Michael Cerawas one of the standouts onBarbiegiving life to the only Allan in theGreta Gerwig-directed film.
TheArrested Developmentalum is opening up about how he came to star opposite Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
It was a kind of very last-minute casting, Cera toldGQin an interview before the actors strike.
Michael Cera (L) and Cera as Allan in ‘Barbie’ (R)Emma McIntyre / Getty Images / Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
What do you mean?
I was like, How can I not do it?
I need to do it!
And she was like, Lets get on a Zoom right now.
Heres a Zoom link, Ill be on there for the next hour,' Cera recalled.
And then we talked about it, and it just all happened really fast from there.
The Allan doll was introduced in 1964 by Mattel as a friend to the Ken doll.
He was marketed as Kens friend who could also fit into all of Kens clothes.
Allan would later reemerge in the early 1990s as Alan and as the groom for Barbies friend Midge.
Watch Ceras complete interview in the video posted below.
