Greta Gerwig in London, England on July 13, 2023.Photo:Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Warner Bros.
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Greta Gerwigreally wants to place a fart joke into one of her movies.
As Gerwig, 39, appeared onIndieWire’sFilmmaker Toolkitpodcast recently, theBarbiedirector spoke to how she and the film’s editor Nick Houy went about piecing together the new movie, which stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken.
“We’ve always tried to get in a proper fart joke and we’ve never done it,” Gerwig said. TheLady BirdandLittle Womenfilmmaker noted that she and longtime collaborator Houy also attempted to insert fart jokes into her prior two movies, though the outlet reported the jokes were removed both times “about two-thirds through the edit.”
“We had like a fart opera in the middle [ofBarbie]. I thought it was really funny,” Gerwig recalled. “And that was not the consensus.”
“It was in the wrong place, too,” Houy said of the moment Gerwig wanted to place the flatulance-centric joke in the new movie. “We need to work it into a more significant narrative moment next time.”
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Elsewhere in the podcast appearance, Houy noted thatBarbie’s unique comedic style required a different approach than their previous two collaborations, which helped make Gerwig a sought-after Hollywood director.
“You have to put it in front of people, that’s the thing about comedy,” Houy said of how the pair decided what jokes did and did not work across the film, which takes Barbie and Ken from Barbie Land to Los Angeles and back. “[Barbie] was so much more a comedy thanLady BirdandLittle Women.So we were just, like, ‘Let’s put it in front of people and see how they react.' "
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“Everyone’s different and every screening’s different and we’ve definitely learned, over the years, that you really have to let things have their fair chance and then act accordingly,” he added.
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Though Gerwig’s work onBarbieand its press tour have only just ended, she will soon focus her writing and directing efforts ontwo newChronicles of Narniamoviesfor Netflix.
“I haven’t even really started wrapping my arms around it. But I’m properly scared of it, which feels like a good place to start,” she said during an appearance on theInside Total Filmpodcastrecently. “I think when I’m scared, it’s always a good sign. Maybe when I stop being scared, it’ll be like, ‘Okay. Maybe I shouldn’t do that one.’ No, I’m terrified of it. It’s extraordinary. And so we’ll see.”
Barbieis in theaters now.
source: people.com
