Sharon Stone wanted to make a film about the Barbie doll back in the 1990s. Stone: The idea failed because studio bosses didn't want a "powerful Barbie" Stone: "If they were still alive, they would definitely be angry.” The Queen of Mattell Stone explains what the opening scene was supposed to look like: Barbie drives up to the Mattel headquarters in her Barbie car and is picked up by bodyguards whose shoes are as big as the car.