Margot Robbie is the cover heroine of the new issue of Deadline magazine. The actress took part in a Barbie-style shoot and talked about her career as a producer, a break in her acting career and her desire to become a director.
This year, the production_company of Margot Robbie and_her_husband_TomAckerley, LuckyChap, turns 10 years old. During this time, the company produced_several_successful_films, including “I, Tonya,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Barbie,” “Saltburn” and others.
Margot said that the desire to produce films came to her during filming. “I was well aware that I was fascinated_by_the_whole_mechanism of the film set. I didn’t know how my career would develop, but it turned out to be logical for me that it would develop into producing.”
Despite her love for producing, Margot admits that it is hard work, it is not for everyone, and film production, in addition to the risk, costs a lot of money. The actress even discouraged some friends from getting involved in this industry for the sake of profit, not art. “Once you become a producer, you have no leverage, you have no power to negotiate. So yes, you may have creative control, but you will be paid like crap, so be careful what you wish for. Also, It’s such a lot of work that sometimes it’s better to just do a movie.”
“Besides, making a film is very expensive. Sometimes_you_read_the_script and think: ‘Why are they making this?’ There’s nothing_new_or_interesting_here. Nothing beats something that’s already been done a million times. Why would anyone spend_millions_of_dollars – sometimes_tens or_hundreds_of_millions of dollars – on something_that_we’ve_already_seen?” I think it’s just crazy. It’s a terrible waste of money and a terrible waste of people’s time. It takes years to make a movie, and There’s so much money going into it that unless you’re_really_trying_to_do_something, I just don’t know why you even bother.”
Margot admitted that when she read the script for the film “Barbie,” she considered actress Gal Gadot for the role of the main character. It was the director of the film, Greta Gerwig, who insisted that Robbie consider her candidacy. The Wolf of Wall Street star explained why she decided to take on this film in the first place.
“I really missed dumb comedy. Silly, smart_comedy. I always thought_of_a_tone_similar to Austin Powers, and when I read the script, that was the tone. A lot of physical comedy, a lot of stupid but smart jokes that “It’s very referential. Comedies like that practically disappeared from mainstream cinema for several years.”
After filming Barbie, which ended in the fall of 2022, Margot took her biggest_break_from_her_acting_career in the last 10 years. She believes that she should not appear on screens yet, since many viewers are “tired” of her character.
“I think everyone’s sick of me by now. I should probably_disappear_from_screens for a while. Honestly, if I did another_movie_too_soon, people would be like, ‘Her again?’ We just spent the whole summer with her. We’re done with her.” I don’t know what I’ll do next, but I hope it won’t be any time soon.”
Robbie plans to produce several films as a producer, including a prequel to Ocean’s Eleven. “We have a movie with Olivia Wilde [Naughty] that’s coming along pretty quickly, so that might be the next thing we do. I’m not in it, just producing. There’s a couple of TV movies due out this year too. I’m “As an actress, I like to do films that I’m not a producer on, so I’m looking at a few films, but nothing concrete yet.”
Margot is also thinking about a career as a director. So it is quite possible that the actress’s debut in this role is not far off. “I would really like to become a director. I’m in no rush because I feel like there will never be enough time to learn everything I want to learn before I do it, but I definitely have this itch and it’s getting too much.” strong. I don’t know how much longer I can hold on.”
