagline says it best: As Barbie, \u201cShe\u2019s everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
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