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Robert Downey Jr. is including to the refrain of these expressing emotions about “Barbenheimer” cohort Margot Robbie’s lack of particular person recognition on this 12 months’s pool of Oscar nominees.
“Margot Robbie’s not getting sufficient credit score, for my part,” Downey Jr. stated whereas collaborating in a SAG-AFTRA conversation with actors Sterling Okay. Brown and Willem Dafoe that was posted to YouTube on Tuesday.
The “Oppenheimer” star, who earned a greatest supporting actor nod for his efficiency within the Christopher Nolan-directed movie, additional spoke in regards to the nuances of Robbie’s efficiency in “Barbie” that he felt had been missed.
“America (Ferrera) has this wonderful speech – and by the way in which, she nails it – I’m watching and I am going, ‘Wow!’ Like, that was a very powerful one. That was like slightly one act play, the entire film hinges on it,” he stated, in reference to Ferrera’s character’s now-famous monologue towards the tip of “Barbie.”
When the digicam captures Robbie “so actively listening” to Ferrera’s speech, Downey Jr. stated, “it’s after I understand, oh okay. Now I see Greta (Gerwig) is absolutely on to one thing right here. But it surely was Robbie who needed to belief that.”
He additionally talked about the inherent challenges of performing on a set the place one other performer has all of the dialog, however when the director needs a shot of the individual listening, “it’s laborious,” he stated, including the thought, “I’ve been listening to this all day, now I’ve to hearken to it, and make it work?!”
Earlier this month, there was widespread outcry when Robbie, who stars because the Mattel doll, and Gerwig, who directed the movie, didn’t earn particular person Oscar nominations within the lead actress and greatest director classes, respectively.
Gerwig did earn a nod for greatest tailored screenplay and Robbie, as a producer, was acknowledged with the film’s greatest image nomination. However many, together with Robbie’s co-star Ryan Gosling, had been outraged by their particular person omissions.
“To say that I’m disillusioned that they aren’t nominated of their respective classes could be an understatement,” Gosling stated in a statement final week, reacting to his personal Oscar nomination for his efficiency as Ken.
The “Barbie” film earned a complete of eight nods, together with a surprise nomination for Ferrera within the supporting actress class.
The Oscars might be held on March 10 in Hollywood with Jimmy Kimmel returning to host.