Margot Robbie is already well-known for playing a classic subversion of the kind of plastic feminity Barbie is known to represent.
Sounds like Barbie, the live-action movie is going to be a lot more ambitious than it might appear at first glance.
When it was announced that Margot Robbie had signed on to produce and star in a live-action movie based on the world-famous Barbie doll, the casting seemed to be a match made in heaven.
This is not the first time a subversive live-action Barbie movie has been announced.