Margot Robbie has spoken out after been ‘snubbed’ by the Oscars, despite her latest film Barbie being a global box office hit.
As reported by Deadline, the Aussie star, 33, addressed the controversy during a panel at a special SAG-AFTRA screening this week.
The former Neighbours star missed out on a nomination in the Best Actress category and Greta Gerwig missed out on the Best Director nomination, but Barbie overall snagged an impressive eight nominations.
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“There’s no way to feel sad when you know you’re this blessed,” Robbie said.
She said she is “beyond ecstatic that we’ve got eight Academy Award nominations, it’s so wild”.
Robbie, however, said she wishes Gerwig was nominated for Best Director.
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“Obviously I think Greta should be 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,” Robbie said.
She added that she wanted to make a film that would “shift culture” and said she believes Barbie does that.
The film is nominated for Best Picture and her production company LuckyChap Entertainment was behind the film.
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Barbie was the film of 2023, inspiring fuchsia-clad cinema visits, iconic press tour looks and dominating the global box office – so the lack of Oscar nods for Robbie has confused a lot of fans.
Even Oscar-nominated Ryan Gosling was shocked co-star Robbie and director Greta Gerwig were omitted from the list.
“I am extremely honoured to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films. And I never thought I’d being saying this, but I’m also incredibly honoured and proud that it’s for portraying a plastic doll named Ken,” Gosling said in a statement.
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“But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film,” his statement continued.
“No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius.”
Gosling said he believes Robbie and Gerwig’s work should have been recognised with Oscar nods and is “disappointed” to see them be passed over.
“Their work should be recognised along with the other very deserving nominees,” he added in part of his statement.
“Having said that, I am so happy for America Ferrera and the other incredible artists who contributed their talents to making this such a groundbreaking film.”
Co-star Ferrera, who is nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category, also voiced her “disappointment” at Robbie and Gerwig’s omission.
Barbie snagged an impressive eight nominations behind Oppenheimer’s 13, including for Best Picture.
Robbie missed out to Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Carey Mulligan and Emma Stone in the Best Actress category.
Gerwig missed out on the Best Director nomination, while the other half of ‘Barbenheimer’ Christopher Nolan made the nominee list.