Here’s why Bros star Luke Macfarlane turned down a role in Barbie
Luke Macfarlane has revealed that he turned down a role in Barbie. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor shared that he auditioned for a small role in the upcoming Greta Gerwig-directed comedy – “and got it” – but had to bow out due to obligations with his Apple TV series Platonic.
Platonic is directed by Nick Stoller, who previously collaborated with Macfarlane on Bros – which memorably made history as one of the first major gay rom-coms by a major studio and the first to feature an openly LGBTQ+ principal cast. “I got an email from Nick that was like, “I think you’d be really great in this part.” I was like, “Great.
I have this offer for Barbie, so you gotta let me know,”” said Macfarlane. “We tried to make it work, and I was like, “You know what?
I really, really wanted to work on this show.” Careers are funny things — you never really know. When I read about the character on the page, I was like, “This is somebody I understand.”” Macfarlane continued to describe his decision as “brutal”: “Yeah, the timing couldn’t work out for both.
