Margot Robbie is best known as an Oscar-nominated actress and producer, but soon, she may have her sights set on a new goal: the director's chair. In a new interview with Variety published on January 3, the Barbie star and producer revealed that she hopes to one day direct.
Robbie said her experience working with directors is why she wanted to do it herself, and why she might have waited. "As an actor, I get to work with so many amazing directors and watch them perform - it's like sitting in the front row of the best master class in the world," she explains. "So it was really tempting to keep doing it. But directing was a high ambition of mine."
As she points out, Robbie is a perfect fit for a female director working with LuckyChap, the production company she founded in 2014 with husband Tom Ackerley and co-founder Josey McNamara ) operate together because many of them started out as actors. .
“We’re partial to actors turned writer-directors like Olivia (Wilde), Greta (Gerwig), Emerald (Fennell) and Megan (Parker),” she noted. "This is our sweet spot."
"Tough things"
However, it may be a while before Robbie gets to direct. she previously told Variety Directing "isn't something I'm rushing to do" in 2022, as she's still happy with the performance. "What I really love about being an actor is that I get to see how a lot of other directors work and how they do it," she said. "And it helps."
In a new interview, Robbie said she has her plate full of productive work. "The tricky thing is, even though I say I'm strictly saying no as a producer, I'm also so excited about all the stuff I can make that it ends up taking up all my time," she said.
Those productions include Wilde's upcoming Christmas comedy Naughty and the Ocean's Eleven prequel, which will see her reunite with Barbie costar Ryan Gosling on screen.
However, don't expect a Barbie sequel to join the roster, as Ackerley said "they don't have a sequel planned yet."
"I don't know what more of that would be like," Robbie added. "We want to make more movies that have a Barbie effect. I don't know if it has to be Barbie 2. Why can't it be another big, original, bold idea, and let's have a great filmmaker, a A big budget to play with and the trust of a huge conglomerate to really make a difference? I'd like to do that .
