Margot Robbie: ‘I Didn’t Know the Definition of Sexual Harassment‘ Until Making ’Bombshell'
Margot Robbie: ‘I Didn’t Know the Definition of Sexual Harassment‘ In the Workplace Until Making ’Bombshell’ https://t.co/wSy8Agjp1g
- Variety (@Variety) November 22, 2022
Margot Robbie attended the BAFTA Life in Pictures talk celebrating her career today to launch her Best Actress Oscar campaign and promote 'Babylon'.
She discussed finally learning what sexual harassment means, reaching out to her idols, and when she knew she was a good actress.
- She didn’t know the definition of sexual harassment in the workplace before making 'Bombshell': "I realized that I - as a person with an established position in the industry, financially set up and self-sufficient - I didn’t know the definition of sexual harassment, and that’s shocking."
- On having only worked with one female director by her 20th film project (*edit): With “Mary Queen Of Scots” director Josie Rourke - Robbie said she sees no difference between men and women behind the camera and “couldn’t put it down to gender.”
“I’d love to say Josie has a particular insight as a woman, which she does, but then on something like ‘Bombshell’ with a male director, [Jay Roach] is the most emotionally intuitive person I know,” Robbie said. “It didn’t work better because he’s a man, but every single director has a totally different personality and process.”
- On Scorsese: “We spoke all the time, he’d tell stories about mafia members and old film stars, but he didn’t actually give direction,” Robbie said of the director. “The only piece of direction I got was in a scene where I’m throwing water, and I remember at one point him saying, ‘Can you be more on your toes?’ And I didn’t know if he meant metaphorically, figuratively or literally, like a spatial thing… and that was as far as direction went.”
- Her famous letter to Tarantino: “I, Tonya” was the first film of hers where she thought, “Okay, I’m a good actor now. I’m ready to reach out to my idols,” and that working with Tarantino was “a bucket list thing” that she had put off doing because she “didn’t feel like I was good enough yet.”
Paramount also released a featurette titled 'Welcome to Babylon' , which includes bts interviews with cast about the epic nature of the film.
Click to view“The story follows multiple characters who have an ambition to be a part of something bigger than themselves,” says Pitt in the video, over shots of his movie star character Jack Conrad driving through the desert in a glistening car. Robbie, meanwhile, describes her character Nellie as “a tornado.” Nellie is a determined young actress, who is proud of the fact that she got her foot in the door on her own terms. Pitt concludes by calling the film a real “epic.” He added, “It’s funny at times, it’s sexy at times; the film is so big,” over shots of wild parties, car chases, and a random crocodile.
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