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Anne Hathaway has revealed why it's a 'lucky thing' her Barbie film never got made - after the incredible success of the Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-led blockbuster.
Back in 2017, Hathaway, 41, was lined up to play Barbie in a film for Sony Pictures with Alethea Jones up for director - but the project fell through, with Greta Gerwig taking on the director mantle.
Amy Schumer was the original choice to play Barbie but left the project, citing that her schedule was jammed, leaving her unable to continue on in the role.
Speaking on the December 11 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Hathaway said: 'I think the thing you have to imagine is, and the thing that's so exciting about Margot and Greta.
'They hit a bullseye, and the bullseye caused the entire world to reach this level of ecstasy.
Anne Hathaway has revealed why it's a 'lucky thing' her Barbie film never got made - after the incredible success of the Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-led blockbuster
The film has set records since its July 21 release in theaters, earning more than $1.4 billion dollars, and becoming the most successful film of 2023 and has become the highest earning movie in Warner Bros history
'Now imagine that version, that much energy, that much anticipation, that much emotion, but it's not the right version.
'So, I actually think of it as a lucky thing, and as I mentioned, I think that Margot is just sublime, period. What she is doing as a creative person and a producer is so exciting and inspiring.
'And the mythic giants they toppled with [Barbie] that have kept certain narratives in place that have not
