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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Lucy Boynton<\/strong><\/a> made a fleeting cameo in Barbie<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, but it turns out that her role was initially supposed to be larger. <\/p>\n The 30-year-old actress popped up in Weird Barbie\u2019s house playing Proust Barbie, a reference to the acclaimed author. <\/p>\n In a new interview, Lucy<\/strong> reflected on her experience filming the hot pink masterpiece and explained why her Proust Barbie was \u201conly softly in the background.\u201d <\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cProust Barbie is only softly in the background of the Barbie film because in the test screenings, it turns out that contemporary audiences don\u2019t know who Proust is, so the joke doesn\u2019t quite land,\u201d Lucy<\/strong> explained while on SiriusXM\u2019s The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw<\/em>, via EW<\/a>. \u201c[It\u2019s] a little bit of a heartbreaker that we are kind of losing touch with that history, but hopefully this will then be a trigger for people to read up on Marcel Proust. It was a shocker.\u201d<\/p>\n Lucy<\/strong> recalled director Greta Gerwig<\/strong><\/a> telling her that the role would be pared back a bit. While she did fade to the background, she added that it wasn\u2019t like whole scenes were cut, describing her role as a few \u201clittle moments.\u201d <\/p>\n Despite the cut back role, Lucy<\/strong> gushed about the opportunity to appear in the movie at all. <\/p>\n \u201cBeing on that set was wild,\u201d she reflected. \u201cBeing in the Weird Barbie house was surreal. That\u2019s kind of why you immediately say yes to that opportunity, obviously to be in the environment with those brilliant brains, but yeah. To be on that set was wild.\u201d<\/p>\n Did you see that an acclaimed musician recently shared a hot take on Barbie<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n \n