“There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no ‘Barbie’ movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally celebrated film,” Ryan Gosling said.
Her first three films as a solo director — “Lady Bird,”“Little Women” and “Barbie” — have all been nominated for best picture.
One likely factor: the increasingly international composition of the film academy.
After Ben Affleck went unnominated for directing 2012's “Argo,” voters rallied around his movie, ultimately handing Affleck the Oscar for best picture.
Whether the same effect could follow “Barbie" will be one of the biggest questions leading up the Academy Awards.
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Locations:
Europe