Actors Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple join 'Barbie's Role Model' series

The Manila Times

Actors Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple join 'Barbie's Role Model' series  "Ted Lasso" co-stars and friends Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple have been named the first UK duo for "Barbie Role Models" by US toymaker Mattel, ahead of International Women's Day on Saturday, March 8.  "One of the greatest tools that a girl can have is the support and encouragement of her peers," said Krista Berger, Senior Vice President of Barbie and Global Head of Dolls, Mattel, in a statement.  "As we approach International Women’s Day, Barbie is proud to honor legendary female friendship duos across different backgrounds, professions, and parts of the world. We know firsthand that friendships formed at a young age can help fuel social and professional growth, setting girls up for limitless possibilities," she said.  MATTEL / REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews #Barbie

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00:00Okay, okay, I'm ready. I'm coming a little bit more a little bit more. I'm here. Where is she she's our?

00:05oh

00:10Look at her

00:12Look at her her arms are as my little girly would say epic

00:19If somebody said that to me when I was eight that

00:29Mattel are going to make a Barbie doll of you. I honestly wouldn't have believed it

00:34It's really I'm a little bit proud of myself for that and I don't often say that I can't believe it. I think she's

00:44So beautiful

00:48The color of the blonde too and the actual like corkscrew hair textures

00:56I've just seen my Barbie for the first time

01:00Which is a sentence? I?

01:02Don't think I ever thought I was going to get to say

01:05I

01:07am

01:09Actually emotional, I'm completely overwhelmed that that this is happening and that there is a Barbie

01:16That exists that looks like me and has hair like me

01:39You

01:45The whole Barbie role model lineup is such an extraordinary group of women to be part of that is

01:53incredible and

01:55the fact that it's with Juno celebrating our

01:58Friendship our deep-seated friendship for International Women's Day

02:03It couldn't have been with anybody else

02:05How do I feel?

02:07about

02:08this and and being a Barbie role model for International Women's Day for

02:16female friendships I

02:19it's

02:22Quite a hard question to answer because I sort of feel I

02:29Feel it in my heart. I feel it in my body. I feel it in my I I just think it's

02:37such an honor such an amazing thing to get to be a part of and and I think also because one of the things that

02:45I am the most proud of about

02:47Being a part of Ted Lasso

02:50Was actually being able to portray a female friendship

02:54where women

02:55Weren't pitted against each other. They weren't being competitive. I just think that your female friendships will

03:04Always

03:05Make you happy to be on planet Earth and

03:08They speak your language and they doesn't matter how much time goes by it feels like no time has passed at all when you're around

03:15them and

03:17and I think

03:19Their love is completely unconditional

03:21She and I try to stay in touch as much as we can

03:24We play a lot of phone tag a lot of I'll see miss video call miss video call and she has the same

03:30When we when the camera comes on and we've both managed to find a moment

03:36We spend the first five minutes

03:39Either crying or grinning or laughing that we've actually found a moment where our two little you know

03:45Racing cars have zoomed to the same spot and gone

04:00You

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