2024-02-01 05:49:00
The protagonist of the box office hit regretted the absence of Greta Gerwig in the Best Director category and defended her position (AP)
During a special Screen Actors Guild screening in Los Angeles, Margot Robbie, along with her Barbie cast, spoke out regarding the controversy surrounding her and Greta Gerwig’s absence from the main nominations at the 2024 Oscars. With great diplomacy, the actress made clear her surprise and discontent, especially at the director’s omission.
“Obviously I think Greta should be nominated as director because what she has done is something unique in her career, in her life, what she has achieved, it really is,” Margot confessed in a video collected by TMZ, referring to the directing work. of the filmmaker in the film Barbie.
“But it has been an incredible year for all the films,” she added, avoiding talking regarding the snub that left her out of one of the nominees for Best Leading Actress. Beyond the disappointments, the star of The Wolf of Wall Street highlighted the positive achievements of the film. “We are beyond excited to have eight Academy Award nominations,” she said to applause from the crowd.
Margot Robbie broke the silence on the controversial snubs to ‘Barbie’ at the 2024 Oscars (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
“We set out to do something that would change the culture, that would affect the culture, that would have some kind of impact,” Robbie said at the beginning of his speech. “And he has already done it, and much more than we had dreamed. And that is really the greatest reward that can come out of all this,” he stated.
For Robbie, Barbie’s significance has spoken for itself: “I suspect she’s bigger than us. “It is bigger than this film, it is bigger than our industry,” she commented in relation to the cultural impact it had. The film became the highest-grossing film of 2023, becoming the highest-grossing theatrical release in the history of Warner Bros. Pictures.
“I had never been part of something like this. “Not like this,” said the Australian producer, referring to the extraordinary reaction of the public. “I’ve done comic book stuff and that gets a great reaction, but this felt very different. “I can’t think of a time when a movie has had this effect on culture.”
Greta Gerwig attends the 14th Governors Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Despite the film’s box office records, Greta Gerwig failed to secure a spot among the five nominees for Best Director. Instead, those considered for the 96th edition of the Oscars were Justine Triet (Anatomy Of A Fall), Martin Scorsese (The Flower Moon Killers), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Creatures) and Jonathan Glazer (Area of interest).
For their part, the performers who left Margot Robbie without a place as a nominee for Best Leading Actress were Emma Stone (Poor Creatures), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy Of A Fall) and Annette Bening (Nyad). In short, the Academy jury did not consider box office success as a requirement for this shortlist.
However, it’s not all bad news for Gerwig, Robbie and the team behind Barbie. Of her eight nominations, the filmmaker competes in the Best Adapted Screenplay category with Noah Baumbach, her husband, partner and co-screenwriter, while the actress continues her career as a producer with her husband Tom Ackerly in the Best Film category. .
Director Greta Gerwig poses for pictures during a photocall for the upcoming Warner Bros. movie “Barbie” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
As for Barbie’s individual performances, only Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera were considered by the Academy in the shortlists for Best Actor and Supporting Actress, respectively.
Joining the wave of angry fans, Gosling did not miss the opportunity to criticize the lack of recognition of his companions: “There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this film that has made history and is world famous.”
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