“Things like this have rarely, if ever, happened in my career,” says Barbie star America Ferrera. “Some fabulous director says, ‘I have a part and I want you to play it.’ That kind of thing doesn’t often happen for Latinas in this industry.”
She is an encyclopedia of film references and cultural references — literature and poetry and music. One of the first things we did in prep, she gave me a list of movies to watch, to just get in the feel and the vibe of “Barbie.” I’d text her about it, and she’d text me about and we’d have a conversation.
When I first walked onto the set — again, I did not play with Barbie, so I didn’t have this, “Oh, my God, the Dream House!” reaction — I remember seeing this incredible shot that Rodrigo Prieto, Martin Scorsese’s [cinematographer], was doing of these incredible sets, and the hair and the makeup and the wardrobe and the colors and the lights. And I gasped. I got a little bit emotional.
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