Amy Schumer is talking Barbie.
If you didn’t know, the 42-year-old comedian and actress was originally cast as the titular role in the live-action when Sony was developing the project, but in 2017, it was revealed she had dropped out of the project.
At the time, Amy cited “scheduling conflicts” as to why she dropped out, but later said, “They definitely didn’t want to do it the way I wanted to do it.”
Warner Bros. later picked up the rights to the movie and Margot Robbie was cast as Barbie. The movie directed by Greta Gerwig will be released in theaters on July 21.
While appearing on Watch What Happens Live on Thursday night (June 8), Amy further explained why she dropped out of the movie.
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“I can’t wait to see the movie, I think it looks awesome,” Amy started.
“I think we said it was scheduling conflicts, that’s what we said. But yeah, it really was just creative differences,” Amy went on to explain. “But you know what, there’s a new team behind it, and it looks like it’s very feminist and cool so I will be seeing the movie.”
Host Andy Cohen then questioned if the original version of the movie didn’t feel feminist and cool,” Amy shrugged and said, “Yeah.”
In a new interview, Margot, 32, revealed that another big name star turned down the role of Barbie.
