“I still cant figure out why people hated it.”
Margot Robbiebelieves there’s still time forBabylonto get its flowers… hopefully in the next two decades.
“I amstillsaying that,” she said.
Margot Robbie in ‘Babylon’ and Tim Robbins in ‘Shawshank Redemption’.Paramount Pictures; Columbia Pictures
“I love it.”
Robbie leads the film as fiery It girl Nellie LaRoy, a character inspired by the real-life Clara Bow.
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Diego Calva and Margot Robbie in ‘Babylon’.Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures
“Damien is so thorough,” Robbie said.
“Do you know what I loved so much about working with him?
He wanted more always.
Even when we were prepping.”
It was like doing a one-woman show.
We started off with like Boston, Nellie is from Boston.
Heres what she sounds like if shes from Arkansas.
Then I got specific.
‘Here’s Nellie if she was a mixture ofSnookifrom theJersey ShoreandJoe Pesci.’
And I’d go, ‘Now Im going to be a little bit ofFran Dreschermixed with Snooki.’
This is how specific we got."
He was like, ‘I think she should just be from New Jersey.’
He’s from New Jersey.'"
Listen to Robbie reflect onBabylonand other titles from throughout her career in the podcast episode above.
