America Ferrera chats with “Extra’s” Melvin Robert about “Barbie.” She opens up about what drew her to the Greta Gerwig project and its deeper messages. Plus, she recalls a “Barbie” cast sleepover where she missed the memo about sexy attire and showed up in “grandma” PJs! “Barbie” is in theaters July 21. (This interview was recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike.)

Margot Robbie and America Ferrera join CNN’s Sara Sidner to discuss the creation of the movie “Barbie.”

“I wanna play this game all day”. Can Issa Rae, Simu Liu, & America Ferrera guess which classic toys are in the box? Barbie is in cinemas 21st July

America Ferrera, Issa Rae, and Kate McKinnon are part of the long-awaited, iconic Barbie movie and their acting talent is unmatched. We challenged them to a game of That’s So Emo to see how many emojis they could act out in ONE minute – and it was hilarious! You can catch the trio in theaters starring in ‘Barbie’ starting July 21st!

Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Issa Rae & Simu Liu meet MTV Movies Hanna Flint, Megan Crabbe and Tyler West to talk dance-off rivalries, stolen props and spoilers.

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Award-winning actress America Ferrera wears many hats. She’s well known and loved for long-running roles in series like Ugly Betty and Superstore, but even beyond that, Ferrera is a business person, which may account for her instincts when trusting co-writer and director Greta Gerwig and star and producer Margot Robbie when they sent her their script for Barbie.

While part of the movie takes place in Barbie Land, a world of pink, plastic fun, Barbie (Robbie) and Ryan Gosling’s Ken also journey to the real world, where they’re confronted with the harsher realities of humans. One of those humans is Ferrera’s Gloria, a mother and hard worker. Though she’s lower on the food chain, Gloria has dreams of playing a much larger part in her workplace, aspirations Ferrera herself worked hard to make realities. In an interview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, Ferrera discusses the accomplishments made on the set of Barbie while working with fellow producers, creators and actors like Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon and Simu Liu.

During their conversation, Ferrera also talks about why Gerwig’s vision for Barbie changed her perspective on the brand and what nostalgic treasure from her childhood still has a lasting impact today. Find out more about that and what Barbie means to Ferrera now in this interview!