Barbie co-writers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have revealed that the original script featured references to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and even a cameo from the director himself.
Speaking at a recent Writers Guild of America West event moderated by Judd Apatow (H/T Variety), they shared that during the process of cutting down the Barbie script, a nod to Blade Runner 1982 ended up on the chopping block. It was later replaced by the infamous Zack Snyder’s Justice League joke in the movie’s 'mansplaining' sequence.
