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Margot Robbie reunited pinch Greta Gerwig astatine nan Gotham Awards connected Monday.
The Barbie star, 33, and nan head of nan beloved film, 40, showed disconnected their drama chops arsenic they said onstage astatine nan grant ceremonial while accepting nan Global Icon & Creator tribute.
Robbie — who stunned successful a strapless achromatic gown pinch a sheer cape at nan annual, star-studded arena — recapped nan root communicative of nan blockbuster movie alongside Gerwig.
During nan speech, nan duo interchanged witty lines backmost and distant astir really Robbie and her husband, Tom Ackerley, sought retired Gerwig to constitute nan screenplay.
Gerwig besides joked astir roping Noah Baumbach into nan fantastical task — which they thought would ne'er travel into fruition.
Onstage: Margot Robbie gave a nosy reside pinch Greta Gerwig astatine nan Gotham Awards connected Monday
Fun acceptance speech: The Barbie star, 33, and nan head of nan beloved film, 40, showed disconnected their drama chops arsenic they said onstage astatine nan grant ceremonial while accepting nan Global Icon & Creator tribute
'We thought they're ne'er gonna fto america make this, and we should astir apt show it to nary one,' Robbie said astatine 1 point.
'And then we made them show it to everyone,' Gerwig added. 'And past Warner Brothers, miraculously said yes. And Mattel miraculously said yes.
'Essentially,' Robbie interjected. 'Mostly. With immoderate notes which Greta and Noah ignored.'
Gerwig explained that because 'this each was truthful unlikely', they created 'a imagination shot squad of a movie from nan formed to nan imaginative team.'
She said she and Baumbach envisioned 'stone-cold genius' Robbie arsenic Barbie and Ryan Gosling, 43, arsenic Ken from nan very beginning.
Gerwig added that she and Robbie started 'a months-long campaign' to seduce Gosling to play nan portion starring other Robbie and to 'also make him our friend who texts pinch us'.
Robbie besides explained during their reside that nan 2 filmmakers wrote nan movie — which grossed complete $1 cardinal globally — during nan COVID-19 pandemic.
'Greta and Noah wrote Barbie successful nan midst of world lockdown erstwhile nary 1 was going to films aliases making films,' Robbie explained during their speech.
Barbie genesis: During their speech, they said astir their acquisition moving connected Barbie together and besides recapped nan root communicative of nan blockbuster
Recalling their experiences: They besides joked astir going connected a 'months-long campaign' to person Ryan Gosling to play nan domiciled of Ken and to 'also make him our friend who texts pinch us'
Filming past year: Filming for nan movie began successful 2022 astatine Warner Bros. Studios successful England while immoderate exterior shots were changeable outdoors successful Los Angeles. Barbie received a theatrical merchandise complete nan summertime connected July 21
'And they took an object, a doll pinch nary characteristic aliases story, and cooked up nan astir ridiculous outrageous, bananas book successful an effort to conjure backmost what they loved astir — nan movies,' she said.
They went connected to convey nan full squad down nan flick which painted nan world successful pinkish and allowed them to person 'the absolute champion time'.
'We had nan absolute champion clip from opening to extremity making this film, which each time felt for illustration nan astir euphoric corporate look of productivity I've ever been a portion of,' Gerwig said adjacent nan extremity of their speech.
Robbie gushed astir nan experience: 'The formed disco danced and rode invisible horses and screamed astatine level feet and sang their hearts out.'
According to nan charismatic synopsis of nan live-action film, nan communicative follows Barbie and Ken, who are surviving retired their idyllic lives successful nan seemingly cleanable world of Barbie Land.
When nan duo recreation to nan existent world, however, they observe what life is really for illustration erstwhile surviving among humans and prosecute nan existent meaning of happiness.
Honorees: After nan grant ceremony, Robbie and Gerwig posed for photos together pinch their awards connected nan reddish carpet while besides showing disconnected their complementing looks
Dream team: They besides posed for a group photograph pinch Laura Dern, who introduced and presented them pinch nan honor. They were joined by Barbie co-writer Noah Baumbach arsenic good arsenic co-producer and Robbie's husband, Tom Ackerley
Alongside Robbie and Gosling, nan escapade imagination flick besides stars America Ferrera, Will Ferrell, Issa Rae, Hari Nef, Simu Liu, and Dua Lipa.
The star-studded formed besides featured Helen Mirren, Emma Mackey, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, Rhea Pearlman, Emerald Finnell, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir and galore more.
Filming for nan movie — which had a fund of $100 cardinal — began successful 2022 astatine Warner Bros. Studios successful England while immoderate exterior shots were changeable outdoors successful Los Angeles.
Barbie received a theatrical merchandise complete nan summertime connected July 21.
