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Lucy Boynton says Proust Barbie was cut from 'Barbie' because test audiences didn’t get literature reference

'Bohemian Rhapsody' star Lucy Boynton says her Proust Barbie was cut from Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' because test audiences didn't understand references to French novelist Marcel Proust: 'We are kind of losing touch with that history'

In an interview with SiriusXM’s The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw, the Bohemian Rhapsody and Sing Street actress discussed her cameo as Proust Barbie. Boynton went on to explain how her character, who only appears in a brief gag about a failed line of dolls based on French novelist Marcel Proust, had material cut from Barbie because test audiences didn’t react well to the joke. They don't know who Proust is.’” She also said that her nixed material was a series of “little moments”: “It's not a whole Olivia Colman cameo,” she explained, referring to the Favourite star’s deleted scene.

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