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Margot Robbie is lastly sharing her ideas on how this 12 months’s Oscar nominations panned out, which resulted in widespread disappointment after the “Barbie” star didn’t earn a nod within the lead actress class.
“There’s no solution to really feel unhappy when you’re this blessed,” Robbie stated at a particular SAG-AFTRA screening on Tuesday night time, according to Deadline.
She later added she’s pleased with the affect that “Barbie” had, saying, “We got down to do one thing that will shift tradition, have an effect on tradition, simply make some kind of affect.”
“And it’s already performed that, and a few, far more than we ever dreamed it might. And that’s really the most important reward that might come out of all of this,” she stated.
CNN has reached out to a consultant for Robbie for additional remark.
The “Barbie” film was 2023’s greatest blockbuster, raking in almost $1.5 billion globally since its July launch. The staggering box office outcomes made the movie’s director Greta Gerwig the primary solo feminine director with a billion-dollar film. (“Barbie” was produced by Warner Bros. Photos, which like CNN is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.)
It’s why many felt equally as shocked when Gerwig didn’t get nominated in one of the best director class final week. It wasn’t a complete wash for Gerwig, although, as she earned a nod within the tailored screenplay class alongside her husband and “Barbie” co-writer Noah Baumbach.
“Clearly I believe Greta ought to be nominated as a director, as a result of what she did is a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime factor, what she pulled off, it truly is,” Robbie stated on Tuesday.
“Barbie” earned a complete of eight Oscar nods, together with finest image – which Robbie was acknowledged for as a producer. However many, together with Oscar-nominated supporting “Barbie” actors Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera, have been dismayed by Gerwig and Robbie’s particular person omissions.
“To say that I’m upset that they don’t seem to be nominated of their respective classes can be an understatement,” Gosling stated in a statement final week.
Ferrara advised Variety in an interview final week that she, too, was “extremely upset” that Gerwig and Robbie weren’t individually nominated.
General, in keeping with Deadline, Robbie remained nonetheless constructive when relaying her ideas about this 12 months’s Oscar discourse.
“It’s been an unbelievable 12 months for all of the movies,” she stated.