Margot Robbie has spoken out about the controversy that arose in Hollywood after it became known that she was not nominated in the Best Leading Actress category at the next Oscar ceremony. The actress attended an event organized by the Academy Museum last Tuesday where she wanted to make reference to this issue, in addition to insisting that the director of Barbie should have been nominated.
The Australian actress responded to this controversy in the question and answer session, where she was asked about the apparent “snub” that the members of the Academy had given her by not nominating her for her interpretation of the famous doll. The actress, far from being offended, threw balls away from her.
The actress, 33, was not the only one who was not nominated individually for the awards: the film’s director and screenwriter, Greta Gerwig, did not receive her nomination either, even though the film did get eight others including Best Actor in Supporting role for Ryan Gosling, and a Best Supporting Actress award for America Ferrera; as well as a Best Picture nomination.
The Australian did not directly refer to her own rudeness, but instead defended Gerwig for her work.
“Obviously, I think Greta should be nominated as a director, because what she did is something unique in her career, something unique in her life, what she achieved, it really is. But it has been an incredible year for all films,” he responded. the protagonist of Barbie, who chose to emphasize the eight nominations that they had achieved.
“We set out to do something that would change the culture, that would affect, that would generate some kind of impact; and it has. Some like it much more than we ever dreamed, and that is truly the greatest reward of all this,” he reflected. the actress, assuring that “there is no reason to feel sad when you know that you have been so lucky.”
Despite the controversy, Margot Robbie appeared at the events organized by the Academy prior to the long-awaited gala with a smile and good humor, while answering all kinds of questions with her co-stars, among whom were the nominees Gosling and Ferrera, as well as Rhea Perlman, Ariana Greenblatt and Kate McKinnon.
Margot Robbie will attend the gala next month, and she may not leave empty-handed. Although she is not up for an individual award, she could go up on stage to collect the Oscar for Best Film, since she is one of its producers.
