The Polly Pocket movie is not happening anymore
Lena Dunham will no longer direct the "Polly Pocket" movie she was developing for three years.
“I think Greta [Gerwig] managed this incredible feat [with ‘Barbie’], which was to make this thing that was literally candy to so many different kinds of people and was perfectly and… pic.twitter.com/v3OZUBO3gk
- Variety (@Variety) July 9, 2024
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In an interview with The New Yorker Lena Dunham explained (in many words) that her Polly Pocket mvoie with Lily Collins is not happening anymore since she realized she can't measure up to Barbie
In the same interview she also talked about her decision to only have a supporting role in her upcoming Netflix show because she is not willing to do the whole discourse about her body again
“I was not willing to have another experience like what I’d experienced around ‘Girls’ at this point in my life. Physically, I was just not up for having my body dissected again.
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