Will Ferrell’s Mattel CEO Is Actually [SPOILER?]

The theory received mostly positive responses, and other Redditors latched onto the idea with surprising vigor. u/generalzee commented that one of the Mattel CEO’s lines («I didn’t get into this job for money! I am interested in little girls’ dreams in the least creepy way possible!») makes a lot more sense when contextualized with the motivations of a previously ignored doll. 

u/Kovarian also added, «[The Mattel CEO] calls the one guy ‘executive number 2.’ Almost as if his formative years didn’t involve specific names, but rather general categories of people.» u/aureliamix even proposed that the Mattel CEO might’ve been the Allan that married Midge (Emerald Fennell) and that a previous relationship between the pair would explain his abrupt terror upon meeting her again.

Conversely, u/GunnyMoJo stated, «I’m not sure I agree. I feel like Allan is supposed to represent men who don’t align with or are otherwise hurt and oppressed by the patriarchy. I don’t think Will Ferrell’s character really fits into that.» u/greenshirtman, the only other Redditor to publicly deny the theory’s merits, started off strong by claiming that the Mattel CEO is unequivocally human … but they petered off into a joke about Ferrell’s time as the star of «Elf.» So, there’s that. Maybe we’ll find out in the possible «Barbie» sequel, which even Greta Gerwig herself won’t rule out.