barbie director greta gerwig has revealed that the movies stacked cast was meant to feature two more big names gerwigs frequent collaborators saoirse ronan and timothe chalametit was always going to have to be like a sort of smaller thing because ronan was actually producing at the time which i am so proud of her for and of course its brilliant but it was going to be a specialty cameo gerwig explained to cinemablend i was also going to do a specialty cameo with timmy and both of them couldnt do it and i was so annoyed but i love them so much but it felt like doing something without my children i mean im not their mom but i sort of feel like their momboth ronan and chalamet have appeared in gerwigs previous two directorial efforts 2017s lady bird and 2019s little women ronan played the title role in lady bird while chalamet played her love interest kyle while the pair played jo march and theodore laurie laurence in little women barbie will be the first of gerwigs movies that the pair have not appeared in theres no shortage of alisters in the movie though with margot robbie and ryan gosling taking on the lead roles of barbie and ken alongside an ensemble cast that includes kate mckinnon issa rae emma mackey ncuti gatwa michael cera and will ferrellbarbie arrives on the big screen on june 21 while we wait check out our picks of the other best upcoming movies on the way in 2023 and beyond