21 Easter Eggs, References, And Facts About The "Barbie" Movie That Have Us On Our Tiptoes For The Film

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As a Barbie girl, and I'm very happy it's about to be a Barbie world.

1. The real-life daughter of the inventor of Barbie makes a cameo in the movie

2. There are a lot of Wizard of Oz references in the film

3. And yes, there are Matrix references too

4. The movie used so much pink paint, it literally created an international shortage

5. The famous foot scene only took eight shots

In fact, some worried that the feet weren't Margot Robbie's at all – but she was pretty strict about doing her own stunts (yes, I'm calling it that)

I need to know everything about this shot. How many takes, if she held onto something, was she harnessed, is the landing mark sticky, are they her feet, who did the pedicure, really just a documentary on this shot pic.twitter.com/8a87KsFtXP

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 5, 2023

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“I really don’t like it when someone else does my hands or feet in an insert shot,” Robbie told TIME.

6. A Mattel higher-up flew out to see Greta Gerwig because he was worried a scene wouldn't be brand-friendly – so Margot Robbie performed it in front of him

7. The movie's main Barbie was originally Amy Schumer

8. Speaking of how actors came to join the movie, Ryan Gosling accepted his role as Ken after seeing his daughter's discarded doll in the garden

9. The first outfit in the film is the outfit from the original 1959 Barbie – and there are a zillion other amazingly accurate Mattel 'fit reproductions

And it looks like Margot Robbie is bringing the old-school looks to her promo tour, too:

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10. The cast used to have a weekly film club in London while they were filming (no wonder the movie references were so on-point)

11. Speaking of cast hangouts, Ryan Gosling wasn't able to make it to one of their group sleepovers – so he sent a bagpiper(?) to visit his coworkers instead

13. Oh, did you think we were done with the movie references? Nope! The opening scene references Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

Here's how spot-on the reference was:

14. And if we want to talk about references, Gerwig didn't hold back – Ken and Barbie are apparently a version of the Bible's creation story

15. Speaking of Ken, while almost all of the Barbies in the movie have jobs, Ken is perpetually unemployed

16. There is no water in Barbieland

17. There is no writing in Barbieland, either

18. The promotional Barbie house is currently an Airbnb, and you can stay in it

19. Greta Gerwig was worried the Barbie movie would end her career

20. The clothing team only had 11 weeks to get what looks like a million or so outfits together

21. Margot Robbie is the reason Barbie Girl ended up on Barbie's soundtrack – sort of

Do you think we missed any fun facts? Share your fave trivia – or just your thoughts about the movie – in the comments below!

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