Margot Robbie Discusses Misogyny of the Acting Industry and Perseverance
Actress and producer Margot Robbie, cover star for British Vogue’s August 2021 issue, opened up about the hardships women face in the acting business and her can-do attitude that made her success happen.
Margot Robbie stunned in a golden Chanel suit and natural makeup for British Vogue. She rocked a laidback hairstyle with loose waves and bangs.
The Suicide Squad star imagined running down a beach and needing to avoid getting blown up. She told Eva Wiseman, “Those scenes, where everything’s exploding around you, and you make it just in time, those massive epic war hero runs? Those movie moments? Girls never get those. Girls never get those.” After her role as the maniacal Harley Quinn, Robbie became passionate about having more female stars in the action genre, where women are often objectified. “From a business or statistical standpoint, those are the high-paying jobs. So I really want to advocate for women writing big blockbuster action films. And then also, the perception that women aren’t interested in action is ridiculous.”
The actress explained, “I have a real aversion to being put in a box. The minute someone sums me up in two words… I want to show them I’m the exact opposite.” Her determined attitude allowed her to be the award-winning star she is now. When the Australian beauty was just 17, she wrote to the producers of the show Neighbors and landed a regular role, where she filmed an episode per day. Robbie moved to America three years later and was cast as a flight attendant in the drama series Pan Am. Her fiery attitude came out during her audition for The Wolf of Wall Street, where she went off-script and slapped Leonardo DiCaprio across the face. Needless to say, she got the role.
In 2014, the budding star moved to London and started a production company, LuckyChap, with her soon-to-be husband, Tom Ackerley. LuckyChap aimed to bring more attention to women’s stories in movies and go the extra mile to uplift their female creators behind the scenes. Ackerley and Robbie bought the script for I, Tonya, which told the story of ice skater Tonya Harding, and began filming after their wedding. Robbie thrived as Tonya and earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Her strong-willed mindset continued when she wrote a letter asking for a meeting with Quentin Tarantino, which led to her role as Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood.
In 2017, Robbie helped write an open letter to Hollywood about how women can be superheroes too, not just submissive, dainty objects. She wrote, “Superhero films have been all the rage and I should know, as I have benefited from the trend. I only wish we could transfer a little bit of that heroism into reality. That those heroes we admire in movies would defend us against the villains in government, in the workplace, in the entertainment industry, and even in the most basic human interactions.” That was the same year that LuckyChap started developing the feminist rape-revenge film Promising Young Woman.
Throughout her career, Robbie has defied the stereotype of female characters. She hopes to continue doing so as the title character in the upcoming film Barbie. The film will be directed by Greta Gerwig, who is known for her work in feminist and coming-of-age films such as Lady Bird and Little Women.
Fans on Twitter loved Robbie’s Vogue cover.
margot robbie being on the cover of Vogue for August is the best birthday present i could ask for, really
— abs (@summonbanshee) July 1, 2021
Margot Robbie in Vogue – just wow!
— Kat Storr (@thesocialstorr) June 30, 2021
Mega hair goals. Never going to happen. #VOGUE #MargotRobbie
MARGOT ROBBIE’S NEW VOGUE COVER,,,,, I’M SO GAY
— isla!!🧣⸆⸉ (@islasafterglow) June 30, 2021
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