![]() “It was so nice to be part of a Richard Curtis film because I think he’s so talented.”Ĭurtis directed the Christmas time romance “Love Actually” and wrote “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” “It was a just a fun, smaller role,” Robbie says. ![]() “About Time” is the tale of a young Englishman (Domhnall Gleeson) who discovers he can travel through time and uses the ability to win the woman he loves (Rachel McAdams). They’re both very, very strong personalities, so there’s a lot of fighting and screaming.” “We have a tumultuous relationship he’s a drug addict and sex addict and, effectively, a criminal. “I play the second wife of Jordan Belfort, who Leo plays his mistress-turned-wife,” Robbie explains. “Wolf” stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a crooked securities trader living the 1990s New York high life and Robbie is the woman, Naomi, who lives much of it with him. Pretty good for a 23-year-old Australian who arrived in Hollywood less than three years ago and almost immediately landed a lead role in the short-lived television series “Pan Am”. 1).Īfter that, there’s a key role in the World War II-set romantic tragedy “Suite Francais.” Then she co-stars with Will Smith in the scam artist comedy “Focus.” 15) and as the love interest who gets lost in the shuffle of Richard Curtis’ “About Time” (Nov. Sure, you might say “Who?” now, but in a few months you’ll know her as the stand-out female presence in Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” (Nov. Hopefully, those who returned for Oppenheimerand Barbiewill continue to see the value in the theater and help the box office throughout the rest of the year of the movies.Is Margot Robbie the fastest rising star in Hollywood? Post pandemic, this revitalization has been especially important as theaters have been suffering for the past three years. But as Scorsese alludes to, the Barbenheimer phenomenon did do something vital, which is bringing people back to the cinema in droves. On an industry level, Barbie and Oppenheimer may not have caused the healthiest reaction from Hollywood. Considering Barbie’s landmark achievement of being the highest grossing female-directed film of all time, this toy-film obsession post- Barbie feels off base. Since Barbie, Mattel has announced the development of numerous other toy-related films, including Polly Pocket, Hot Wheels, and Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots. As has been pointed out, Hollywood has arguably taken the wrong message away from Barbie and Oppenheimer's successes. This is not to say that Barbie and Oppenheimer’s successes are free from flaws. Just show them on a tiny screen somewhere. I always get upset by that, the independent films being relegated to ‘indies.’ Films that only a certain kind of people would like. It does offer some hope for a different cinema to emerge, different from what's been happening in the last 20 years, aside from the great work being done in independent cinema. The way it fit perfectly - a film with such entertainment value, purely with the bright colours - and a film with such severity and strength, and pretty much about the danger of the end to our civilisation - you couldn't have more opposite films to work together. Rodrigo Prieto (cinematographer), after finishing Killers of the Flower Moon, went on to shoot Barbie. Margot Robbie, I must say, started with me from The Wolf of Wall Street. And the most important thing is that people went to watch these in a theatre. It seemed to be, I hate that word, but the perfect storm. I do think that the combination of Oppenheimer and Barbie was something special. Ultimately, Scorsese thinks that “ the most important thing is that people went to watch these in the theatre.” Check out the full quote from Scrosese below: ![]() ![]() In terms of the “ combination of Oppenheimer and Barbie,” Scorsese believes that it was somewhat of a unique “ perfect storm” as one could not have two more different films “ work together” and gain such intertwined traction in the cultural zeitgeist. In his interview, Scorsese admitted that he has yet to see either film, but has a respect for multiple members of their creative teams. Scorsese pontificates on Barbenheimer’s role in saving cinema in a recent interview with Hindustan Times. ![]()
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