Greta Gerwig: My Soundtrack Stories

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My Soundtrack Stories: Greta Gerwig

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Greta Gerwig takes Radio 2's movie critic James King through the music of her films.

The director and co-writer of Barbie takes Radio 2’s resident movie critic James King through the music used in that film as well as Little Women, Lady Bird and more.

To mark the release of her latest film Barbie, Greta Gerwig takes Radio 2’s resident movie critic James King through the music of her films.

A multi-talented actor, writer and director, Greta Gerwig is releasing one of the most eagerly anticipated comedies of 2023 - Barbie. Starring Margot Robbie in the title role and with Ryan Gosling as Ken, the movie has been making headlines ever since it was announced. Key to the film is the music, for which Gerwig has enlisted some of the biggest pop stars making music in the world right now, such as Dua Lipa, Nicki Minaj, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Charli XCX, Sam Smith, Haim, Tame Impala and Ava Max - to name just a few. Overseen by multi award-winning producer Mark Ronson, the singles have racked up millions of streams and views even before the film has hit cinemas.

Greta initially rose to fame acting in various indie films in the 2000s, before beginning to find mainstream success with films like Frances Ha. She always considered herself primarily a writer and filmmaker, having made her directorial debut in 2008 with Nights and Weekends. It took almost ten years for her to follow this up, but it was worth the wait. 

For Lady Bird, released in 2017 and starring Saoirse Ronan, Gerwig was nominated in the Best Director and Best Original Screenplay categories at the Oscars. She was in the screenplay category again a few years later with her follow-up, an adaptation of the classic novel Little Women. After Barbie, she's due to make a live-action adaptation of Snow White.

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