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Sharon Stone Reveals She Pitched a Barbie Movie in 1990s That Studio 'Laughed' Off: 'How Far We've Come'

Sharon Stone revealed that she 'was laughed out [of] the studio' when she pitched a 'Barbie' movie in the 1990s even with the 'support of the head of Barbie' at the time.

"And that unabashedly telling female stories does not diminish your powers, it expands them," she added, in a clever nod to a line delivered in the film by Lawyer Barbie (Sharon Rooney). Both actresses have nothing but love for the movie that ended up being made, which was co-written by Gerwig, 40, and husband Noah Baumbach, and stars Margot Robbie as Barbie with Ryan Gosling as her Ken. As for Schumer, 42, the actress and comedian said on Instagram that she "really enjoyed" both Barbie and its box-office rival Oppenheimer, joking in addition of the latter film, "But I think I should have played Emily Blunt's role.

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