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America Ferrera listens to the Barbie monologue for the first time

The actor America Ferrera joined Anita Rani on Woman’s Hour on Friday.

The award-winning actor, director, producer and activist shot to stardom with her roles in Ugly Betty and The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, but you’ll most recently have seen her playing Gloria in the blockbuster Barbie film.

Her character delivers a powerful monologue on the double standards of being a woman.

Anita played a clip of the monologue during America’s interview and the actor revealed that she’d never just listened to it, only watched it. Her reaction was priceless.

You can listen to the full interview on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sounds - it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 8 December.

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48 seconds