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Plenty of actresses play Barbie in the upcomingBarbiemovie, but only one person was selected to work asMargot Robbie’s body double for the hotly-anticipated comedy.
The New York Timesrecently spotlighted Emma Eastwood’s experience on theGreta Gerwig-directed film as 32-year-old Robbie’s body double. Eastwood, 26, was originally hired as Robbie’s hand double, but she wound up working in more scenes than initially anticipated, the outlet reported.
“They didn’t give me any details of what we would be doing,” she said in the article. “There were a couple times they said the whole cast would be there and it would be an important day, but they never actually gave me any details of what we would be doing until I was on set.”
Eastwood told the outlet that she wanted to befriend Robbie to secure a potential role as her body double for future productions, but her and Robbie did not often interact on set. However, Eastwood did share that Robbie mistook her body double for herself at times while viewing footage during production.
Eastwood also told theTimesthat her and Robbie shared their costumes in order to ensure their measurements completely aligned.
Margot Robbie’s body double Emma Eastwood on the set of ‘Barbie’.Emma Eastwood/ Twitter
Emma Eastwood/ Twitter
The actress, who earned the role after initially being rejected for extra work onBarbie, recalled that one scene she filmed — which saw her walking up a flight of stairs and acting as if her feet hurt — was included in the movie’sofficial trailer, while another scene saw her lie facedown on the ground for an hour.
“When I got up, I literally felt drunk,” Eastwood told the outlet of filming the latter scene. “I have no idea what that scene was about.”
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“I was on this for two weeks, and I barely know what the movie is about,” she added to theTimes. “They did a very good job of keeping the plot hidden." The outlet additionally reported that despite Eastwood’s participation in the production, she will not see the movie before it releases publicly on July 21.
Though three trailers for the upcoming film have been released, its plot is still largely unclear, beyond that Robbie’s Barbie and Ken (Ryan Gosling) travel from BarbieLand to the real world after another Barbie (Kate McKinnon) prompts her travel to the real world and discover “the truth about the universe.”
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“To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken,” teases an official logline for the movie.
Barbie’scast also includesAmerica Ferrera, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, Jamie Demetriou, Connor Swindells, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya and Dua Lipa.
Barbieis in theaters July 21.
source: people.com
