'You’ve delivered joy to countless generations': Meryl Streep says 'Barbie' saved 'all of our jobs'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Meryl Streep took a moment during the Palm Springs Film Awards to appreciate Margot Robbie-starrer ‘Barbie.’

Stepping onto the stage after Billie Eilish and Finnease accepted their awards, the three-time Oscars winner said, “I just want to say to Billie and Finneas that you have delivered the ‘Barbie’ love bomb.”

She added, “You’ve saved the movies last summer and all of our jobs. You’ve delivered joy to countless generations and genders of people, and you should surf that wave, kids, until you’re old and deserve to be jaded like me.”

The blockbuster comedy was the highest-grossing movie of 2023 with $1.4 billion in ticket sales. Moreover, it is also currently the highest-grossing Warner Bros film in history.

Steven Spielberg earlier lauded ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for saving 'Hollywood's a***'

Interestingly, Steven Spielberg has lauded another giant hit for saving Hollywood, but it wasn’t ‘Barbie.’

“You saved Hollywood’s a** and you might have saved theatrical distribution,” the Oscar-winning director told Cruise last year. “Seriously, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ might have saved the entire theatrical industry," he added.

Margot Robbie spoke about a possible sequel for 'Barbie'

Margot was asked if she’d be interested in doing a sequel by Variety. “It’s funny, that knee-jerk reaction in this day and age for everyone to immediately ask about a sequel," she said.

“I don’t think it was like that 20 years ago. This wasn’t designed to be a trilogy … I don’t know what more could even look like. We want to make more films that have the effect that ‘Barbie’ has. I don’t know if it has to be ‘Barbie 2.’ Why can’t it be another big, original, bold idea where we get an amazing filmmaker, a big budget to play with, and the trust of a huge conglomerate behind them to go and really play? I want to do that," she further added.

‘Barbie’ is nominated for nine Golden Globe awards and nominated for record-breaking 18 Critic’s Choice Awards nominations.

The score for the movie got 12 Grammy nominations with 'What Was I Made For?' up for both the ‘Record of the Year’ and ‘Song of the Year’ categories.

It is also shortlisted for the Oscar for 'Best Original Song' alongside two other ‘Barbie’ tracks - Dua Lipa’s ‘Dance the Night’ and Ryan Gosling’s ‘I’m Just Ken.’