Original BARBARELLA Star Jane Fonda is "Worried" About Sydney Sweeney's Remake
One of Sydney Sweeney’s many upcoming film projects is a new film adaptation of Barbarella, which is based on Jean-Claude Forest’s French comic book series and the classic 1968 movie with Jane Fonda. It seems like there’s a lot of excitement surrounding this project, but the star of the original movie explains that she’s worried about it.
The story is set in the 41st century, and the president of Earth sends space adventurer Barbarella on a mission to retrieve a scientist. She crash lands on a planet and explores its strange customs after a man rescues her from captivity. She has to stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.
During a recent interview with THR, Fonda was asked about the new Barbarella movie, and she said: "I try not to [think about it,]. Because I worry about what it's going to be. I had an idea of how to do it that [original producer] Dino De Laurentiis, when he was still alive, wouldn't listen to. But it could have been a truly feminist movie."
There are no details on what Sweeny’s plans for the film are, but she is excited about it. She previously said: “There’s so many things. I mean, Jane Fonda, she created such an incredible, iconic character. And I want to, hopefully, just fill those shoes and give more to a whole new generation – her outfits, sci-fi, the fun of the story. So I’m looking forward to it.”
Who knows, maybe she’ll also make a movie more like what Fonda wanted, something that is “truly feminist.” We’ll just have to wait and see.