Noah Baumbach might have written Barbie with the movie’s director (and his life companion) Greta Gerwig, however he apparently wasn’t in attendance Sunday on the premiere in Los Angeles.
Whereas Greta posed alongside stars of the movie, Noah was notably absent.
Seems, he had motive to overlook the key occasion. Noah is a director and author behind such movies as White Noise, Marriage Story, and The Meyerowitz Tales. He is even been nominated twice for Greatest Authentic Screenplay on the Oscars: in 2006 for The Squid and the Whale and in 2020 for Marriage Story.
In keeping with Deadline, Greta acknowledged his absence on the premiere forward of the movie’s screening.
“My cowriter and co-creator, my companion in love and artwork, Noah Baumbach shouldn’t be right here. He’s passionately supporting the battle of the Writers Guild of America,” Greta mentioned, per Deadline. “From the primary line to the final lower, this film is his as a lot as anybody’s. He’s a Barbie woman. Nothing in Barbie occurred with out him, and nothing in Hollywood occurs with out writers.”
Noah shouldn’t be the primary celeb to skip a public occasion in assist of the WGA strike. In Might, Drew Barrymore dropped out of internet hosting the MTV Film & TV Awards to face in solidarity.
Different stars have taken alternate approaches to standing with the strike, equivalent to picketing like Rob Lowe.
Ariana DeBose acknowledged the strike whereas internet hosting the Tony Awards final month, which aired and not using a script, since WGA writers usually script the present. “For each single individual that had a hand find that compromise, I say a full-throated thanks!” she mentioned of the WGA and Tonys permitting the awards present to proceed amid the strike.
Dermot Mulroney even not too long ago walked off his interview on The View in assist of the strike.
