Here is why Michael Cera isn't part of 'Barbie' stars' WhatsApp group | News Room Odisha

Los Angeles:  Hollywood star Michael Cera said that he wasn’t part of his fellow ‘Barbie’ stars’ WhatsApp group chat. The ‘Superbad’ actor plays doll Allan in Greta Gerwig’s new film about the Mattell creations alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, but he told PEOPLE that he wasn’t able to join in their off-set chat because he has a retro flip phone, reports aceshowbiz.com. “I don’t have an iPhone myself. I have a flip phone,” the 35-year-old confessed to PEOPLE. If he did have a smartphone, he might not be in the chat anyway, because his character Allan “is sort of in his own little world.” Allan is a real doll in the Barbie line-up and was first introduced by Mattel in 1964. In the ‘Barbie’ novels, the doll started out as “Ken’s Buddy” and was romantically linked to Barbie’s best pal Margaret “Midge” Hadley. Michael added about the ‘Barbie’ film’s 39-year-old director: “Greta’s gift for me when I arrived (on set) was a picture disc of NSYNC’s ‘No Strings Attached’.” And according to the actor, it “felt like somehow a real guiding light in the backstory of this character.” Margot previously gave a hint of the kind of deep chat
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