Emma Mackey has joined the ever-expanding cast of Greta Gerwig’s upcoming comedy Barbie. The Sex Education star’s casting has sent the internet on a ride with the fans noting how Mackey will be joining Margot Robbie, who will star in the titular role and who also shares a striking resemblance with the former. The movie has so far cast many A-listers in its roster. Recently, news of Will Ferrell joining the cast made waves online. However, that doesn’t even begin to cover the amount of star power the upcoming Gerwig feature exudes. So far, the main cast of Barbie includes names like Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, America Ferrera, and Alexander Shipp.
According to recent reports, Ferrell will be playing the role of the CEO of a company. Apart from Ferrell and Robbie’s parts, there have been no official announcements regarding other roles. Greta Gerwig is going to helm the feature, with her partner and director-writer Noah Baumbach co-writing the screenplay. There’s a huge amount of excitement for the film, especially because of the star cast and the Gerwig-Baumbach duo. However, the aspect that has by far triggered the most amount of online chatter is Emma Mackey joining the cast of Barbie. Below is a taste of just how nuts fans have gone following the news.
How Are Fans Responding to Emma Mackey Joining the Barbie Cast?
As we’ve mentioned already, the online discourse surrounding Emma Mackey and the Barbie cast is not calm. People are really happy and the excitement for Mackey joining the star cast is palpable. Here’s how the Twitter-verse has responded to the casting;
Emma Mackey and Margot Robbie have finally been cast alongside each other in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. 💖 pic.twitter.com/QneSTJ76eO
— Letterboxd (@letterboxd) April 12, 2022
One user posted the side-by-side photos of Mackey and Robbie, writing, “Emma Mackey and Margot Robbie being in barbie (2023) together yeah… still processing the news.”
emma mackey and margot robbie being in barbie (2023) together yeah… still processing the news pic.twitter.com/ez51gGGoRq
— joe (@mcumagik) April 11, 2022
Another user demanded Samara Weaving join the cast as well, so the trilogy of the look-alike actresses is complete. They write, “All #Barbie needs is Samara Weaving to complete the trilogy with Emma Mackey and Margot Robbie.”
All #Barbie needs is Samara Weaving to complete the trilogy with Emma Mackey and Margot Robbie pic.twitter.com/1ZdxDNY3Jw
— Caleb Williams (@KnightGambit) April 11, 2022
Emma and Margot’s facial similarity is funny because Twitter is abuzz with users rising to the occasion and capitalizing on the Spider-Man finger-pointing memes. There are a plethora of memes celebrating the casting of these two actresses. It’s a momentous occasion for many since for quite some time, fans have wanted them to star alongside each other. While the other two actresses who also share facial similarities with Robbie and Mackie — Samara Weaving and Jaime Pressly — are not joining the cast of Barbie, fans will be delighted to hear that Weaving is indeed going to be alongside Margot Robbie in the upcoming Damien Chazelle movie Babylon. While that movie arrives, here are some hilarious memes on Emma Mackey joining the cast of Barbie;
Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey on the set of Barbie pic.twitter.com/msFJP9Typj
— Catt (@ChicCattLady2) April 11, 2022
emma mackey and margot robbie on the set of greta gerwig’s ‘barbie.’ pic.twitter.com/CjUb0u30rc
— ama (@ihcarama) April 11, 2022
Barbie will hit theatres sometime in 2023.
