Starting her Hollywood career with independent movies, Greta Gerwig has now become an acclaimed name in Hollywood. Known for films like Lady Bird, Little Women, and the most recent Margot Robbie starrer, Barbie, she has earned a place among some of the best filmmakers in the film industry. However, the path to success certainly was not easy for her. Gerwig has had her fair share of questions and criticism. However, some of these questions were also not always the best.
During her appearance on The Hollywood Reporter Director’s Roundtable, the filmmaker recounted an amusing query she got while working on her 2017 Oscar-nominated film, Lady Bird.
Greta Gerwig Talks About Working on Lady Bird
Starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, Greta Gerwig’s 2017 coming-of-age comedy-drama, Lady Bird, follows the strained relationship between a mother and her high school senior daughter, Christine McPherson. The movie was praised by critics and was a box office hit, grossing over $78 million on a budget of $10 million.
During her appearance at the 2018 Director’s Roundtable, the filmmaker was asked if she had a hard time getting a female-oriented film off the ground in a “male dominating” industry. Talking about the movie, Gerwig said that she felt like “picking up tiny little pebbles,” as it was not something grand.
However, she was amused by how different people reacted to the story. The Barbie director said that people who had sisters or daughters were able to relate to the story. However, it was not the same when it came to the ones who did not have the same environment, as they were skeptical if women even fought like this.
“Do women fight like this,” Gerwig recalled. The director shared that she was aware of the issues she would have to face to bring the story to life. However, she was determined and was glad that she was not asked to make any changes to the script. The movie went on to receive five nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, which also made Gerwig the fifth female filmmaker to be nominated for Best Director.
Greta Gerwig Wanted Lady Bird Stars to Cameo in Barbie
Saoirse Ronan portrayed the title character alongside Timothee Chalamet in Greta Gerwig’s 2017 film Lady Bird, which is also described as “semi-autobiographical” for the movie’s director, despite her denial. And it’s not the only film that the duo has worked together on.
Following the success of the 2017 film, Gerwig and Ronan reunited for the seventh film adaptation of the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women. Her Lady Bird co-star Timothee Chalamet also joined its cast. The filmmaker also planned a cameo for them in her recent blockbuster, Barbie.
“It was going to be a specialty cameo. I was also going to do a specialty cameo with Timmy, and both of them couldn’t do it,” she said in an interview with Cinemablend. She also said that it felt like doing something “without my children.” However, it did not work out as both Ronan and Chalamet were not available at the time.
Lady Bird is available on Paramount+ and Showtime.
