‘Barbie’ and ‘Poor Things’ producers reveal ‘truth’ behind hit movies
‘Barbie’ won the Cinematic and Box-Office Achievement award at the 2024 Golden Globes
Barbie’s Tom Ackerley and Poor Things’ Ed Guiney revealed the “truth” behind the filmmaking process.
On Sunday, Greta Geerwig’s film won the Cinematic and Box-Office Achievement award at the 2024 Golden Globes.
During a conversation on THR’s Producer Roundtable, Tom explained the “long” process of filming the summer blockbuster.
He said, “A thousand things, yes. I mean, it started with a Mattel executive being shot [in the epic battle involving toys], and then [went on to] fascism and gynecology. I remember when Margot [Robbie, Ackerley’s wife] and I got the script and we were sitting on the couch, and I’ll never forget, we were reading it and laughing and crying and every six pages turning around going, “That’s never going to happen. How are we going to do this?””
Barbie made 1.442 billion USD at the global box office.
Tom added, “And ultimately, the filmmaking process is about trust. And it was a long process with Mattel and Warner Bros. to get the movie made, but it was ultimately that they trusted in the process and they trusted in Greta Gerwig’s vision. And I think as a producer, the main thing we can do is trust our filmmaker and trust wholeheartedly what Greta was going to do with that movie, and we managed to convince our larger partners of that and went for it.”
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In the same discussion, Poor Things producer Ed shared that Emma Stone agreed to do the film after she worked with Yorgos Lanthimos on The Favourite.
Emma won an award for best actress in a comedy or musical at the Golden Globes.
Ed noted, “It was really the fact that The Favourite was a hit and made some money for people. Emma Stone joined the film after working with Yorgos on The Favourite, and that was the thing that unlocked it. I’m sure we probably all feel this, there’s an act of faith when you come across something and you go, “Wow, that would be amazing!””
