There’s been no shortage of topics to discuss surrounding Barbie, ranging from its all-star cast led by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, to how it’s delightfully created the term ‘Ken-ergy.’ Additionally, just like with The Wolf of Wall Street, The Suicide Squad and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Barbie has refocused the public’s attention on Margot Robbie’s feet, as one of the movie’s plot points is how the actress’ eponymous character discovers her feet are going from arched to flat. It turns out there was discussion about CGI’ing Robbie’s feet, and Barbie director Greta Gerwig has shared how she reacted to that suggestion.
Gerwig and Robbie stopped by the Australian program The Project to chat about Barbie, during which time the latter reaffirmed that yes, those are her arched feet we see at the beginning of the latest Barbie trailer, though she had to hold onto a bar over eight takes in order to keep her balance while in that arched position. That led to Gerwig explaining how the CGI talks came up and were quickly dismissed:
