Margot Robbie breaks silence on Barbie not getting Oscar award
Los Angeles: Actress Margot Robbie is ‘not sad’ at not getting an Oscar nomination for ‘Barbie’. The 33-year-old actress starred alongside Ryan Gosling as her boyfriend Kane in Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster starring the iconic Mattel doll.
While her co-star got a nod for Best Supporting Actor and the film is up for Best Picture at the upcoming Academy Awards, both she and the film’s director missed out on nominations, reports Female First UK.
But Margot admitted she feels very “blessed” to be the first one, although she believes filmmaker Greta, 40, should have been nominated.
Speaking as part of a panel at the SAG screening of ‘Barbie,’ she said: “There’s no way to be sad when you know you’re so lucky. Obviously I think Greta got the director’s attention.” It’s a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime thing, what he did, really. But it’s been an incredible year for all movies.”
According to Female First UK, when released in July 2023, ‘Barbie’ is set to make nearly $1.5 billion at the box office, while its rival ‘Oppenheimer’ – which leads with a total of 13 nominations – has earned more than $950 million. of.
Margot speculates that the response has been “bigger” than even the Barbie industry. She said: “I just suspect it’s bigger than us. It’s bigger than this movie, it’s bigger than our industry.”
Along with best picture and best supporting actor, ‘Barbie’ for America Ferrera is up for best supporting actress for costume design, production design and adapted screenplay, while ‘I’m Just Kane’ and Billie Eilish’s track ‘What Was I Made for’. , Up for Best Original Song.
Margot added: “The nods that everyone has gotten have been incredible, and the best picture. We set out to do something that will change the culture, impact the culture, just make some kind of impact. And it has already happened and then some, more than we ever thought possible. And that’s really the greatest reward that can come from all this.”
