MIAMI.- A few days have passed since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the list of nominees for the awards scar 2024, where the film Barbie -the highest grossing of 2023- obtained only eight nominations, and Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwing do not appear in the main categories: best director and leading actress.
This fact meant a wave of rejection on social networks, where fans of these stars and the film They considered it a snub that the two women were not nominated.
In this sense, his colleagues and co-stars America Ferrara and Ryan Gosling, who are nominated in their respective categories as supporting actors, expressed their gratitude but considered that the work of Robbie and Gerwing was essential to achieve the impact that the film had. , in addition to remembering the powerful cultural message that the film exposes.
The silence of both had been present until last Wednesday, January 30, when part of the cast of the film appeared at a special screening of the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles.
It was at that moment that Robbie broke the silence to highlight that in his opinion the director should have entered the competition, according to a video broadcast by TMZ. “Obviously I think Greta should be nominated as director because what she has done is something unique in her career, in her life, what she has achieved, she really is.”
Likewise, she highlighted that Barbie has achieved many wonderful things and that makes her feel satisfied, since she had never been part of a movement like this.
“It’s been an incredible year for all the movies. We’re beyond excited to have eight Academy Award nominations. We set out to do something that would change the culture, that would affect the culture, that would have some kind of impact. And now “He has done it, and much more than we had dreamed. And that is really the greatest reward that can come from all this,” he commented to applause from the audience.
Barbie’s milestone
The premiere of Barbie marked an important season for the industry since COVID-19.
It was not only the marketing that Mattel and the production company invested in promoting the film, but how the film aroused the longing of those who once played with the popular death, as well as strengthened the inclusion that it promotes and opened the debate on emotions. in women and men.
“I suspect it’s bigger than us. It’s bigger than this movie, it’s bigger than our industry. I’ve never been a part of anything like it. Not like this.”
Robbie also said that although he has been part of important projects and has immersed himself in the world of superheroes, he has never felt what he felt with Barbie.
“I’ve done comic book stuff and that gets a big reaction, but this felt very different. I can’t think of a time where a movie has had this effect on culture.”
