Why did Amy Schumer quit Barbie?

Amy Schumer quit Barbie due to creative differences. The actress agreed that she was "not feeling it" hence she dropped it.

Greta Gerwig's upcoming film Barbie is currently the talk of the town. The film is set to clash with Christopher Nolan's upcoming project Oppenheimer and fans around the world are eager to see what both directors have in store for them. The attractive point of the movie is the huge ensemble cast which has grabbed the attention of the audience.

Talking about the cast, many would be shocked to know that during Barbie's development, multiple writers and directors were changed before settling with Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. Not just the writers and directors, Hollywood top actresses Anne Hathaway and Amy Schumer were approached for the titular role.

However, things didn't work out and later the rights of the film were transferred to Warner Bros. Picture from Sony. Once done, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were chosen to play Barbie and Ken, and Grewig was announced as the director of the film.

Why did Amy Schumer decide to leave Barbie?

While the rights to the film were with Sony, American stand-up comedian, and actress Amy Schumer was approached to play the titular role. However, the actress later on dropped the project citing schedule conflicts as the reason.

During her appearance on Watch Watch Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Amy Schumer opened up on why she decided to leave Barbie and it was not the first reason which was fed to us. When the Trainwreck actress was asked about the real reason she left Barbie she accepted that it was due to creative differences. Schumer said, "I think we said it was scheduling conflicts. That's what we said. But it was just like creative differences. But there's a new team behind it and it looks like it's very feminist and cool, so I will be seeing this movie."

When Andy Cohen asked if she would watch the upcoming film, Amy Schumer said, "I can't wait to see the movie. I think it looks awesome."

List of the cast members of Barbie

As mentioned previously, Barbie has a huge star cast lined up. However, the main cast members of the film are as follows:

• Margot Robbie as Barbie

• Ryan Gosling as Ken

• America Ferrera as Gloria

• Rhea Perlman as Ruth Handler

• Will Ferrell as the CEO of Matte

• Kate McKinnon as Weird Barbie

• Issa Rae as President Barbie

• Hari Nef as Dr. Barbie

• Alexandra Shipp as Writer Barbie

• Emma Mackey as Physicist Barbie

• Sharon Rooney as Lawyer Barbie

• Dua Lipa as the Mermaid Barbies

• Nicola Coughlan as Diplomat Barbie

• Ana Cruz Kayne as Judge Barbie

• Ritu Arya as Journalist Barbie

• Kingsley Ben-Adir as Ken #1

• Simu Liu as Ken #2

• Scott Evans as Ken #3

• Ncuti Gatwa as Ken #4

• John Cena as Kenmaid

What is the film Barbie all about?

Barbie is based on the worldwide famous Barbie fashion folks by Mattel. The live-action film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling will revolve around how Barbie and Ken will go on a journey of self-discovery in the real world after Margot Robbie's Barbie gets expelled from the utopian world for being less perfect than other dolls.

Which film is Barbie going to clash with?

Barbie is set to clash with Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic biographical thriller film Oppenheimer. The film is based on J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist who developed the first nuclear weapons as a part of the Manhattan Project.

Both films are slated to release on the 21st of July 2023.