Margot Robbie Addresses ‘Barbie’ Oscars Snubs
Margot Robbie attends the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 14, 2024 in Santa Monica, California.
Margot Robbie takes what she gets and doesn’t get upset. “There’s no way to feel sad when you know you’re this blessed,” Margot Robbie said during a panel at a SAG screening on Tuesday night (January 30). Per Variety, the Barbie star and producer responded to the lack of Oscar nominations for herself and director Greta Gerwig. Following the Oscar nominations announcement, the two ladies were trending on X, with fans upset that they were snubbed.
Robbie, 33, admitted she thinks Gerwig “obviously” should have been nominated as a director because what she did “is a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime thing, what she pulled off, it really is.” However, she admits the year brought on incredible contenders in all the other film nominations. Barbie landed eight Oscar nominations and was “beyond ecstatic” about that alone. With over one billion at the worldwide box office, Barbie made history as the only film solely directed by a woman. The cultural phenomenon that lay in its wake was something Robbie suspects is bigger than us, the movie, and the industry.
“We set out to do something that would shift culture, affect culture, just make some sort of impact,” Robbie said. Feeling that the film has already accomplished that in a way more than they could have ever dreamed, she added, “That is truly the biggest reward that could come out of all of this.” The Australian actress and producer says that the public’s reactions to the film have been the biggest reward of the entire experience. With her filmography including The Wolf of Wall Street and the Suicide Squad, the actress is used to big reactions, but nothing quite like Barbie-mania. Even now, the feeling is “very different” from the reactions from her previous works. “I can’t think of a time when a movie’s had this effect on culture. And it’s amazing to be in the eye of the storm.”
2024 Oscar Nominations
With the 96th annual Academy Awards taking place on March 10, nominations for the coveted awards show have been announced Tuesday morning (January 23).
Jack Quaid and Zazie Beetz announced the nominees live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. In addition to the Oscars airing live on March 10 from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, the ceremony will start an hour earlier at 7 p.m. ET. Jimmy Kimmel is returning as the host for the second year in a row, his fourth time hosting the event overall. Watch the show on ABC, streaming on Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV, or on ABC.com and the ABC app by authenticating with your provider.
About This Year’s Films
Fantastic films are nominated for this year’s Oscars, with Oppenheimer, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, The Holdovers, The Color Purple, Maestro, American Fiction, and Past Lives taking a lot of nominations in the major categories. This year, 321 feature films were eligible for the Oscars, and 265 of those qualified for the Best Picture category. For the first time in history, three of the ten movies nominated for best picture were directed by a female, the most in Oscars history. Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Celine Song’s Past Lives are battling it out against directors Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, and Bradley Cooper. Only four years have included films directed by women for best picture: Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman, Siân Heder’s CODA, and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. Three of these women-directed films won best picture in their respective Oscar-nominated years: The Hurt Locker, Nomadland, and CODA.
Take a look below at this year’s Oscar nominations:
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
