As a child, the actor and showrunner would play with Black dolls and imagine herself as an entrepreneur.
The perfect grounding, both for her role in the new Barbie film, and her burgeoning status as a ‘bossy’ businesswomanWhen the good dolls of Barbie Land were looking for a leader there was only one real candidate.
“Basically, Greta said, very sweetly: ‘I would love for you to be my president,’” recalls Issa Rae, Aka Madam President Barbie, of the Barbie movie’s casting process.
“I was like: ‘Awww, that’s so sweet! And also just wrong.
Obviously I would not be a good president.” Still, she felt honoured to be the desired pick of Greta Gerwig, an Academy Award-nominated director.
There was a catch, though: “I hate the colour pink.
I’ve never thought that I looked good in pink … So this press tour has been ….” A pained expression passes…
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