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Lena Dunham reveals she will no longer be making the Polly Pocket movie starring Lily Collins... and it has to do with Margot Robbie's Barbie film


Lena Dunham has dropped out of the Polly Pocket movie project. The multi-hyphenate revealed the news during an interview with The New Yorker.

Emily in Paris star Lily Collins, 35, had been signed to portray the title character, based on the popular 1980s toy, when the project was announced in 2021. Dunham explained it was fellow writer and director Greta Gerwig's success with the blockbuster Barbie that fueled her decision to step away. Dunham cited fellow writer and director Greta Gerwig 's success with the blockbuster Barbie that fueled her decision to step away from Polly Pocket (Pictured in Cannes in May)

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