While much is known about Margot and Ryan’s Barbie and Ken, less is known about the other dolls in Barbie’s Dream Land, particularly the dolls played by LGBTQ+ actors. Fortunately, three openly LGBTQ+ actors playing Barbies and Kens — Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, and Scott Evans — recently appeared on the cover of Out Magazine where they opened up about bringing LGBTQ+ representation to iconic characters.
As the film’s director Greta Gerwig told Out: “There’s no way we could have told this story without bringing in the LGBTQ+ community, and it was important for us to represent the diversity that Mattel has created with all of the different Barbies and Kens that exist today.”
