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Robert Downey Jr. and Margot Robbie.
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Robert Downey Jr. joins the chorus of people expressing sentiments like: “Babenheimer” Margot Robbie is not recognized as an individual in this year’s group oscar nominee.
“In my opinion, Margot Robbie doesn’t get enough recognition,” Downey Jr. said while attending the event. SAG-AFTRA Conversation It was posted on YouTube on Tuesday, along with actors Sterling K. Brown and Willem Dafoe.
The “Oppenheimer” star, who won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Christopher Nolan film, spoke further about the nuances he felt were overlooked in Robbie’s performance in “Barbie.”
“America (Ferrera)’s speech was amazing. By the way, she nailed it. I was watching it and I was like, ‘Wow!'” Yeah, it was really hard. . It’s like a little one-act play, and the whole movie depends on it,” he said, referring to Ferrera’s now-famous monologue toward the end of “Barbie.”
When cameras caught Robbie “listening very actively” to Ferrera’s speech, Downey Jr. said, “That’s when I realized, oh, okay.” Now we know that Greta (Gerwig) is really on to something here. But it was Robbie she had to believe it. ”
He also noted that there are inherent challenges to acting on a set where another performer is doing all the talking, but if the director wants a shot of the person listening, ” That’s difficult,” he said, adding his thoughts as follows: I have to listen to this all day and make it work?!”
It became popular earlier this month. protest Robbie, who starred as the Mattel doll, and Gerwig, the film’s director, were not nominated for Oscars in the Best Actress and Best Director categories, respectively.
Gerwig was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, and Robbie was nominated for Best Picture for his role as producer. However, many, including Robbie’s co-star Ryan Gosling, were furious at individual omissions.
“I think it’s fair to say it’s disappointing that they weren’t nominated in their respective categories,” Gosling said. statement Last week, he reacted to his own Oscar nomination for his performance as Ken.
The “Barbie” movies received a total of eight nominations. surprise Ferrera was nominated in the supporting actress category.
The Oscars ceremony will be held in Hollywood on March 10th, with Jimmy Kimmel once again hosting the event.