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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Brown

Barbie director Greta Gerwig says she wasn’t allowed Barbie dolls as a child

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Greta Gerwig at the European premiere of Barbie in London in July.
Greta Gerwig at the European premiere of Barbie in London in July. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Barbie is on course to be the biggest movie of 2023 and could dominate the awards season, but its director, Greta Gerwig, has admitted her childhood memories of the doll were not as perfectly pink and positive as might be imagined.

Her mother initially stopped Gerwig from having a Barbie doll, concerned that it reinforced female stereotypes.

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