Sex Education star Emma Mackey ‘lands role in live-action Barbie film’
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Sex Education star Emma Mackey has reportedly nabbed a leading role alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the upcoming live-action Barbie movie.
The 26-year-old French-British actress, who shot to fame after landing her breakthrough role as Maeve Wiley on the Netflix comedy-drama, is said to have landed a top-secret role in the flick based on the Mattel doll starring Margot, 31, as the titular character and Ryan, 41, as Ken.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: ‘Emma is one of the brightest stars to come out of Sex Education. The series was a breakthrough into the industry for her, and as Maeve she made waves.
‘Emma’s name has become hot property and everyone wants a piece of her.’
Clocking that she also starred as Jacqueline de Bellefort in Sir Kenneth Branagh’s new film version of Death on the Nile, and is set to play Emily Bronte in the biopic about the writer’s life out this year, they added: ‘After she auditioned for Barbie she was snapped up. The directors think she will fit in perfectly with Margot and Ryan.
‘Emma’s role is being closely guarded but it’s a big part and will really cement her evolution from small-screen actress to big-screen star.’
The insider shared that it was ‘a really exciting time’ for the actress and that she ‘cannot wait to get started on the production’.
Shooting is due to commence in the UK in the next few weeks at Warner Bros.’ Leavesden Studios, with the bumper cast also including America Ferrera, Saturday Night Live comedian Kate McKinnon and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu.
Oscar-winner Greta Gerwig is lined up to helm the Barbie girl very much (we assume) in a Barbie world film, after co-writing the screenplay with her partner Noah Baumbach.
Margot will produce via her LuckyChap production company alongside her husband Tom Ackerley.
The lead star previously teased to The Hollywood Reporter that the movie will not be what people expect, giving something ‘totally different – the thing you didn’t know you wanted.’
Speaking to Vogue in August, Margot described Barbie, who made her debut appearance at the American International Toy Fair in New York in 1959, as coming ‘with a lot of baggage’, ‘a lot of nostalgic connections’ and also ‘a lot of exciting ways to attack it’.
She continued: ‘People generally hear Barbie and think, “I know what that movie is going to be”, and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and directing it, and they’re like, “Oh, well, maybe I don’t…”’
Metro.co.uk has contacted Warner Bros., LuckyChap Entertainment and Emma Mackey’s reps for confirmation.
The Barbie live-action film is expected to be released in 2023.
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