Olivia Colman Says Having Her Scene Cut From 'Barbie' Was 'Perfect For Me'
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The "Crown" star hilariously explained why her deleted moment with Helen Mirren in "Barbie" proved to be a win-win.
Olivia Colman looked on the bright side of being cut out of the smash hit “Barbie.”
Colman performed a scene in which she tried to steal the role of narrator from Helen Mirren as they argued over who is Britain’s grande dame of acting, Mirren recalled last month.
Although the exchange was “very funny,” Mirren said, it didn’t make the final cut.
Colman told IndieWire on Wednesday she knew something was up when she was patched into a call with director Greta Gerwig and producer David Heyman.
“I thought, ‘Oh, I know what this must be [for],’” Colman said. “It made perfect sense, because [the scene] didn’t add to the story, it was just fun. Maybe they were running over, I don’t know. But it was kind of perfect for me, because I got paid for the job, and then no one could say I was shit in it.”