Margot Robbie compared ‘Barbie’ to ‘Jurassic Park’ to get funding

Los Angeles, July 23 :  Actress-producer Margot Robbie pitched Barbie as a billion-dollar movie as she tried to convince studios to make the picture by comparing it to Jurassic Park.

"I think my pitch in the green-light meeting was the studios have prospered so much when theyre brave enough to pair a big idea with a visionary director," Robbie, who stars as the famous doll in Greta Gerwigs much-hyped new film, reports aceshowbiz.com.

"And then I gave a series of examples like, dinosaurs and (Steven) Spielberg, that and that, that and that - pretty much naming anything thats been incredible and made a ton of money for the studios over the years."

"And I was like, And now youve got Barbie and Greta Gerwig.

And I think I told them that itd make a billion dollars, which maybe I was overselling, but we had a movie to make, okay?!"

Margot also revealed that she did not request to star in the flick and would have accepted another performer being cast as Barbie.

The Babylon star recalled: "I didnt want whoever our director was going to be - Greta being the first choice, but if she had said no - I didnt want our director to feel pressured to put me in the role."

"So I was just really upfront about like, I wont be offended in the slightest.We could go to anyone.

Whatever story you want to tell and whoever you want that to be, I support that."

"Ive got skin in the game as a producer, I dont have skin in the game as an actor, so be free with that choice.

And she was like, Shut up, I want to write this for you. And I was like, You might feel pressured to say that, but. and we did that dance for a while."

Robbie continued: "And then eventually I just accepted that she did want me to play the role, and then she wrote it.She wrote me in and she wrote Ryan (Gosling) in, and it was our names printed in the script from the get-go, Barbie - Margot, Ken - Ryan Gosling. "

The film released in India on July 21.

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