The Old Lady On The Bus Bench In "Barbie" Is Not A Cameo By Barbara Handler, Who Inspired The Doll
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If you've gotten a chance to watch Barbie, then you know the movie is crammed with Easter eggs and little nods from throughout the iconic doll's 64-year history.
Now, just a reminder:
One of those nods is about Ruth Handler, who in the film is played by Rhea Perlman. Ruth was not only the cofounder of Mattel, but she also invented Barbie and named it after her daughter, Barbara Handler. And if you remember, Barbie even uses Barbara Handler as her real-world name at the end of the film.
Naming Barbie after Barbara was fitting, since Ruth was inspired to create the doll after seeing her daughter playing with paper dolls.
And while Ruth died 21 years ago, Barbara is still alive and is 82 years old today.
Naturally, her connection to the doll and its legacy made people think she had a cameo in Barbie in the scene where Barbie is talking to an older woman at the bus stop:
The real Barbara Handler, who inspired the #Barbie doll, has an incredibly sentimental cameo moment in #BarbieMovie! https://t.co/5QOQlsjaBI
— JustJared.com (@JustJared) July 21, 2023
Here's a headline about it from the Daily Mail UK:
Here's a tweet that went viral about it too:
that scene in the barbie movie where barbie tells that old woman that she’s so beautiful and she says “i know it” and now finding out that’s THE barbara handler aka the daughter of the inspiration of barbie pic.twitter.com/xvgHJb52GN
— nance (@dyersfilms) July 21, 2023