Issa Rae is opening up about being part of Barbie.
The 38-year-old actress plays President Barbie in the new movie, opposite Margot Robbie, America Ferrera and Ryan Gosling, and many more.
In a new interview with Glamour, Issa revealed that when the offer came into star in the movie, she wasn’t in “Barbie shape”. However, she learned that she didn’t need to be.
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Issa told the outlet that she was “post-Insecure, post-Rap Sh!t, and post-the-final-season-of-Insecure-press-tour” when Barbie came to her.
“I was like, ‘Well, I’m going to let myself go. I’m eating everything.’ And then I got the call to do Barbie and was like, ‘Oh, no, I am not Barbie-shape ready,’” she recalled. “But then I realized Greta’s Barbie world consists of all body types. So, while I was still on my fitness journey, I felt less insecure about my Barbie body or lack thereof.”
Issa says that she was impressed by how many different body types were in Barbie land.
“There were so many different types of Barbies, and so many different types of Kens,” Issa shared. “Some able-bodied, ages, genders. Greta did her best to try to include everybody. Barbie Land is perfect. Everyone in Barbie Land is a perfect Barbie. I found that so beautiful.”
“Almost everyone in the world is represented in some way here,” she added. “That’s not an easy piece. I’m sure someone might be like, ‘Where am I?’ But know that there was such an effort made to have Barbie Land be inclusive.”
Barbie is out in theaters now.
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