Barbie Girl Margot Robbie elaborates about her experience & phase of acting crisis before commencing the shoot for the Greta Gerwig directorial.
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00:00 Barbie, indeed, was 2023's biggest blockbuster of Hollywood, which also did a banger performance
00:07 in the Indian markets.
00:09 Margot Robbie, the main lead actress of the film, who also happens to be the producer
00:14 of the same, has recently opened up on overcoming actor crisis in relation to her most ambitious
00:21 project Barbie in a recent interview with Los Angeles Times.
00:27 Actor-writer Greta Gerwig also recalled the time when the Barbie star, Robbie, was having
00:33 a meltdown on the prospect of taking on the role.
00:37 In a conversation with Los Angeles Times, Margot Robbie revealed, "I went to Greta's
00:42 house and had that crisis.
00:44 I'd spent years trying to get this movie going, and suddenly we are going to shoot the thing.
00:50 I was like, 'Oh my God, I don't know how to do this.'
00:54 It happens before every single movie I've ever done.
00:58 A few weeks out, I have this meltdown where I'm like, 'What am I doing?
01:02 I don't know how to act.
01:04 Everyone's going to suddenly realize that I can't do any of this, and it's going
01:09 to be terrible.'
01:11 And then it's just sheer panic."
01:13 Filmmaker Greta Gerwig additionally elaborated her concerns about understanding the situation
01:20 with respect to Margot.
01:22 "I have a distinct memory of Margot coming over to my house before we started shooting
01:28 and having a bit of an actor crisis.
01:31 How am I doing this?
01:33 It's the actor equivalent of facing a blank page," she added.
01:38 Meanwhile, in terms of the film economics, Barbie had crossed over $1.44 billion and
01:45 achieved several milestones, including becoming the highest-crossing film of 2023 and the
01:52 14th highest-crossing film of all times.
01:56 "I think it's a really good film."
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