While a lot is thought about Margot and Ryan’s Barbie and Ken, much less is thought in regards to the different dolls in Barbie’s Dream Land, significantly the dolls performed by LGBTQ+ actors. Fortunately, three brazenly LGBTQ+ actors taking part in Barbies and Kens — Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, and Scott Evans — just lately appeared on the duvet of Out Magazine the place they opened up about bringing LGBTQ+ illustration to iconic characters.
As the movie’s director Greta Gerwig advised Out: “There’s no way we could have told this story without bringing in the LGBTQ+ community, and it was important for us to represent the diversity that Mattel has created with all of the different Barbies and Kens that exist today.”
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