Derry Girls and Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan has revealed that she has been cast to play Diplomat Barbie in the upcoming live-action film about the world-famous doll.
The Galway actress's casting is the latest in a new round of news about the movie.
Dua Lipa is set to star as a mermaid Barbie while Helen Mirren will voice the narrator in film, which is directed by Oscar-nominated actress and director Greta Gerwig.
Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa take on the role of guitar-playing Ken. Other casting includes Ana Cruz Kayne as a Supreme Court Justice Barbie, The Crown’s Emerald Fennell as Midge, Barbie’s best friend, and Scott Evans as a cowboy hat-wearing Ken.
Michael Cera will appear as Ken’s friend Allan, Issa Rae will play a president Barbie and Sex Education star Emma Mackey will portray a Barbie with a Nobel Prize in physics.
Human characters will be played Ugly Betty actress America Ferrera, Elf actor Will Ferrell, Stath Lets Flats star Jamie Demetriou and Sex Education’s Connor Swindells.
The stars, who announced their roles mainly on Instagram, will join Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling who have the starring roles of Barbie and Ken Doll.
Gerwig co-wrote the script with her husband, the filmmaker director Noah Baumbach, who directed 2005's The Squid And The Whale and 2019’s Marriage Story.
The film is set for release on 21 July and a trailer released in December opened with a comical parody of classic science-fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Filmmaker Gerwig, 39, was nominated for the best director and best original screenplay at the Academy Awards for 2017 coming-of-age drama Lady Bird and scored a nod for best adapted screenplay with 2019’s Little Women.
The film is a joint project between Warner Bros and Barbie manufacturer Mattel.
The brand, which was launched in 1959, has previously seen animated adaptations including Barbie In The Nutcracker, Barbie As Rapunzel and Barbie Of Swan Lake.
Source: Press Association
