• Actresses originally considered for the title role of Barbie in earlier
drafts include Amy Schumer and Anne Hathaway. After Margot Robbie was cast,
she managed to get Gerwig on board to direct and screenwrite.
• Sasha and her friends, who criticise what Barbie represents, resemble
the Bratz, fashion doll character by Mattel’s rival MGA.
• There was so much pink paint required for creating Barbieland that it
led to a worldwide shortage of pink paint!
• Scrapped characters include a brother of Ginger named Nobby and the
flock’s best egg producer Paxo.
• Director Nick Park had two pet chickens as a kid, which inspired him
to create Ginger and Rocky.
• Animation is a long, difficult process, and the stop-motion in this
film was no different. Only a few seconds of movie were animated
per day, and only 3-4 chickens could be modelled in a week.
• Creator John Sullivan instead wanted to create a sitcom about football,
but it was rejected in favour of this one.
with a muscular build. This was later referenced in the episode “The
Ember Island Players”.
• Grandad is based on actor Albert Steptoe, but Sullivan did not want to
actually cast him; only someone who matched his charisma, and chose
Lennard Pearce.
• The series has sixteen sporadic Christmas specials!
The answer is...
TRUE! In fact, the series’ success led to it being
adapted by multiple countries, such as Poland, India, France, Sweden
and Saudi Arabia.
