FRANCE -- Sometimes stars aren't just like us.
In the case of âBarbieâ star Michael Cera, heâs a touch old fashioned when it comes to technology.
Cera that he wasnât in the group chat with his fellow stars in the âBarbieâ movie, including Margot Robbie, America Ferrera, Ryan Gosling and Issa Rae for one simple reason.
âI donât have an iPhone myself,â he said. âI have a flip phone.â
Thatâs right, Cera couldnât even take a photo of Barbieâs dream house with his throwback phone.
The actor portrays Kenâs friend Allan in the film and said not being in the group chat made sense for his role.
âI still think I wouldnât belong on [the group chat] anyway, because [my character] Allan is sort of in his own little world,â Cera explained. âGreta [Gerwig, the director]âs gift for me when I arrived was a picture disc of NSYNCâs âNo Strings Attached,â which felt like somehow a real guiding light in the backstory of this character.â
Itâs not the first time Cera has revealed heâs not technologically advanced when it comes to his phone.
He told that not having a smartphone âis a conscious choice, because I feel a bit of fear about it honestly like Iâd really lose control of my waking life.â
âRight when people started having smartphones, when it was Blackberries, I had lunch with a friend of mine who was my best friend at the time, and heâd just gotten a Blackberry, and for the whole meal he was typing emails, and I was sat there lonely and bored,â Cera said. âSo I had an early aversion to them.â
âBarbieâ hits theaters on July 21.