Margot Robbie has classy response to Barbie Oscars 'snub': "There's no way to feel sad when you know you're this blessed"
Feb. 1, 2024There’s been an outpouring of anger over Barbie’s Oscars nominations
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Margot Robbie has addressed theBarbieOscars ‘snub’ following anoutpouring of anger and support on Robbie and director Greta Gerwig’s behalf.
Robbie was not nominated for Best Actress and Gerwig missed a Best Director nomination – but Robbie is nominated in her capacity as a producer, since the film received a Best Picture nod, and Gerwig is nominated as a co-writer with Noah Baumbach for Best Adapted Screenplay.
“There’s no way to feel sad when you know you’re this blessed,” Robbie told a SAG panel (H/TTheWrap).
“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,” said Robbie. “But it’s been an incredible year for all the films.”
She added that she’s “beyond ecstatic that we’ve got eight Academy Award nominations, it’s so wild.”
America Ferrera is up for Best Supporting Actress and Ryan Gosling is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for their roles in Barbie –Gosling released a statementnoting his disappointment that Robbie and Gerwig were not recognised for Best Actress and Best Director. In fact, evenformer US presidential candidate Hillary Clintonhas joined in on the discourse.
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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
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