Billie Eilish is Oscar-nominated for her Barbie song, but she couldn’t have done it without Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig!
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Margot Robbie opened up about all things Barbie while participating in The Hollywood Reporter’s Actress Roundtable.
The 33-year-old actress and producer broke down some conversations that took place behind the scenes as the movie was coming together. That included addressing concerns that the movie wouldn’t resonate with men.
She also discussed her approach to bringing Barbie to life, revealing purposeful changes she made to her character as the movie progressed.
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Margot admitted that it was a struggle to convince everyone that the movie deserved a large enough budget to succeed. That entailed addressing concerns about men seeing the movie.
“Everyone’s like, ‘There’s just no way. Men will never, ever go to see a Barbie movie.’ Men will go see a great movie. If it’s great, everyone would go see it.”
Another promise that she made on set was that the movie would bring in a billion dollars.
“I was like, ‘When you pair Spielberg with dinosaurs, what do you get? A billion dollars. When you pair Greta and Barbie, you are going to make a billion dollars,’” she said. “I was like, ‘God, I hope this works out. I just promised everyone a billion dollars.’”
Regarding playing Barbie, Margot explained that she tried to chart the change in her character’s evolution.
“I wanted there to be an evolution between how she moved and spoke from the beginning of the film to the end of the film,” she explained. “You should be like, ‘Oh yeah, I’m looking at someone who’s being a doll.’ And then by the end of it, you’re like, ‘I think I’m watching Margot.’ I wanted to move into being a human without people realizing. And we did that in a number of ways. The wigs started off with tons of
Billie Eilish is Oscar-nominated for her Barbie song, but she couldn’t have done it without Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig!
Ryan Gosling has shared his disappointment over the Barbie director and his co-star being 'snubbed' during the Oscars nominations. The Canadian actor starred as Ken in the live-action movie which was released in 2023 and has been critically acclaimed.
Ryan Gosling has spoken about his disappointment after Barbie director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie were snubbed in two major categories at the 2024 Oscars nominations.The actor, 43, who was nominated for his supporting role as Ken in the box office hit, said he was “so happy” for co-star America Ferrera, 39, who received a nod for best supporting actress for her performance as Gloria. However, Greta, 40, was snubbed of a nod for best director, but was named alongside her husband Noah Baumbach for best adapted screenplay.
Ryan Gosling has shared a statement detailing his disappointment with the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) after Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were snubbed of major nominations for Barbie.Yesterday, the nominees for the 2024 Oscars were announced, with Barbie scoring a total of eight nods including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera.Notably missing from those nominations are Best Actress for Margot Robbie and Best Director for Greta Gerwig. Following the nominee announcements, fans took to social media to share their disbelief at the snubs.Now, Ryan Gosling – who played Ken in the film – has shared a statement touching on the matter.
Ryan Gosling is sharing his thoughts after Barbie star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig were snubbed by the Oscars.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “There is no Ken without Barbie,” Ryan Gosling said in a statement following Tuesday morning’s Oscar nominations announcement. The “Barbie” star, who received a nomination for best supporting actor, spoke out against the Academy’s snubs of Margot Robbie in the category of best actress and Greta Gerwig in best director. “I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films.
Oscar nomination but admitted it’s “disappointing” that her co-star, Margot Robbie, and the hit film’s director, Greta Gerwig, were snubbed by the Academy. Ferrera, 39, reacted to her best actress in a supporting role nomination in a statement to The Post on Tuesday, saying, “I’m stunned and so moved to be nominated among the brilliant artists who have done beautiful and important work this year.”“And I’m so proud to get to bring Latiné representation to this year’s Academy Awards, along with my fellow Latiné nominees,” she continued.
America Ferrera is speaking out about her co-workers from the Barbie movie.
Fans of the Barbie movie have been left outraged and demanding 'justice' for its main actress after the nominations for the 2024 Oscars were announced today (January 23). The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were revealed this afternoon, ahead of the ceremony taking place in Los Angeles in early March.
Variety. “And then my phone started blowing up so I figured that I must have heard it right.” The overwhelming emotion surrounding earning her first Academy Award nomination — for playing Gloria, the human lens through which “Barbie” is viewed in the $1.4 billion blockbuster comedy — has been shock. “I still haven’t really been able to get in my feelings because I’m still on like the top layer of ‘I can’t even believe that this is real,'” Ferrera explains.
Variety breaks down the biggest snubs and surprises of the 2024 Oscar nominations. SNUB: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”The powerhouse duo responsible for the biggest movie of the year found love in other categories —Robbie is included in the film’s best picture nomination as a producer and Gerwig saw her screenplay (with co-writer Noah Baumbach) recognized. But Robbie ultimately missed on the competitive best actress lineup while Gerwig was shut out of director.SURPRISE: America Ferrera, “Barbie”Though its leading lady and director didn’t land nominations, “Barbie” co-star Ferrera was able to score a supporting actress nod for her role in the megahit, despite missing out at SAG Awards and Golden Globes.
2024 Oscar nominations are here, and the snubs are brutal – including Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio and more. Many of the nominations were expected: “Oppenheimer” got a total of 13 nods – including “Best Actor” for Cillian Murphy, “Best Supporting Actor” for Robert Downey Jr. and “Best Director” for Christopher Nolan.
Barbie have been left fuming by the absence of Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig from the Oscar nominations.The film did receive a total of eight nods, announced earlier today (January 23), including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera.However, Gerwig missed out on the Director nominee list, with Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Yorgos Lanthimos, Justine Triet and Jonathan Glazer all getting in ahead of her.Similarly, Robbie was left without an acting nomination, with the spaces being filled by Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Annette Bening, Sandra Huller and Carey Mulligan. Margot does, however, receive a nomination for Best Picture for her role as a producer on the film.
Margot Robbie‘s Barbie is without a doubt the biggest movie of the 2023. However, it was hardly the first attempt to get a movie inspired by Mattel’s iconic doll into theaters.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sharon Stone has revealed that she once attempted to pitch a “Barbie” movie to a Hollywood studio during the 1990s and was laughed out of the room. What a difference a couple of decades makes, as Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s “Barbie” opened last year and earned a staggering $1.4 billion to become the top-grossing film of 2023 and the biggest earner in Warner Bros.’ studio history.
Margot Robbie is gushing over her husband Tom Ackerley.
Angelique Jackson The run of show for the Critics Choice Awards got a surprise update when host Chelsea Handler decided to “go rogue” and call Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie to the stage. Gerwig and Robbie’s “Barbie” had picked up a host of awards during the evening, but many were presented during the commercial breaks, including best comedy. That wasn’t going to work for Handler, who’d dedicated a good portion of her monologue to saluting “Barbie” for its $1.4 billion box office achievement and its cultural relevance amid “The Year of the Woman.” “I’m gonna go rogue because Greta and Margot deserve the opportunity to make an acceptance speech,” Handler said.
Margot Robbie had some thoughts about Lady Gaga taking over one of her most iconic roles.
Margot Robbie had so much to say during a conversation with Deadline.
Margot Robbie has revealed that she may “disappear from screens” for a while because “everybody is probably sick” of the sight her.In a new interview with Deadline, the actor and producer and spoke about the box office success of Barbie, but admitted it may be too soon for her to star in another movie, given that her face has been plastered on billboards worldwide for the past few months.“Everyone’s like, ‘Are you having a break?’ And I’m like, ‘You do know I’m a producer, right? We don’t get a break,’” she said.“I also think everyone’s probably sick of the sight of me for now. I should probably disappear from screens for a while.”Robbie continued: “Honestly, if I did another movie too soon, people would say, ‘Her again? We just did a whole summer with her.