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There have always been iconic blondes. Think Marilyn Monroe, Claudia Schiffer, Virna Lisi, Grace Kelly. Every generation has a blonde bombshell (or two) that makes us rush to the hairdresser demanding a high lift tint immediately. One Aussie that is staking her claim on the blonde bombshell block is none other than our fave stunner Margot Robbie. She's down to earth, self effacing, (she reckons her friends are prettier than her) she's kind, (she paid off her mum's mortgage) and massively gorgeous. What's not to love? If you'd like to pick up some of Margot's gorgeous blonde ambition for yourself, read on.

Here are the 5 ways to steal Margot Robbie's blonde bombshell look...

Step #1 - Ashes to ashes, it's a golden future.

Margot's signature blonde is actually gold base, rather than ash. I know, I know, we're all terrified of going 'orange' however a gold based blonde will warm your skin tone and make your eyes brighter- especially blue or green eyes. Ask for: all over golden blonde with a few highlights. Make a deep side parting and add a little volume spray before styling - think beachy waves rather than polished tresses.

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There have always been iconic blondes. Think Marilyn Monroe, Claudia Schiffer, Virna Lisi, Grace Kelly. Every generation has a blonde bombshell (or two) that makes us rush to the hairdresser demanding a high lift tint immediately. One Aussie that is staking her claim on the blonde bombshell block is none other than our fave stunner Margot Robbie.

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Vincendeau discusses the 'array of (stereo)types' associated with blondness, from the angelic to the 'cool blonde' to the blond sex goddess - perhaps Robbie falls into all of these categories at some stage - whether through her different roles or through her behaviour in real life.
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The article discusses how the public personas of many Australian celebrities are 'founded upon culturally constructed markers such as shared cultural knowledge and use of vernacular.' - Robbie often comments upon her Australian vernacular, but in this video both her Australian accent and knowledge of Australian slang are foregrounded for entertainments sake.

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Theron's transformation into Aileen Wuornos remarkable enough to be considered one of the '15 Of The Most Impressive Actor Transformations'

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15 Of The Most Impressive Actor Transformations

As we move deeper into the awards campaign season, a glut of films with showy central performances are hitting our screens, "For Your Consideration" for Academy voters. Over the years it's been the subject of many a comedy sketch that there are a few markers of an Academy-friendly role, and this week's " Dallas Buyers Club" ( you can read our review here) is pretty much lousy with with them: it's based on a true story, deals with AIDS and features not one but two instances of actors undergoing rapid and dramatic physical transformation to play their parts.

Matthew McConaughey and both lost an extreme amount of weight to play Ron Woodruff and the transgender Rayon, respectively, both of whom have been diagnosed with HIV. Leto reportedly dropped 30 pounds, while McConaughey, shrank by a reported 40. McConaughey had apparently planned to stop the weight loss, which he achieved simply by not eating (no gruelling exercise regimen, because after all he wanted to look sick) at 145 pounds, but kept going until, at 135, people stopped asking if he was all right and started suggesting he seek help. "And I thought," he told Vanity Fair, "'There we go. That's the perfect spot.'" In fact he had consulted Tom Hanks (see below) for advice on how to achieve the weight loss-Hanks, as you'll remember, won an Oscar for " Philadelphia " for which he lost 25 pounds to play an AIDs sufferer.

But whether or not Leto or McConaughey find their efforts rewarded with a shot at Oscar, they certainly join the pantheon of actors who have undergone dramatic physical transformations for a role. Sometimes it involves vast, shocking and potentially health-damaging weight loss, other times vast, shocking and potentially health-damaging weight gain, and still other times it's largely down to make up or prosthetics or a combination of the above. But a great number of well-known actors have shown up (some more than once) in a film and been almost unrecognizable from the people who wave at us from red carpets. After much inter-Playlist wrangling, here are 15 actors whose transformations, however physically grueling or not they may have been for the actor, have yielded among the most dramatic results we've seen.

Christian Bale, " The Machinist" (2004)
Without a doubt Christian Bale is deserving of his spot here, if not for this film, then for bulking back up after it to play Batman (gaining 100 pounds in six months-mostly muscle mass-is crazy, and in fact he apparently overdid it and had to then drop 40 for Christopher Nolan's film), prior to losing a great deal of that bulk again for Werner Herzog's " Rescue Dawn." However it was Brad Anderson's " The Machinist " which yielded the most shocking results (indeed Bale is on record about how irritated he is that his skeletal frame dominated the discourse around the movie to the point of obliteration), with Bale losing 55-60 pounds by subsisting largely on "coffee and apples."

Charlize Theron, " Monster" (2003)
Weight gain was only a fraction of the total make-under that the gorgeous erstwhile model Charlize Theron had to undergo to portray serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Patty Jenkins' unremittingly grim " Monster." Additionally, she had her skin layered with washed off tattoo ink to give it a weathered, chapped look; her eyebrows were partially shaven and bleached out; she wore dentures; and had her hair repeatedly thinned and fried. The comprehensive, jaw-dropping uglying up paid off though-Theron picked up stellar notices and an Academy Award, and even rotting dentures couldn't stop her from being voted World's Most Desirable Woman in 2003 by AskMen.

Robert De Niro, " Raging Bull" (1980)
Probably the patron saint of any list like this, Robert De Niro 's weight gain for the role of latter-day Jake La Motta is legendary by this stage, largely due to the absolutely classic piece of American filmmaking of which it was in service. Packing on 60 pounds to accurately convey the girth of the once-great boxer gone to seed, De Niro's method was also among the most pleasurable we've heard of: during a 4-month hiatus from filming designed for just this purpose, he basically ate his way around Italy and France before returning to film the movie's later scenes. Cheese and pasta, people, cheese and pasta.

Rooney Mara, " The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (2011)
David Fincher's adaptation of the Stieg Larsson international bestseller is undoubtedly her most high-profile role, so it's a little hard to remember that Rooney Mara was once the sweet-faced ingenue of " Tanner Hall" and the pointless " A Nightmare On Elm Street" remake. But after playing another fresh-faced, if slightly more acerbic character in Fincher's " The Social Network " and being Final Girl in a grueling casting circus that went on for months, Mara had her hair dyed and cut, her eyebrows bleached, had four piercings put in either ear as well as having her brow and nipple pierced (the other body modifications were faked) and emerged as Lisbeth Salander. The result is undoubtedly iconic, and it garnered her an Oscar nomination too.

Jared Leto, " Chapter 27" (2007)
So, " Dallas Buyers Club" was hardly the first time that 30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto underwent a dramatic weight change for a role, but back in 2007 it was in the entirely opposite direction. In order to play John Lennon's assassin, the schlubby Mark Chapman, in the days leading up to the killing, Leto gained 67 pounds, but apparently found this much harder to do than the drastic weight loss he had endured once before for Darren Aronofsky's " Requiem for a Dream." In fact, while he has obviously gone back to the weight-loss well again, he's sworn off gaining weight as fast and as recklessly as he did for " Chapter 27"-his body went into a kind of shock at the sudden excess weight, forcing Leto temporarily into a wheelchair and giving him gout. And while Leto himself was singled out for praise, the film was largely negatively received. Still, transformation fans might also like to check it out for a pre-descent Lindsay Lohan.

Tom Cruise, " Tropic Thunder" (2008)
So we're slightly breaking our own rule about excluding all-over prosthetics like fat suits here, but for sheer surprise, and for how different an actor can look (and is willing to make himself look), Tom Cruise's Les Grossman deserves a shout out. Cruise is never one to be accused of having a great sense of humor about himself or his image, but here he gleefully sends it up making Grossman without a doubt the most physically revolting creation in his filmography-from the tips of his pudgy, hairy fingers to his receding hairline, via a brilliantly crude potty mouth. And while this is also a film that features Robert Downey Jr. in blackface, we're still gonna say Cruise's role edges it for us in terms of unexpectedness, which is high praise indeed. However, refreshing as it is to see Cruise send himself up a little, we can't help but hope that the mooted Grossman movie never happens: in this small dose it's very enjoyable, but we can have too much of a grotesque thing.

50 Cent, " All Things Fall Apart" (2011)
You gotta piddy poor fiddy. He went through what sounds pretty close to this writer's idea of hell (a liquid diet and 3 hours a day on a treadmill) to achieve the remarkable 54-pound weight loss for his role as a cancer-stricken football player, but then the movie turns out to be ass. Not only that, but he's stuck in an appalling rasta-style wig in the beginning, and even after the widespread critical scorn that greeted its release, his worries weren't over ( Mario Van Peebles may have directed, but Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson produced and the whole endeavor reeks of vanity project)-the title had to undergo the awkward change to " All Things Fall Apart" when the author of the most widely read book in African literature, " Things Fall Apart," complained, and subsequently refused the offer of $1 million for the name as an insult. Proof positive that not all films are worthy of the dramatic transformations actors are willing to undergo for them.

Cameron Diaz, " Being John Malkovich" (1999)
While Charlize Theron takes the ribbon for uglying up, Cameron Diaz, the bombshell blonde of " The Mask," " There's Something About Mary" and a fair percentage of 30-something male fantasies, wins our award for dowdy-ing down. Her Lotte in Spike Jonze's deliriously brilliant " Being John Malkovich" isn't grotesque by any means, she's just plain, which is probably about the farthest adjective from one's reach when ordinarily talking about Diaz. In fact, the make-up artist Gucci Westman called it "a challenge," but with little physical description in the script, Diaz had no idea she was going to be rendered so unrecognizable. Still, she was game, and so she gets to be the frizzy haired pet-obsessed homely girlfriend, while indie darling Catherine Keener gets to vamp it up as a lust object instead.

Vincent D'Onofrio, " Full Metal Jacket" (1987)
Whether because he's now better known as a TV actor of heftier build (after nearly a decade on " Law & Order: The Other One That's Not About Sex Crimes") or because when he was cast in Stanley Kubrick's " Full Metal Jacket" he was hardly a household name, face or waistline, D'Onofrio's record-breaking transformation for that role does not seem to register quite as strongly as some others. But in fact to play Private "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence, despite the fact he'd originally been written as a skinny redneck, D'Onofrio gained 70 pounds to meet Kubrick's new definition of the character as big and clumsy-reportedly the most weight ever gained for a role. He also hurt his knee during filming, partially due to the excess weight, but a mere nine months later filmed a scene for " Adventures in Babysitting " which showed off his muscular physique (indeed, he's mistaken for Thor by one character).

Eddie Murphy, " Coming to America" (1988)
Well, yes, Eddie Murphy hardly went into rigorous training for this role, but his transformation-with the help of Rick Baker 's awesome, Oscar-nominated make-up-into Saul, the white Jewish guy who hangs out with other characters (played by Murphy too) at the barbershop, is just too much of a treat to ignore. The success of this film meant that Murphy would go on to play multiple characters in several of his other films, and while he hasn't been above resorting to fat suits and CG in more recent years, we'd still put Saul up there with the most impressive of his transformations, right down to the voice and accent.

Sean Penn, " Carlito's Way" (1993)
While we're kind of used to Sean Penn the Serious Thespian by now, at the time of Brian De Palma's " Carlito's Way," he was barely out of his leading man/heartthrob phase, which made his appearance here all the more surprising. That's if you recognized him at all. Coaxed out of an alleged early retirement to play the role, Penn went all-in, shaving back his hairline and perming the remainder which, in combination with the character's glasses and '70s wardrobe, made the lawyer Kleinfeld look and feel completely different from anything he'd played before. But not different enough from everybody-lawyer Alan Dershowitz threatened a lawsuit at one point as he claimed the portrayal was defamation.

Russell Crowe, " The Insider" (1999)
Russell Crowe had been on the scene for quite a while before 1997's " LA Confidential" gave him his breakout and also defined his hard-edged, physically strong, masculine persona. And so to see him, just two years later, play much older, fatter and more downtrodden than we'd imagined possible, was a real surprise. But for his turn in Michael Mann's excellent based-in-truth story of a tobacco lobby whistleblower, Crowe not only gained 35 pounds, he shaved back his hairline, repeatedly bleached his hair, and had liverspots and wrinkles applied daily to age him by 20 years. He got an Oscar nod for his pains, and bounced back to full health and then some the following year for " Gladiator." Crowe schlubbed up again, gaining 63 pounds for his role in Ridley Scott's " Body of Lies " in 2008, but to lesser effect in what turned out to be a rather lackluster film.

Tom Hanks, " Philadelphia" (1993)
So we're going with Tom Hanks' Oscar-winning turn as a crusading gay AIDS patient in Jonathan Demme's " Philadelphia" just because again, like Sean Penn, this was really one of the first times we'd seen Hanks deviate from his cute, boyish romantic lead roles (" Sleepless in Seattle" released the same year). And after he'd lost 35 pounds and shaved his head, to say nothing of the make-up and physical frailty he worked into his performance, his appearance was a revelation. Of course, he arguably went even further for 2000's " Cast Away " for which he gained 50 pounds to play the newly-stranded FedEx employee, only to have to work to lose all of that and more (as well as growing a wild beard and long hair) during a filming hiatus, so that he could accurately portray the same man after years of isolation and privation.

Matt Damon, " Courage Under Fire" (1996)
The year before Matt Damon's annus mirabilis of 1997, when " Good Will Hunting," " Chasing Amy" and " The Rainmaker" were all released, he appeared in a small role in Ed Zwick's Denzel Washington/Meg Ryan-starrer, " Courage Under Fire." For only two days of filming as an opiate-addicted soldier, Damon lost 40 pounds in 100 days, apparently afterwards having to take a long course of medication to combat issues this had created with his adrenal gland. In 2009 however, he got to do the reverse, and packed 30 pounds onto his 'Bourne'-lean body for Steven Soderbergh's " The Informant! "

Mariah Carey, " Precious" (2009)
Well, it's perhaps more a mark of how we expect Mariah Carey to look in real life (though how much music videos, red carpet appearances and judging " American Idol" can be considered real life is debatable), that the dowdy bangs and under-made-up face she sports in Lee Daniels' " Precious" were such an eye-opener. But in her role as a tough-talking social worker (allegedly originally to be played by Helen Mirren which, well, how often do we get to link those two names?), Carey is not only impressively unglamorous in appearance, but she also, in marked contrast to the breathy girlishness we might associate with the gazillionairess, sounds like she's been gargling nails for a week. And to think this is the cover art for her next single...

A few others that just missed the cut: Renee Zellweger's yoyoing weight for " Bridget Jones's Diary" and its sequel has been much remarked upon, however we'd argue that she hardly looks unlike herself even with the extra pounds so, transformation maybe not so much. Nicole Kidman did the dowdying down thing for " The Hours" that yielded her an Oscar, but aside from the slightly unconvincing nose we didn't find it totally transformative. Matthew Fox threw his all into of all things, " Alex Cross," emerging impressively ripped as the villain in that film, but it was kind of an arc from buff to buff-er so we excluded it. Also excluded were heavy prosthetic jobs like Eric Stoltz in " Mask" and John Hurt in " The Elephant Man."

Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis both underwent rigorous training and experienced significant weight loss for their roles in " Black Swan," but neither were exactly obese to begin with, so the sculpting hardly rendered them unrecognizable. Sylvester Stallone schlubbed down for the underrated " Cop Land" to good effect, as did George Clooney for " Syriana" and Joaquin Phoenix for extended prank " I'm Still Here," but again, not quite to the point of double-taking their identities.

Anne Hathaway lost a lot of weight and chopped off her locks to play Fantine in " Les Miserables"and got a Supporting Actress Oscar for it, but that somehow made her look more like herself than ever. And to close on a beefcakey note, Jonah Hill and Chris Pratt both shed pounds recently for " 21 Jump Street" and " Zero Dark Thirty," respectively and looked good. Pratt, in fact has gone even further for the upcoming " Guardians of the Galaxy" so no doubt his abs will be providing us with one (or six) more reasons to check that out. Also upcoming is David O. Russell's " American Hustle," which features more crazy wigs and odd facial hair than we can shake a stick at. Tell us your favorites below.

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'Charlize Theron Gained 50 Pounds For A Movie - Of course, she still looked freaking amazing.'
'Words I never would have put in the same sentence: “Charlize Theron” and “overweight."'
As with Robbie, when a traditionally beautiful blonde female stars takes on a role of someone considered less attractive, the majority of conversation is focused on their remarkable transformation'

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Words I never would have put in the same sentence: "Charlize Theron" and "overweight." But after gaining 50 pounds for her role as an overworked mom in new movie, Tully, the actress says it was harder than she thought it would be to get back in shape.

"I just I wanted to feel what this woman felt, and I think [gaining weight] was a way for me to get closer to her and get into that mindset," Charlie told Entertainment Tonight. "You know, it was a huge surprise to me. I got hit in the face pretty hard with depression. Yeah, for the first time in my life I was eating so much processed foods and I drank way too much sugar. I was not that fun to be around on this film."

Charlize Theron on the set of Tully in 2016.

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Charlize says she had three months to gain the weight. "The first three weeks are always fun because you're just like a kid in a candy store. So it was fun to go and have breakfast at In-N-Out and have two milkshakes," she said. "And then after three weeks, it's not fun anymore. Like, all of a sudden you're just done eating that amount and then it becomes a job. I remember having to set my alarm in the middle of the night in order to just maintain [the weight]."

"I would literally wake up at two in the morning and I'd have a cup of cold macaroni and cheese just next to me," she said. "I would wake up and I would just eat it...I would just, like, shove it in my throat. It's hard to maintain that weight."

Charlize says she gained so much weight that her kids thought she was pregnant.

Charlize Theron of course still looks amazing, even with 50 extra pounds.

She ended up losing it but said the process was "hell." "It took about a year and a half," she said. "It was a long journey, very long journey."

"And it's hard because I had press junkets and movies around it and nobody knew that I had done it for this," she said. "And I think in the beginning everybody thought I was wearing, like, when the first photos came out, everyone [thought it] was, like, prosthetics."

This isn't the first time Charlize has put on weight for a role: She gained 30 pounds to play real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster. But while Charlize has said she loved gaining weight for that role, this time around was much more difficult.

"I was like, this is taking a really long time," she said. "Because on Monster, I just didn't snack for five days and I was fine."

"You know, your body at 27 is a little different than your body at 43, and my doctor made sure to make me very aware of that," she told Entertainment Tonight. "Like, you are 42, calm down, you're not dying, all good."

Stars! Their aging metabolisms are just like ours!

Korin Miller Korin Miller is a freelance writer specializing in general wellness, sexual health and relationships, and lifestyle trends, with work appearing in Men's Health, Women's Health, Self, Glamour, and more.

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'How ‘new Angelina’ Margot Robbie drives her co-stars’ wives wild with jealousy'
'Flirty Aussie actress has caught many a married Hollywood male’s attention'

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'Flirty Aussie actress has caught many a married Hollywood male’s attention'

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Scathing articles like these project damming representations of Robbie – misogynistically suggesting she is someone for wives to be jealous of, and subtly suggesting Robbie herself is a promiscuous “homewrecker”.

Articles like this feed and thrive off gossip and false accusations – stating that Robbie’s ‘chemistry with her leading men is so scorchingly obvious that at times it has sparked paranoia and distrust among even the movie world’s most solid couples.’ – no doubt a nod towards the Will Smith controversy (3 years prior to this article).

The article’s comparison of Robbie to Angelina Jolie is another example of the articles casual sexism as they deem Robbie ‘the biggest threat to A-list marriages since Angie bagged the then-married Brad Pitt 12 years ago’.

The article exemplifies how tabloids like these circulate false stories which have the potential of ‘destroying the marketability of stars’ (McDonald, 2003: 30).
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MARGOT ROBBIE won millions of fans when she stripped off in The Wolf Of
Wall Street - but among Hollywood's jealous wives she is piling up enemies.

The Aussie's sizzling chemistry with her leading men is so scorchingly obvious
that at times it has sparked paranoia and distrust among even the movie
world's most solid couples.

In some fearful circles she has even been dubbed "the new Angelina Jolie" -
the biggest threat to A-list marriages since Angie bagged the then-married
Brad Pitt 12 years ago.

This is all despite ex-Neighbours star Margot, 25, being in a loved-up
relationship of her own with British film director Tom Ackerley since 2013.

Still, you can't blame some of the wives for seeing red when their men not
only go gaga but openly admit it.

The most explosive rumour to date involves Margot and Will Smith, whose scenes
together as lovers in last year's comedy thriller Focus radiated such
red-hot energy they were close to being a fire risk.

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Dazed Will, 47, later explained of meeting Margot in the audition process:
"You can't create chemistry. You either have it or you don't. And when she
walked in, it was palpable."

When they could hardly take their hands off each other at the film's London
premiere last February, it was the final straw for Will's actress wife Jada
Pinkett Smith, 44, who married the Men In Black star in 1997.

An insider said: "Jada was furious. She saw them on the red carpet together -
they were all over each other.

"She has known Will for more than 20 years so it is pretty obvious when he has
the hots for someone. And she doesn't trust Margot one bit."

By that stage Jada had already had to endure scrutiny of her marriage when
photos emerged of dad-of-three Will getting cosy with Margot in a photo book
during the filming of Focus in late 2013.

In the pictures, Margot lifts up her top to reveal a lacy white bra, as
Will pulls up his own shirt and presses his bare chest against her back.

The actress quickly took to Twitter to say it was just a bit of messing
around, fuming: "It's disappointing that goofing around on set could be
taken so out of context."

But after their tactile red-carpet display, rumours raced around that
Hollywood golden couple Will and Jada were on the verge of divorce.

She must have some faith - because Will was back filming with Margot again
last year on upcoming superhero blockbuster Suicide Squad.

But Will is far from the only A-lister drawn to Margot's beauty.

In fact he is not even the only A-lister in Suicide Squad to be reportedly
smitten.

A source said at the time: "Ben has had the hots for Margot since he saw her
in Wolf Of Wall Street. As far as he is concerned, Margot is the sexiest
woman in Hollywood right now."

The beauty was also linked to True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard, 39, who is
fashion guru Alexa Chung's current boyfriend and Margot's co-star in another
upcoming film, The Legend Of Tarzan.

Last January, while attending the Sundance Film Festival in Utah together,
Margot and Alexander were spotted partying in a pop-up club.

An onlooker told: "They were very touchy-feely and at one point were
full-on kissing."

Despite all the romance rumours, Margot has maintained a steady relationship
with her British boyfriend Tom, who has been an assistant director on films
including Grimsby.

The pair met when they both worked on 2014 flick Suite Francaise.

She revealed that all the travel takes its toll, saying: "I don't know how
anyone makes a relationship [like this] work, to be honest."

But her mum Sarie Kessler has no doubt the pair are the real deal.

She said of her daughter: "She loves Tom, he's the one. He's the man in her
life - he's a gorgeous and delightful person."

The couple live in Clapham, South West London, in a five-bedroom house.

Margot has been part of the capital's coolest party set since settling in
London in 2013.

And her It Girl status was confirmed when she was invited to model Suki
Waterhouse's house-warming party last year.

Revellers piled into a photobooth and Margot found herself clowning for the
camera with a star-studded group including Cara Delevingne and a comedy
specs-wearing Prince Harry - who Margot did not recognise.

She admitted later: "I didn't know it was him for about half an hour talking
to him.

"When I saw him in those glasses, I was like, 'Oh my God - I didn't know Ed
Sheeran was at the party!'

"He got really offended. He was like, 'Shut up!' "

Maggot, as she is known to friends and family, hails from the small country
town of Dalby in southern Queensland. She was the third of four children
raised by her single mother Sarie, a physiotherapist.

For her mother's 60th birthday the actress paid off Sarie's mortgage, and
Margot proudly states that her mother has a "heart of gold."

She is less effusive about her father.

Her contact with the former farm owner is limited and when asked what
qualities they share, she blurted: "None. I'm not like him at all."

Then as soon as her contract on the soap ended she jumped on a plane to try
her luck in Los Angeles.

There she auditioned for a telly remake of Charlie's Angels but found herself
instead offered a part in new Sixties-set airline drama Pan Am.

But the show was quickly axed.

Then just a couple of months later, in June 2012, her big break came.

It was during a fight scene with the superstar that she thought she had blown
her chance. Engrossed in the anger of her character she found herself
whacking Leo across the face.

"And then all of a sudden Marty and Leo just burst out laughing. Marty says,
'That was great!' Leo's like, 'Hit me again!' "

She was called in a week later and told she had won the part.

Now Margot believes everything that has happened in her career since is down
to that one role and that slap.

She said: "Totally. None of this would have happened without it."

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MARGOT ROBBIE won millions of fans when she stripped off in The Wolf Of Wall Street - but among Hollywood's jealous wives she is piling up enemies. The Aussie's sizzling chemistry with her leading men is so scorchingly obvious that at times it has sparked paranoia and distrust among even the movie world's most solid couples.

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On page 119, Marshall asserts that ‘Whereas the film celebrity plays with aura through the construction of distance, the television celebrity is configured around conceptions of familiarity.’ – whilst on Neighbours, Robbie was responsive to fans online – something that fizzled out shortly after leaving the show (her last reply to a fan online being in 2014).

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'The Stunning Transformation of Margot Robbie'

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This article reveals how rumours affected Robbie's family:
"none of that's true … But my family doesn't know that they're just allowed to print what they want."
According to the article, Robbie stated: "My grandmother is embarrassed to go to church because the whole town is gossiping — and that absolutely breaks my heart."

This posits Robbie and her family as victims - instead of damning her, a sense of sympathy is created.

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Margot Robbie, one of Hollywood's most glamorous starlets, achieved huge success by a young age. Unstoppable at the box office, Robbie, who truly broke out in the entertainment industry with 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street when she was 23 years old, has worked hard to achieve her current status. Known not just for her remarkable beauty, this quick-witted actress is a force to be reckoned with.

Vanity Fair called the summer of 2016, "the summer of Margot Robbie," as her films Suicide Squad and The Legend of Tarzan were released at that time. But we have no doubt that Robbie will continue impress audiences everywhere with her big-screen performances for years to come. So, let's take a closer look at the stunning transformation of Robbie. From growing up on a farm in Australia to landing the cover of nearly every magazine, Robbie has seemingly done it all. And we're sure we'll continue to see her grow as she furthers her career in the entertainment industry.

She knew what she wanted from a young age

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Robbie grew up in a very loving family. Raised by a single mom, Robbie shared her admiration for her mother with Vogue. "I adore my mother...She's the most pure-hearted, divine human being." And even though she didn't have much growing up, Robbie knew what she wanted for herself in the future.

She told the magazine, "I went to a school where all of my friends were very well-off...and I went to their houses a lot, and so I knew what it looked like to be rich but I didn't have it, so I was like: OK - I know exactly what I want." And the first thing on the list: a new spelling of her name. "I always said, 'Mom - there was a really cool way of spelling my name, and you picked the boring way that gets everyone confused. They forget the T or call me Mar-got." But with the drive she had at a young age, there's no doubt everyone would know her name soon enough.

A farm girl at heart

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Robbie's upbringing is not one many would expect. She spent most of her youth on her grandparents' farm on Australia's Gold Coast, according to Yahoo! Canada. And even though we always see Robbie looking fabulous on each and every red carpet, that's not where she feels most at home. The website cited an interview Robbie gave for her former Aussie soap Neighbours' website and noted that the actress prefers to be "surfing, or out on the farm hunting wild pigs, building cubbies out in the paddocks, or riding around on motorbikes."

Would she want to wear a dress while doing this? Not even a little bit. In another interview with Neighbours in 2009, the star spoke about her fashion picks. "I guess I'm more casual, a bit more boyish. I don't really like the girly-girly look so much." And Robbie was rarely looking to slow down. She said in 2008, "If I'm not at home I have to be at the beach surfing...I bought my first board at a garage sale when I was about ten. I also love jet skiing and snowboarding...And I'm a real rev-head. I love V8 cars" (via Yahoo! Canada). Need proof of her thrill-seeking? She was the official Nissan Electric Vehicle Ambassador in 2017.

She worked hard for her money

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Robbie knew from a young age what she wanted: to be an actress. After completing year 12 at Australia's Somerset College, the then 17-year-old hopeful cold-called Grundy Television Australia - the production company for the hit soap opera Neighbours. And she got the job.

But don't think this magically happened without effort. Although young when her first big break happened in 2008, Robbie had already put in the work at other jobs too. During an interview with ACTU, the starlet ran down a list of her past jobs. "I think I've had every kind of job," she said. "Before Neighbours, I was working at Subway. I've worked in restaurants behind the bar, in the kitchen. I did retail for two years. I've done some secretary work."

Making it to America was the goal

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Even though her role on Neighbours was a huge success, Margot Robbie had bigger plans for herself, and she worked hard to make them a reality. While filming the soap opera, Robbie used her free time to work with a dialogue coach on perfecting her American accents.

As she described to The Sydney Morning Herald, "I thought, 'I'm going to use this time on Neighbours to save my money, have my ducks lined up.' So I found a better agent in Melbourne, and said, 'This is what I want to do - I want to go to America. How should we execute this plan?"

The big move to the States

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In 2011, Robbie left her soap opera stardom on Neighbours and was ready to make the leap to Hollywood. Although a scary moment, this was the time Robbie had been long planning for. As she told The Sydney Morning Herald, "Every move has been carefully planned, it's been really strategic...When people write articles, they talk about [an] 'overnight sensation' - it's been anything but. It feels like it's been a long process."

The 20-year-old Robbie arrived in Los Angeles just in time for pilot season with her savings from Neighbours, which she described in the interview as, "Enough, in case I was unemployed for three years." She landed her next big role in the ABC television show Pan Am, which was cancelled in 2012 after just one season. After this, Robbie had a few more roles pop up, but it was the summer of 2012 when speculation about a new role for Robbie came to fruition. It was a role that would become a reality and would bring Robbie to an intense fame she couldn't have imagined.

The woman of Wall Street

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Robbie eventually landed an audition for the latest Martin Scorsese movie at that time, The Wolf of Wall Street. She was brought in to audition with leading man Leonardo DiCaprio, but the audition didn't go quite as planned. Robbie later described the meetin with Harper's Bazaar UK (via People), saying, "In my head I was like, 'You have literally 30 seconds left in this room and if you don't do something impressive, nothing will ever come of it. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance, just take it'...And so I start screaming at him [Leo] and he's yelling back at me." The scene was an intense fight between husband and wife.

She continued, "So I walk up really close to his face and then I'm like, Maybe I should kiss him. When else am I ever going to get a chance to kiss Leo DiCaprio, ever? But another part of my brain clicks and I just go, 'Whack!' I hit him in the face ... And that's not in the script at all. The room just went dead silent and I froze." But it seems the slap was what ended up getting Robbie the role. She stayed in character, and it paid off.

Robbie originally wasn't the biggest fan of her role, but she eventually embraced just how fierce her character, Naomi Lapaglia, really was. Speaking with Elle, the 23-year-old at the time said, "By the time we got to shooting, I loved her. She's a bada** who's making lemonade - with no f**king lemons."

The downside to being famous

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While The Wolf of Wall Street was a huge moment for Robbie, not all effects of that new fame were good. She was very aware of her family throughout the transition and how they were dealing with her new life. Speaking with Elle, Robbie opened up about the difficult times and her frustrations. "The worst bit is people making things up about you and printing absolute lies," she said.

At the time, it was rumored that the 23-year-old was having affairs with Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith, with whom she was shooting a new film. She addressed the rumors upfront, saying, "No - none of that's true ... But my family doesn't know that they're just allowed to print what they want." The rumors affected her family in unexpected ways. Robbie noted, "My grandmother is embarrassed to go to church because the whole town is gossiping - and that absolutely breaks my heart."

She has never been afraid to speak her mind

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Robbie has not been afraid to speak her mind on certain topics. After taking on the intense role in The Wolf of Wall Street, she opened up about her thoughts on nudity in film and why she was okay with it in that particular movie. She spoke with The Telegraph, saying, "I think nudity for the sake of nudity is shameful ... If they've put it in just so that a girl gets her top off, then that's disgusting. And you can always tell ... But I also think it's disgusting when someone would have [gotten] naked in real life, [but] in the film they conveniently leave their bra on, or hold up the bed sheet."

She stayed true to the role and knew what she had to do in order to fully become her character. She said, "The whole point of Naomi is that her body is her only form of currency in this world. So when Marty [Scorsese] was trying to help me out, and said in the scene where she seduces Jordan, perhaps I could have a robe on, I said she wouldn't. She has to be naked. She's laying her cards on the table." And Robbie's not looking back. She continued on to say that the decision to take on this role is one she'll "never regret."

She's no damsel in distress

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After the Scorsese movie hype, Robbie tackled more roles, showing audiences she can take on many different characters. But what's one of her biggest rules when taking on a role? "There's no way I was going to play the damsel in distress," she told Vogue. At the time of that interview, Margot was specifically referencing her initial thoughts on her role of Jane in The Legend of Tarzan. But she soon realized her Jane wouldn't be that girl. Instead, the actress recalled, "It just felt very epic and big and magical in some way. I haven't done a movie like that."

This wouldn't be the only movie in which Robbie would challenge herself. She then took on the much-anticipated role of Harley Quinn in the 2016 film Suicide Squad. She described the character during the same interview, saying, "She doesn't even have superpowers ... She's just a psychopath who runs around gleefully killing people - she finds joy in causing mayhem, which makes her weirdly endearing and fun to watch." At that point, there was no doubt Robbie had the chops to handle any character who came her way. She continues to bring her unique style to each film, gifting audiences a new favorite character, every single time.

She was the ultimate bachelorette, until...

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Face it. Robbie is pretty much a pro at everything she does. She's smart, funny, and talented ... so it should come as no surprise that she's also taken. And the only person that news seemed to surprise, was Robbie herself! As she told Vogue, "I was the ultimate single gal. The idea of relationships made me want to vomit. And then this crept up on me. We were friends for so long. I was always in love with him [Tom Ackerley], but I thought, 'Oh, he would never love me back. Don't make it weird, Margot. Don't be stupid and tell him that you like him.' And then it happened, and I was like, 'Of course we're together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before.'"

Robbie met her future beau on the set of the World War II drama Suite Française, where he was third assistant director, in 2013. They started dating in 2014, and the rest is history. People later reported that, at the end of 2016, the two lovebirds married in a secret wedding ceremony. Robbie even shared a couple of I nstagram posts along the way, seemingly confirming the news.

Becoming an Oscar-nominated actress

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Margot Robbie made a smart career move when she signed on to portray figure skater Tonya Harding, who gained infamy for her alleged role in the attack on rival athlete Nancy Kerrigan, in the 2017 film I, Tonya. The movie was certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, having earned rave reviews from critics. Of Robbie's performance, one reviewer for Vulture said, "[Margot] Robbie's screen presence makes her seem, at first blush, more suited to play Kerrigan. But just a few minutes into I, Tonya, I found myself captivated by the anger and blunt physicality that define Robbie's performance."

Given the film's positive reception, there's little wonder that Robbie was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in a leading role - her first-ever Oscar nomination! Though she missed out on winning the award (it went to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri star Frances McDormand), it certainly marked how Robbie's career was on the rise.

She has a bright future ahead of her

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Margot Robbie has proven time and time again that she's an actress to watch out for on the big screen - and one who can transform into nearly any character! After surprising fans with her changed appearance as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya and as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, Robbie continued to push the limits on her abilities to evolve into whole other people. For instance, she underwent a dramatic transformation when taking on Queen Elizabeth I in 2018's Mary Queen of Scots - pale skin, bright red hair, and all!

But given her past accomplishments on the silver screen, Margot Robbie - whose 2019 projects include playing late actress Sharon Tate, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - clearly has more ahead of her. All we have to do is wait for her movies to hit our local theaters to see just how far she'll go.

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Actress Margot Robbie isn't just a pretty face - she's seriously talented and she's had an interesting life. From growing up on a farm in Australia to landing the cover of nearly every magazine, here are the details about Robbie's stunning transformation!

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'Tarzan’s Margot Robbie on Why She’s No Damsel in Distress'

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The article addresses misperceptions about Robbie: 'she so ferociously inhabited the role of the hottest gold digger in the history of cinema in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, permanently lodging herself in the collective male libido, served only to reinforce my concern that she might be some new breed of high-maintenance superpredator... This was Margot Robbie playing her caricature—the retrograde Playboy fantasy in permanent soft-focus.'

Van Meter states his relief to 'discover that she’s not remotely like the manipulative sex kittens she’s been so eerily good at portraying on the screen.'

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With two major blockbusters on the horizon, her own production company, and a take-no-prisoners approach to the world at large, Margot Robbie is summer's brightest-burning Hollywood star.
When Margot Robbie popped up in The Big Short last year for a 60-second cameo-by definition, playing herself-to explain what "shorting" a bond means while drinking Dom Pérignon in the bathtub of a billionaire's Malibu condo, I subconsciously shorted her. Here, it seemed, was that girl who invites you to stare and then tells you to fuck off if you stare for too long. The fact that just two years prior she so ferociously inhabited the role of the hottest gold digger in the history of cinema in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, permanently lodging herself in the collective male libido, served only to reinforce my concern that she might be some new breed of high-maintenance superpredator. Thankfully, the cameo turned out to be a clever little lie in a movie all about big fat ones. This was Margot Robbie playing her caricature-the retrograde Playboy fantasy in permanent soft-focus.

It comes as a surprise, then-a relief, even-to meet Robbie in April on the Santa Monica Pier and discover that she's not remotely like the manipulative sex kittens she's been so eerily good at portraying on the screen. It's Robbie's idea that we take a trapeze class together, and so here we are, smack dab in the middle of an amusement park over the water. Robbie, in yoga pants and a white tank top, her hair pulled up into a messy ponytail, goes entirely unrecognized, which has something to do with the fact that, dressed for a workout with no makeup, she looks like every third person you pass in Southern California-but prettier. She is smaller and more compact than I had imagined, and has the athletic mien of someone who played sports in high school, along with the graceful gait and natural poise of a woman who's used to moving through the world on the balls of her feet like a dancer.
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I assumed Robbie had taken up the trapeze for one of the very physically demanding roles she plays in two big studio movies coming out back-to-back this summer-Jane in The Legend of Tarzan, costarring Alexander Skarsgård and directed by David Yates, in July, followed by the cultishly beloved psychopath Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, based on a task force of characters from DC Comics and directed by David Ayer, which comes out in August and seems bound to turn her into a household name-but I had assumed wrong. When Robbie was growing up in Australia, her mother sent her off to circus school-she received her "trapeze certificate" when she was eight. She hadn't given it a thought in years, though, until she began having a recurring dream not long ago in which she was flying through the air, high above the net under the big top. "I couldn't stop thinking about that stupid dream," she says, and so she found this place and took a few classes. "I feel like I missed my calling." She chalks her hands and gets ready to climb up to the platform.

One of our instructors, Kenna, a daffy redhead wearing comically large yellow sunglasses, remembers Robbie from her last visit. As Kenna is buckling us into our safety harnesses, she asks Robbie what part of Australia she's from. "Gold Coast in Queensland," says Robbie, her accent thickening at the mere mention of her homeland. "I watch a lot of really trashy TV," says Kenna, "including Australia's Next Top Model, and the girls from Gold Coast are definitely not respected by girls from Sydney and Melbourne." Robbie laughs knowingly and says no, but because she has just slipped into full-on Australian-accent mode, it comes out as neeerrroh! "I had no idea I was living in a state that gets laughed at until I moved to Melbourne," says Robbie, "and then someone was like, 'Ohrrr, yar from Queensland, eh? You put " Eh? " on the end of your sentences because you're all a bit slow.' And I was like, 'Is this a thing? That Queensland is the dumb state?' It's so embarrassing."

At that, another instructor, CR, appears to teach us the finer points of trapeze. There are moments of weightlessness at the peak of each swing from the bar, which is when you want to change positions, or "throw the trick." "As long as you make the change at the right time," he says, "you hardly have to break a sweat. It's all about timing."

Robbie (precisely, elegantly) throws one trick after another-the set split, the set straddle, the penny roll-with what looks like little effort. "She's disgustingly good at it," says Kenna as we stand on the pier watching her above us, and I cannot help thinking that these exact skills apply to Robbie's life down here on the ground: She has consistently displayed a knack for making her moves at exactly the right moment, no sweat. At seventeen, with very little acting experience to speak of-a few school plays, some commercials, a low-budget flick she describes as "barely even a student film"-she moved to Melbourne and landed a part on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, the longest-running drama in the country's history, a gig she had for three years. In 2011-after working very hard with a dialect coach to perfect an American accent-she moved to Los Angeles and immediately got a part on the short-lived TV series . A supporting role in Richard Curtis's coming-of-age rom-com About Time followed, and then she was cast as Naomi-that minx from Bay Ridge-in The Wolf of Wall Street. It was a career-defining performance, one that left people agape: Who's that?

As Jared Leto, her costar in Suicide Squad, puts it, "She took a role that other people would have had a very difficult time with and elevated it to something spectacular. To be able to stand alongside Leo [DiCaprio], one of the titans of the industry, and be there face-to-face, blow for blow, and not only hold her ground but really shine, was kind of a rare, explosive discovery. It reminded me of Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface."

At first, Robbie wasn't even sure she wanted to play such a shrewd ballbuster. "When I first read it, I thought, I have nothing in common with her. I hate her. It was a really tricky one to get my head around. But her motivation was 'You guys are doing it-why shouldn't I? It's this man's world, and I'm going to get mine.' And I understand that."

The things she was doing herself as far as stunts, you wouldn't believe. There's only a handful of actors who do that sort of work

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Now, two years later, at 25, she's the girl of the moment, on the cusp of a very big summer. The Legend of Tarzan, as directed by Yates, who brought us the best of the Harry Potter movies, is an A-movie reboot of a B-movie franchise, one that the filmmakers hope will lift the character up out of the swamp of kitsch and into the twenty-first century. When Warner Bros.-having kept a close eye on the dailies while Robbie was shooting Focus with Will Smith in late 2013-approached her about playing Jane, her first reaction was: Not for me. "There's no way I was going to play the damsel in distress," she says. But then she read the script. "It just felt very epic and big and magical in some way. I haven't done a movie like that. The Harry Potter films could have been really cheesy, but David Yates made them into something dark and cool and real-plus it was shooting in London, and I, on a whim, had just signed a lease on a house there." For Yates, "an unpretentiousness, a real pragmatism, was evident from the moment I met her. There's something very true about her, and those qualities were very important for Jane-someone who's open to experience the beauty of the world."

Naturally, sooner or later, Tarzan meets Jane. "I met her in L.A. about a year before we shot the movie," says Skarsgård, "just before The Wolf of Wall Street came out. She lived in this tiny studio apartment in Hollywood. We were supposed to just have coffee and talk about the project, but we spent the entire day together. I remember being blown away by how cool and down-to-earth she was. And then Wolf came out, and she went from relative obscurity to being the hottest actress in Hollywood." When Tarzan finally started shooting in London, "she was living in a house with six other people," says Skarsgård, "kind of a frat-house vibe, and on weekends she would go to Amsterdam and sleep in bunk beds in a youth hostel with Canadian backpackers, or to some music festival in Northern England and sleep in a tent. She's not precious at all."

The story of Suicide Squad, meanwhile, is that all of the bad guys in the superhero world who are locked up in prison are offered a chance to do some good-a suicide mission, if you will-to get their sentences reduced. Harley Quinn is both the shrink and the girlfriend of the Joker, played by Leto. "She doesn't even have superpowers," says Robbie. "She's just a psychopath who runs around gleefully killing people-she finds joy in causing mayhem, which makes her weirdly endearing and fun to watch."

The role, says Ayer, demands "a lot of heavy lifting for an actor. But she's a tough girl, and she's incredibly smart and mature beyond her years. She has ridiculous depth, and she's never been coddled, so she's very physically courageous. The things she was doing herself as far as stunts, you wouldn't believe. There's only a handful of actors who do that sort of work themselves."

Robbie was filming the underappreciated Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with Tina Fey in New Mexico just before she went off to Toronto to shoot Suicide Squad. "She had a personal trainer literally following her around the set so she could be ready for Suicide Squad," says Fey. "She's very strong. There's a scene in Whiskey Tango where she punches me and says, 'We're going out tonight!' I had this huge bruise on my arm for days." Fey is crazy about Robbie. "She doesn't take herself too seriously," she says. "And she has that soap-opera background, which I think is great. Those people just make a choice and don't overthink it. They don't think that acting cures world hunger in and of itself."

When our trapeze class comes to an end, we find Robbie's driver. As we head back to her hotel in West Hollywood, her phone rings. It's Robbie's boyfriend of two years, Tom Ackerley, the assistant director she met in 2013 on the set of the World War II drama Suite Française. "Hi, darling," she says into the phone. "Just mastered a new trick. . . . Yes, I'm very chuffed with myself." (Later, when I ask about Ackerley-whom she describes as "the best-looking guy in London"-she says, "I was the ultimate single gal. The idea of relationships made me want to vomit. And then this crept up on me. We were friends for so long. I was always in love with him, but I thought, Oh, he would never love me back. Don't make it weird, Margot. Don't be stupid and tell him that you like him. And then it happened, and I was like, Of course we're together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before.")

Ackerley is actually calling to talk business: He and Robbie-along with Ackerley's friend Josey McNamara, who is also an AD, and Robbie's childhood best friend, Sophia Kerr-started a production company, LuckyChap, a year ago. The four of them all live together in that house in London and are planning to move to Los Angeles later this year. They have already acquired five projects, one of which is the script for I, Tonya, the highly anticipated Tonya Harding biopic that Robbie will star in. (Robbie is a decent skater-she played on an amateur ice-hockey team when she moved to New York City in 2011 to shoot Pan Am.) Their first film, Terminal, a dystopian noir thriller, has just started shooting in Hungary. Robbie plays a waitress whose story line ties all the others together. "We chose the most challenging indie film imaginable-it's not commercially viable from a financier's point of view," says Robbie. "It's shaving years off my life. It's really hard work, but so rewarding and much more empowering than just acting. I was starting to feel like a little pawn getting moved around the board: Go here! Do that! Be her!"
"This is a very smart thing for her to do," says Fey, "because otherwise, as a piece of casting, she's always going to have someone saying, 'You look amazing-but we'd love for you to weigh less.' Already at 25 she's like, You know what? I'm going to opt out of that fuckery and be on my front foot with my career."

It's early evening when we finally arrive at Robbie's hotel. We walk past the bar, and bump into Sandy Powell, the legendary costume designer, who's having a drink with a friend. As it happens, Powell did the costumes for The Wolf of Wall Street, and Robbie tells me that most of those tight, come-hither getups she wore were Powell's actual clothes from the nineties. "I would say, 'Where did you get that?' and she would say, 'It's mine. I used to wear it all the time.' "

We pass the swimming pool, and there's not a person in sight. "I so badly want to go for a swim," she says. "Do you mind if I jump in the pool?" She runs off to her suite while I make myself at home on a chaise and order a drink. When she reappears, she's wearing a white one-piece bathing suit with a vaguely suggestive cartoonish illustration of a half-peeled banana emblazoned on the front, and short-short denim cutoffs. She seems blissfully unaware that the suit looks like something that, say, Pamela Anderson would have worn in the nineties. This reminds me of something Cara Delevingne-who plays Enchantress in Suicide Squad -told me about Robbie. "I was having a conversation with her the other night at the MTV Movie Awards," Delevingne said. "In this world of celebrity and Hollywood, so many people act like they're being watched all the time-but Margot doesn't act like that at all. She's constantly dancing like no one's watching."

The whole fake-it-till-you-make-it thing has really worked out for me. You can apply that to anything-you just have to hustle

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She peels off her Daisy Dukes and knifes into the water. At one point, she submerges herself just to the bottom of her nose. Suddenly, with her hair slicked back, I realize who she reminds me of: Margaux Hemingway, in a famous shoot from the seventies by Douglas Kirkland. Robbie gets out of the pool and lies down on the chaise next to me. I mention the resemblance, and she Googles her. "Wow," she says. "What a stunner."

Owing mostly to her surf-tastic teenage years, Robbie seems to prize a kind of athletic comfort above all else (though she does love the red carpet-"I think I enjoy the getting ready part more than the actual event, to be honest"). But her penchant for dressing down is also a tactical measure. Here at the hotel, as at the pier earlier, she goes completely unnoticed. "If I dress like this, people don't look twice. It's as soon as I put on makeup and a dress and have my hair done-I can't get ten meters without being recognized."

I bring up the various spellings of her name-Margaux, Margo, Margot. "I always said, 'Mom-there was a really cool way of spelling my name, and you picked the boring way that gets everyone confused. They forget the T or call me Mar- got,' " she says, laughing. (Her childhood nickname was Maggot.) "Now everyone's finally spelling my name right-that's how I knew I'd made it."

Robbie was raised with her three siblings by a single mother, Sarie Kessler, a physiotherapist, in a very small house (her parents divorced when she was young). "I adore my mother," says Robbie. "She's the most pure-hearted, divine human being." We get to talking about the similarities in our childhoods: lots of kids, raised in a house with only one bathroom, everyone working to help make ends meet-the kind of setting that can scald one's heart with ambition. "I went to a school where all of my friends were very well-off," she says, "and I went to their houses a lot, and so I knew what it looked like to be rich but I didn't have it, so I was like: OK-I know exactly what I want." She worked several odd jobs-tending bar, making sandwiches, selling surfboards-which gave her a lot of confidence at a young age. "The whole fake-it-till-you-make-it thing has really worked out for me. The more times you do that, the more you realize that no one really knows what they're doing; everyone's kind of figuring it out or pretending they know until they do know. And you can apply that to anything-you just have to hustle."

Robbie's hustle-her resourcefulness, mixed with ambition and a little naïveté-has defined her career since before it even started. "I was watching TV one day-maybe I was fifteen," she says. "There was a girl my age doing a scene, and she said her line, and it was just not that good. And I remember thinking, I could have done it better. And then I thought, Well, why is she doing it? Why isn't it me?"

To a one, every person I spoke to about Robbie pointed out two things: her willingness to try anything and her uncanny ability to be good at everything. A couple of years ago, when there were still eight people living in that house in London, Robbie made a rule: No one can move in unless they get the house tattoo. So they found an artist named Pedro with a shop nearby, and one day, while Pedro was tattooing Ackerley, Robbie begged to have a go at it. "I have a bit of a morbid fascination with needles," she says. "There've been a few instances when I've given piercings." Pedro eventually handed over the gun, Ackerley relented, and, well, she got hooked. As a wrap gift after Tarzan, Sophia-her best friend/housemate/business partner-bought her a tattoo gun on eBay, and soon, between scenes while shooting Suicide Squad, says Robbie, "people would come into my trailer: 'Hey, Margs-can I get a tattoo?' 'Sure-sit on down!' " She even gave Delevingne something she dubbed "toemojis"-five emoji faces on the bottoms of her toes. "And then we all decided to get Squad tattoos, David Ayer included," says Robbie. Now she travels with her tattoo kit everywhere she goes.

We head up to her hotel suite, where Sophia is hard at work on LuckyChap, and before long Robbie has set up her tattoo emporium on the dining-room table. The Rolling Stones are blaring from a laptop, and she's giving me my very first tattoo. We had discussed it earlier-in theory-and settled on the Roman numeral five ( V) because my birthday is May 5 and the V stands for my last name. And, well, why not-anything for a story, no? She sketched out a few ideas in my notebook, and then on my arm, and then, after few false starts, in a matter of minutes, it's done. I love it, I say. "I'm so happy," she says. Suddenly, Sophia shouts, "Oh, my God! Look at the moon!" and we both jump up and join her at the sliding glass doors. The three of us stare in silence for a moment at the biggest, brightest, orange-est moon any of us have ever seen. And then Margot Robbie, whose own star is burning awfully bright right now, says, "The moon is glistening. Literally. We're listening to the Rolling Stones. And I just gave you a tattoo. So perfectly Hollywood!"
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Tarzan's Margot Robbie on Why She's No Damsel in Distress

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With two major blockbusters on the horizon, her own production company, and a take-no-prisoners approach to the world at large, Margot Robbie is summer's brightest-burning Hollywood star. When Margot Robbie popped up in The Big Short last year for a 60-second cameo-by definition, playing herself-to explain what "shorting" a bond means while drinking Dom Pérignon in the bathtub of a billionaire's Malibu condo, I subconsciously shorted her.

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'I wasn’t seeing many scripts where I wanted to play the female role – I always wanted to play the male role. The female roles are always a catalyst for the male story, and that’s unsatisfying.'

Regarding the pressure to have children, Robbie also aligns herself with Queen Elizabeth: “I got married, and the first question in almost every interview is, ‘Babies? When are you having one?’ I’m so angry that there’s this social contract,” she tells Radio Times. “You’re married, now have a baby. Don’t presume. I’ll do what I’m going to do".

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Mary Queen of Scots star Margot Robbie has revealed she's developing a new TV show about the Second World War's "incredible" female codebreakers.

The actress also has her own production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, and is forging ahead with a new show about the women she "would have loved to hear about in class."

"I'm only really finding out the most fascinating things about history now that we have a production company," she tells the new edition of Radio Times. "We're finding these projects and I'm learning all these things. It's like, 'So why is this not in the history books?'

"The things women did in the Second World War were incredible. We have a TV project [in development] about female codebreakers who shaved two years off the war. Never heard of any of them, or the women of the SOE [Special Operations Executive]. I would have loved to hear about that in class."

Robbie is most likely referring to the female codebreakers of Bletchley Park, who were vital to wartime intelligence breakthroughs. Their story has been touched on in ITV's The Bletchley Circle, but the work of the SOE is perhaps less well-known: this was the British government's secret organisation devoted to espionage, sabotage and resistance in occupied Europe. More than 3,000 women were involved.

Explaining why she had chosen to start a production company, Robbie says: "I wasn't seeing many scripts where I wanted to play the female role - I always wanted to play the male role. The female roles are always a catalyst for the male story, and that's unsatisfying.

"So I was like, 'Well, we'll start making our own films, because we can't just sit around for ever and wait for them to come along.'"

I, Tonya was LuckyChap's second project. "No one was going to give me that role," Robbie says. "I don't even know if anyone was going to make that script. So you have to start a production company and do it."

Next on the agenda is a live-action film about Barbie - and though Robbie will be playing the iconic doll, her Mary Queen of Scots co-star Saoirse Ronan has a part in mind for herself.

"Are you doing Barbie?" she asks. "F*** yes! Maybe I can be your weird friend..."

In the joint interview, Robbie - who married assistant director Tom Ackerley in 2016 - also reveals her sympathies for her character Queen Elizabeth I when it comes to the pressure to have kids.

"I got married, and the first question in almost every interview is, 'Babies? When are you having one?' I'm so angry that there's this social contract," she tells Radio Times. "You're married, now have a baby. Don't presume. I'll do what I'm going to do."

"Only women get asked that when they get married," says Ronan. "Men don't."
Read the full interview in Radio Times magazine available in shops and on the newsstand from Tuesday 15th January Mary Queen of Scots is out in UK cinemas on Friday 18th January

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'Margot Robbie is one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood, and yet, the question she keeps being asked is when she's going to get pregnant.'
E! News draws attention to the sexism faced by women in Hollywood - despite Robbie's success, certain reporters only want to know when she's going to have children.

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'Margot Robbie Marries Tom Ackerley in Secret Wedding Ceremony'

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'MARGOT ROBBIE’S MAKEUP ARTIST SHARES TOP TIPS FOR GLOWING SKIN'

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When it comes to having a standout red carpet beauty look, few can compare to Australian actor Margot Robbie, whose recent bright blue eyeliner at the BAFTAs added an electrifying pop of colour to her monochromatic ensemble.

Now, the 28-year-old's makeup artist - whose clients include Priyanka Chopra and Kate Bosworth - has revealed some of her trade secrets, and they include spending 40 minutes preparing the skin before applying makeup.

Speaking to Refinery29, Pati Dubroff explained that she likes to use a facial roller on her clients before using any products because the massage brings oxygen to the surface and makes their skin appear more plump.

"Depending on the person and their needs, I massage upwards from the jaw, never down, and then sculpt the cheekbones. I also work on the eye area because that puffiness can be moved away temporarily," she added.

Noting that not everybody has 40 minutes to spare in the morning, Dubroff said that even just 10 to 15 minutes of facial massage would help combat any facial swelling.

Next, Dubroff applies moisturiser to hydrate the skin followed by primer, which she uses on the oiliest parts of the skin to prevent any shine and help keep foundation in place.

" Suqqu Nude Wear Liquid Foundation is my go-to," she revealed, "and I've been using it for 12 years because the formulas are the closest thing to looking like skin."

The makeup artist suggested waiting until the very end of the makeup application process to apply any powder because, if applied too soon, it's likely you will use more than you need in a bid to cover up the shine from the foundation.

Dubroff also shared a tip for women who want to make their lipstick last for as long as possible, explaining that hydrating the lips is key, as is the application technique.

"I like to apply lipstick by pressing it into the lip with my fingertips," she said. "I find it lasts longer this way than with a thicker coat and I think it looks so much more flattering. Sometimes I even do different tones if I want to give the lips a shape, for example something lighter or darker in the centre."

You can read more of Dubroff's tips here.

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The Australian actress shared the stills on Friday, where she could be seen cuddling up to male co-star Finn Cole behind the wheel of a vintage vehicle.

The 28-year-old used the Instagram post to promote the film's anticipated premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in the coming weeks.

The film, which Margot and her husband Tom Ackerley produced, is set during the Depression-era in Oklahoma and centres on a young boy's search for a fugitive bank robber, played by Margot, who has a bounty on her head.

Margot embraced her natural beauty in the first preview photo, pictures behind the wheel with little makeup on and her blonde locks messily brushed off her face.

The man in the photo is English actor Finn Cole, 21, who appears to play one of the Hollywood star's love interests in the film.

Margot was also pictured in a different scene, where she was driving a car alongside her gun-toting co-star Garrett Hedlund.

'Our film Dreamland will be premiering at the 2019 @Tribeca Film Festival!! Tickets will go on sale on March 26th. See you there! #Tribeca2019,' she boasted in the caption.

The film is directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and will also feature another Australian actor Travis Fimmel from the series Vikings.

Source: dailymail.co.uk/

Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie are reportedly being considered to play the lead in a new Foxtel series.

The Sunday Telegraph believes that the two actresses are part of a possible list, that also includes Naomi Watts, Elizabeth Debicki and Asher Keddie.

Foxtel has commissioned an eight-part series, Lawyer X: The Story of Informer 3838, based on the life of gangland lawyer and police informant Nicola Gobbo.

Foxtel's executive producer of TV Brian Walsh, told The Sunday Telegraph that the new series will feature 'cops, crims, capers, sex and betrayal.'

'Our ambition is to cast someone who is brave and ready to embody this complex and controversial character and her story,' Brian said.

The Sunday Telegraph understands that the series will be based on articles published by The Herald Sun, with journalists acting as consultants.

On Friday, Nicola was finally unveiled as the mysterious 'Lawyer X' who for years had passed confidential information from her gangland clients - including Carl Williams - on to police.

For years, her dangerous double-life was kept a secret until it was lifted by the High Court last week.

Victoria Police argued that identifying Nicola as 'Lawyer X' would put the lives of her and her two children at risk.

The full bench of High Court judges agreed, but said there was more at stake.

'Large though those considerations may be, they do not detract from the conclusion that it is essential in the public interest for the information to be disclosed,' they told the court.

Immediately after the decision, Nicola and her two children went into hiding.

Source: dailymail.co.uk/

Alethea Jones is attached to direct the feature that just got set up at Paramount.
Margot Robbie is stepping into the world of movie musicals.

The Australian A-lister and her LuckyChap Entertainment production company will produce Big Gay Jamboree, a period musical that just got set up at Paramount.

Alethea Jones is attached to direct the feature project that will be written by rising scribes Marla Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage.

Jamboree tells of a young woman who, after waking up in a strange town, realizes that she has been transported into a 1940s musical. She brings her modern, raunchy sensibility to this more naïve world and meets new friends along the way who help her figure out what happened and how she can find her way home.

The project has been described as being tonally in the vein of The Book of Mormon, the envelope-pushing musical comedy about two missionaries in Africa, and Oklahoma! The latter is the classic (and wholesome) Rodgers and Hammerstein musical centering on a love triangle in turn of the 20th century in the American Midwest.

Robbie, who will not star in the project, will produce via her LuckyChap banner and partners Josey McNamara and Tom Ackerly. Ari Lubet, Greg Walter and Dave Becky of 3 Arts will also produce. Vanessa Joyce will oversee for Paramount.

LuckyChap is repped by CAA, Management 360 and Jackoway Austen. Jones is with Paradigm and Lichter Grossman. Parks-Ramage and Mindelle are repped by 3 Arts and Hansen Jacobson.

Source: hollywoodreporter.com

Margot Robbie has some big shoes to fill!

Mattel and Warner Bros. Pictures officially announced on Tuesday that the 28-year-old actress will portray the role of Barbie in their upcoming live-action movie, confirming the news ET first reported in October 2018.

"Playing with Barbie promotes confidence, curiosity and communication throughout a child's journey to self-discovery," Robbie, who will also co-produce the film, said in a statement. "Over the brand's almost 60 years, Barbie has empowered kids to imagine themselves in aspirational roles from a princess to president. I'm so honored to take on this role and produce a film that I believe will have a tremendously positive impact on children and audiences worldwide. I can't imagine better partners than Warner Bros and Mattel to bring this film to the big screen."

"Barbie is one of the most iconic franchises in the world and we are excited to partner with Warner Bros. Pictures and Margot Robbie to bring her to life on the big screen," added Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO of Mattel. "We look forward to building on this collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures as we tell the stories of our beloved brands. Mattel Films is on a path to demonstrate the enormous potential of our brand portfolio, as we continue to execute on our strategy of transforming Mattel into an IP-driven, high performing toy company."

According to a press release, this marks the brand's first ever live-action feature film, as well as the first announced deal out of Mattel's newly-established Mattel Films, led by Academy Award-nominated producer Robbie Brenner.

The role of Barbie was originally supposed to be played by Amy Schumer. A source told ET in December 2016 that the plot would involve Barbie getting kicked out of Barbieland for not being "perfect enough," and her then embarking on an adventure in the real world.

But in a statement to ET in July 2017, the 37-year-old comedian revealed she was dropping out. "Sadly, I'm no longer able to commit to Barbie due to scheduling conflicts," Schumer's statement read. "The film has so much promise, and Sony and Mattel have been great partners. I'm bummed, but look forward to seeing Barbie on the big screen."

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Last night (February 11), Margot attended the 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards. Margot wore another dress from the Chanel Spring Couture 2019 Collection. Unfortunately, Margot didn't win for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, but congrats to Rachel Weisz!

Margot also presented the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Congrats to Rami Malek!

Today we got the first look of Margot as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). You can check out the trailer below.

After splitting up with The Joker, Harley Quinn and three other female superheroes - Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya - come together to save the life of a little girl (Cassandra Cain) from an evil crime lord.

Vanity Fair has given an exclusive preview of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Margot looks amazing as Sharon Tate!

VANITY FAIR - Quentin Tarantino was six years old and living in the Los Angeles area when, in the summer of 1969, hell broke loose. You know this story: five people murdered over the course of two days that August, shot and stabbed by a clan of hippie impressionables in anticipation of Helter Skelter, Charles Manson's idea of holy terror. It's a Hollywood tale-not least because its most famous victim, the pregnant actress Sharon Tate, was the wife of director Roman Polanski, which put the terror square in the back lot's backyard

But it's a Hollywood story for bigger reasons. This was an era, not merely an event; a lifestyle, a people, a widespread obsession-not merely a spot on a timeline or map. The city is a sprawl. So was 1969. And so is the work of Quentin Tarantino, whose last three movies were violent but (mass Nazi execution notwithstanding) playful excursions into history, all of them riffs on the deviant style and rough talkiness of the Westerns Tarantino loves, even the Dirty Dozen-esque World War II picture Inglourious Basterds, in which a motley troop of American badasses, a mock-Tennessean Brad Pitt at its helm, takes its grievances out on Nazi skulls.

Now he's back with a Western of a different stripe: an old-school L.A. story à la Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, the kind of city epic only a nostalgic of Tarantino's wit and peculiarity could attempt to really do justice. Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a faded TV Western star and Pitt as his stunt double, is, as its sand-battered title suggests, a throwback. For Los Angeles, sure, but also for Tarantino, who, after traveling as far and wide as the Third Reich and the Shaolin Temple, is bringing it home.

Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood will be released July 26.

- Warner Bros. and Mattel have partnered to bring Barbie to the big screen. Margot Robbie is set to portray the live-action version of the iconic doll.

"This project is a great start to our partnership with Ynon and Mattel Films," said Toby Emmerich, chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group. " And Margot is the ideal producer and actress to bring Barbie to life on screen in a fresh and relevant way for today's audiences."

Robbie will also co-produce the film under her LuckyChap Entertainment banner, alongside Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara from LuckyChap Entertainment.

"Playing with Barbie promotes confidence, curiosity and communication throughout a child's journey to self-discovery. Over the brand's almost 60 years, Barbie has empowered kids to imagine themselves in aspirational roles from a princess to president," Robbie said. "I'm so honored to take on this role and produce a film that I believe will have a tremendously positive impact on children and audiences worldwide. I can't imagine better partners than Warner Bros and Mattel to bring this film to the big screen."

The Barbie adaptation marks the first announced deal to come out of Mattel's newly-established Mattel Films, led by producer Robbie Brenner, as well as the first collaboration between Mattel Films and Warner Bros. Pictures.

"Barbie is one of the most iconic franchises in the world and we are excited to partner with Warner Bros. Pictures and Margot Robbie to bring her to life on the big screen," said Ynon Kreiz, chairman and CEO of Mattel. "We look forward to building on this collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures as we tell the stories of our beloved brands. Mattel Films is on a path to demonstrate the enormous potential of our brand portfolio, as we continue to execute on our strategy of transforming Mattel into an IP-driven, high performing toy company." ( source)

Back on Sunday, January 06 Margot and Saoirse Ronan were guest at The Andrew Marr Show in London for promoting Mary Queen of Scots. Few stills from the episode have now been added to the gallery, and below you can also watch a bit of their interview. Enjoy!

- When it was announced that Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie would be playing royal rivals in Mary Queen of Scots, there was no doubt it would be worth a watch. Both were Oscar-nominated last year for their respective roles in Lady Bird and I, Tonya, and their resumés were already impressive: Saoirse started acting aged 9, going on to appear in movies like Atonement, Hanna, and The Lovely Bones; Margot is immediately recognisable for playing Harley Quinn, who'll be getting her own Suicide Squad spinoff next year.

When we at BuzzFeed were given the chance to speak with Saoirse and Margot to promote Mary Queen of Scots in London recently, we couldn't pass up the opportunity. They told us all about what it was like to finally work together and what kind of roles they'd love to take on next...

(Read the rest of the interview at the source)

Check these beautiful portraits of Margot taken while doing the interview in our gallery! Enjoy 🙂

- Margot Robbie and Michael B. Jordan seem to effortlessly check all the movie star boxes: Megawatt charm? Check (those smiles!). Actor clout? No problem (having Martin Scorsese and Ryan Coogler launch their respective careers can't hurt). Lucrative blockbuster movie franchises? Yep, that too (Robbie in Suicide Squad and Jordan in Creed, with a memorable detour into Wakanda). So, as it turns out, they have a lot to talk about-and not just about fame and their good fortune. Here, as part of our annual Best Performances portfolio, Robbie, who starred in the recent palace-intrigue period drama Mary Queen of Scots, and Jordan, who returned in Creed 2 and dominated the screen in Black Panther this year, sit down with W's Editor at Large Lynn Hirschberg to share not only how it is they make morally questionable villains like Harley Quinn and Killmonger into magnetic antiheroes, but also their totally embarrassing early email addresses, their most memorable red carpet fashion faux pas, and their frankly amazing first kiss stories.

So Michael, what's the first album you ever bought?
Michael B. Jordan: First album? Ah, man, that's a good one.
Margot Robbie: Oh, that is a good one.
Jordan: I want to say, on cassette tape... um, Usher's My Way.
Robbie: That's a good answer.
Jordan: You're taking me back. I want to say I rode my bike to the music store that was, like, down the street.
What was the first album you ever bought, Margot?
Robbie: I think the first album I bought was, um, AFI's Sing the Sorrow. I was in a bit of a heavy metal phase. But I think the first single I bought was Blink 182, "All the Small Things."
Jordan: Okay. So the heavy metal. Are you still in that phase or did you pass that?
Robbie: Occasionally.
Jordan: Occasionally?
Robbie: Occasionally.
Have you ever gone through a heavy metal phase, Michael?
Jordan: I have not.
Robbie: [Laughs.]
Jordan: But electric guitar solos are my thing. Like, I love, the Ernie Isleys of the world, the "Who's That Lady" solo is pretty incredible. [Michael Jackson's] "Dirty Diana" is pretty good.
Do you play air guitar?
Jordan: Air guitar? All day. [Laughs.]
Robbie: I can air guitar. That's about the extent of my musical prowess, really.
Michael, did you box before Creed?
Jordan: I never officially boxed but karate, martial arts, and stuff like that. And then I kinda segued into boxing.
And you, Margot, have you ever boxed?
Robbie: I've done a bit of boxing, yeah-mainly to prepare for fight training, like stunt work. And I really, really like it. I have stupidly long arms, like, they're too long for my body. So actually it's kind of good when you're boxing.
Jordan: The reach is incredible.
Robbie: An extra long reach. And it looks good on camera. Having long limbs on camera makes your punches-
Jordan: Your punch is a little wider, yeah, yeah, yeah. She knows what she's talking about.

(Read the rest of the interview at the source)

W MAGAZINE - Regina King, Emily Blunt, Lakeith Stanfield, and more of Hollywood's biggest stars celebrate New Year's Eve the most delightful way they know how-by popping the cork on bottles of champagne. Margot Robbie shows Michael B. Jordan how to pop a bottle with ease. While Rami Malek and Eddie Redmayne go full on rockstar. Cheers!

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Last night (February 11), Margot attended the 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards. Margot wore another dress from the Chanel Spring Couture 2019 Collection. Unfortunately, Margot didn't win for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, but congrats to Rachel Weisz! Margot also presented the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

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“I feel your pain”: cosmopolitan charity and the public fashioning of the celebrity soul

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Stars may use charity work as a way to raise their profile and add dimensions to their personality - dimensions of 'compassion and caring

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The only real celebrity scandal Robbie has been involved in throughout her career.

The scandal happened during the early stages of her career – around the same time she ‘took off’ with Wolf of Wall Street – perhaps gossip magazines found it easy to target her as someone who would have an affair due to her new-found attention as an openly sexual figure.

The scandal also drew additional attention to Robbie at the beginning of her career – this meant her name was broadcast across multiple magazines, next to A-lister Will Smith – but could have been potentially damaging to her image. Luckily the scandal fizzled out quickly and did not do any major damage to her image.

This may be why Robbie now keeps her personal life out of the public eye.

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'Will Smith Cheating Story Not True: So-Called Flirty Photos With Margot Robbie Were Part of Movie Production'

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'Will Smith Cheating Story Not True: So-Called Flirty Photos With Margot Robbie Were Part of Movie Production'

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The minor scandal surrounding Robbie and Smith quickly fizzled out.

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In Focus, which was shooting in New Orleans, Robbie plays an impressionable woman who gets caught up-and then becomes romantically involved-with Smith's veteran grifter. Kristen Stewart was previously attached to the role, but she dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith tied the knot in 1997, the actor's second marriage, and are parents to son Jaden and daughter Willow. Will also has son Trey from his first marriage.

Jada described their marriage to Access Hollywood last year as " totally indestructible."

On The Queen Latifah Show in September, Will laughingly recalled getting a Google alert that he was getting divorced while lying in bed with his wife.

"It says, 'Jada Pinkett Smith files for divorce.' So I'm like, 'This is crazy!'" the 44-year-old actor recalled.

"It's hard in relationships in general when people expect it to be easy," Smith said. "It's not easy. It's the individual most difficult thing that you're ever going to do in your life-to try to handle the challenges of life and family and love, side by side for somebody for the rest of your life? It's a battle."

And all seemed to be going well on Halloween (although Willow might now be a little scarred), when Smith wrote on Facebook: "Happy Birthday, Willow! Our baby is 13 today. No more little ones in the house.... I think I'm gonna get Jada pregnant tonight."

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Will Smith Cheating Story Not True: So-Called Flirty Photos With Margot Robbie Were Part of Movie Production

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Theo Wargo/Getty Images Jemal Countess/Getty Images In Focus, which was shooting in New Orleans, Robbie plays an impressionable woman who gets caught up-and then becomes romantically involved-with Smith's veteran grifter. Kristen Stewart was previously attached to the role, but she dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

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Robbie openly addressed the rumours on her Twitter in 2013.
In doing so, Robbie shut down the rumours before they gained any major validity.

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After photographs surfaced of Robbie and Smith together surfaced, multiple gossip magazines accused them of engaging in an affair.

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'Cheating on Jada? Will Smith seen getting cozy with 23-year-old co-star in new photos'

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'Cheating on Jada? Will Smith seen getting cozy with 23-year-old co-star in new photos'

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In many of the articles, Robbie’s age (23 at the time) is foregrounded – playing into the “younger model” trope that is associated with affairs.

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Rumors have been swirling for months that things are less than peachy between Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and new photos, published by Star magazine, are adding fuel to the fire.

The images, taken in a photo booth, show Will cozying up to his "Focus" co-star Margot Robbie, a 23-year-old blonde beauty who can be seen lifting her shirt in one picture while Will pushes his bare chest against her back.

In the other pictures, Will is shown wrapping his arms around Robbie and holding her closely.

A source with knowledge of the situation told FOX411 the images were taken shortly after the co-stars wrapped a filming session, and that there is "100 percent no truth" to rumors of a romance between Robbie and Will.

The mega-star is known for his silly antics, but witnesses at the New Orleans event told Star the behavior with Robbie didn't seem innocent.

"They were hanging all over each other, laughing like they were a new couple in love," a source claimed. "He wasn't acting like a married man; he gave no signs that he was in a committed relationship."

Still, the source assured us that there was no romance brewing between the two.

Meanwhile, Jada was reportedly in Baltimore for a speaking engagement.

Jada and Will have repeatedly denied reports that there's trouble in paradise, even after Jada accidentally implied that they had an open relationship a few months back.

Jada told HuffPost Live in April that the media assumes they have an open relationship "because Will and I are very relaxed with one another. But I've always told Will: You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be OK."

Will and Jada met in 1990 on the set of his hit series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." They married in 1997 and have two children together, Jaden, 15, and Willow, 13.

On Sunday, well before the issue of Star hit newsstands, Jada posted a cryptic message about mistakes on her Facebook page.

"We should never have the expectation to not make mistakes, we should only have the expectation to learn from them," she wrote.

Reps for Will, Jada and Robbie did not return FOX411's request for comment.

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Cheating on Jada? Will Smith seen getting cozy with 23-year-old co-star in new photos

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Rumors have been swirling for months that things are less than peachy between Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and new photos, published by Star magazine, are adding fuel to the fire.

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'Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith's marriage 'great' despite Margot Robbie cheating rumours'

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'Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith's marriage 'great' despite Margot Robbie cheating rumours'

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The numerous magazines that reported the ‘scandal’ shows how eager people were to share potentially damning information.

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EVERYTHING is 'great' in Will Smith's marriage despite claims he is having an affair with his young 'Focus' co-star Margot Robbie.

Sources tell Smith's 16-year marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith is rock-solid after photos of him canoodling with the 23-year-old Neighbours star recently surfaced.

The cheating rumours began after the costars took advantage of a photo booth during the film's wrap party.

"That was a photo booth on set that the producers got for everyone," a source said. "It was the last day of filming and everyone was taking pictures. They were just goofing around. Will is just like that. There's nothing more to it."

As for his relationship with Pinkett Smith, the actor's new friendship with Robbie hasn't affected his marriage at all.

"Everything with them is great," the source said.

magazine recently published the photos of the Queensland-born star and Smith pulling their shirts up and clowning around in a photo booth last month in New Orleans.

A source told the magazine that the pair didn't even take their photos after they were printed.

Smith and Robbie are clearly comfortable with each other. The Men in Black star has expressed his fondness for Robbie.

"When we did our audition together, we had a natural chemistry," Will previously said of his co-star. "I think it's going to be a lot of fun."

Focus, which is currently being filmed, tells the story of a con artist (Smith) who takes a beautiful young women (Robbie) under his wing and shows her what he knows. Things get complicated however when they get romantically involved.

Robbie got her big break in the US starring in the short-lived TV series Pan Am with Christina Ricci. However her role as Naomi Lapaglia in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio is set to give her acting career a huge boost.

Will and Jada have been forced to deny that their relationship is in trouble many times throughout the years.

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Smith's marriage 'great' after Robbie pics

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EVERYTHING is 'great' in Will Smith's marriage despite claims he is having an affair with his young 'Focus' co-star Margot Robbie. Sources tell Smith's 16-year marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith is rock-solid after photos of him canoodling with the 23-year-old Neighbours star recently surfaced.

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'Will Smith caught in racy photos with 23-year-old co-star'

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"Men in Black" star Will Smith has been caught in compromising photos with Margot Robbie, the 23-year-old co-star of his new film, "Focus."

According to a Star magazine cover story, Smith - who's been married to Jada Pinkett-Smith for 15 years - and Robbie hopped into a photo booth together at a party for some racy shots. And afterwards he gave her a piggy back ride and headed off to his trailer.

The photo booth shots show Smith lifting his shirt up while sexy Robbie does the same to reveal a frilly bra. In another photo, she flashes peace signs while Smith lasciviously leans in with his tongue out. In yet another, Smith smiles while Robbie wears a seductive mask.

The report says the pair stepped into the photo booth at a cast party together in New Orleans on Oct. 25. "He wasn't acting like a married man," a source told the magazine of Smith. "He gave no signs that he was in a committed relationship... what kind of married man would go into a photo booth with a sexy 23-year-old and start to undress?"

The witness at the New Orleans party further told Star, "Once they pulled the curtain back to take the pictures, they let their inhibitions run wild, laughing, hugging and nuzzling each other in the dark." And, "Margot directed Will before each pose... she asked Will to take a sexy picture with her, as she pulled up her shirt and exposed her lingerie for Will and the camera."

The witness added, "They were hanging all over each other, laughing like they were a new couple in love."

Margot Robbie at the an awards show in Australia.

After the photo session, the report says Robbie climbed onto Smith's back, "piggyback style." And the allegedly amorous pair, "headed toward his trailer." But the duo never even grabbed their photos. "After they left the party, they were gone all night," the source said.

Smith, 45, and Robbie's characters are reportedly romantically linked in the film - and Robbie has been quoted as saying that after she auditioned for her part with Smith, "we had a natural chemistry."

Meantime, reports have repeatedly surfaced that Smith's marriage is struggling. Around the same time of his photo booth escapade, Pinkett-Smith was in Baltimore to speak at the Associated Black Charities of Baltimore Girls' Night Out event. During her address at the Oct. 23 gala, Star reports, Pinkett-Smith, "dropped blatant hints about her unhappy marriage."

The "Matrix Reloaded" actress , "sullenly looked out into the crowd," and, according to an audience member, said, "When you are going through a storm with your spouse... stop thinking about what you 'believe' a husband or wife should be."

A source close to Smith and his wife insisted on Monday that they're laughing off the episode. The photo booth was brought to the "Focus" set on Oct. 25 to celebrate the end of a two-month-long shoot in the Big Easy.

"The booth was there during the day - everyone was there goofing around, laughing and trying to one-up each other," a source close to the couple said. "There was no hanky-panky."

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Will Smith caught in racy photos with 23-year-old co-star

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"Men in Black" star Will Smith has been caught in compromising photos with Margot Robbie, the 23-year-old co-star of his new film, "Focus." According to a Star magazine cover story, Smith - who's been married to Jada Pinkett-Smith for 15 years - and Robbie hopped into a photo booth together at a party for some racy shots.

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''We were just goofing around!' Margot Robbie defends taking suggestive photographs with married star Will Smith

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Margot Robbie and Will Smith's close friendship came under scrutiny this week after photographs emerged of the married father of three and the young actress getting cosy in a photo booth.

In the pictures, published in Star magazine, the 23-year-old Australian actress lifts up her top to reveal her lacy white bra, as Will, 45, pulls up his own top, pressing his bare chest against her back.

However, Margot has taken to Twitter to deny any inappropriate behaviour between herself and her Focus co-star and insists the pair were 'just goofing around'.

She wrote: 'Been working non-stop, just catching my breath. There's absolutely no truth to the ridiculous rumor in Star mag...

'...It's disappointing that goofing around on set could be taken so out of context (sic).'

'When we did our audition together, we had a natural chemistry,' Margot previously said of her co-star. 'I think it's going to be a lot of fun.'

Been working non-stop, just catching my breath. There's absolutely no truth to the ridiculous rumor in Star mag...
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...It's disappointing that goofing around on set could be taken so out of context.
- Margot Robbie (@MargotRobbie) November 8, 2013

Will plays a professional grifter in Focus, who gets romantically involved with Margot's character after taking her under his wing.

Despite Margot's insistence that the pair are merely friends, it's been reported that the Independence Day actor 'carried' his co-star back to his trailer after taking the photos.

Claims that the photos were taken as part of the last day of production of the pair's movie have now been shot down by an eyewitness.

Radar Online alleges that the actors were alone during the encounter, pouring doubt on the reports that the antics were all part of a party for the whole cast and crew:

'There was no one else in the cast or crew in the general area during that time,' an eyewitness has told Radar, noting that the couple was 'hanging all over each other'.

The source also adds that it's 'ludicrous' for the pair to pass off their actions as those of friends having a fun time:

'It is just ludicrous for Will or Margot to try to play it off like it wasn't a big deal. It's highly inappropriate for a married man in his mid-forties to strip down with a young sexy woman who is half his age'.

According to the insider the night's activities didn't end there as Margo allegedly jumped on Will's back and they headed off towards his luxury trailer, apparently skipping the wrap party that night:

They didn't seem to care if anyone saw them do this. Then they took off, giggling, with her riding on his back and being carried, holding him tight with her head resting on his neck and back as they headed toward his trailer,' the source claims.

Just days before the photos emerged, Will was busy playing family man, writing on his Facebook page that he would like to try to have another child with his wife Jade Pinkett Smith.

'Happy Birthday, Willow!' he wrote to his daughter on Thursday, Oct. 31. 'Our baby is 13 today. No more little ones in the house... I think I'm gonna get Jada pregnant tonight.'

The star's Facebook message is surprising as he and Jada, 42, haven't been photographed together since they were in New York City with their children on August 23.

And Jada has issued a few odd statements lately.

On October 23, she told the audience at the Associated Black Charities of Baltimore Girls' Night Out Event, 'When you are going through a storm with your spouse... stop thinking about what you "believe" a husband or wife should be.'

'I thought success would make me happy ... It does not,' Jada also reportedly said.

But a source has attempted to stem the flurry of rumours, telling US Weekly on Wednesday: 'Everything with them is great.'

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Margot Robbie says she and Will Smith were 'just goofing around'

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Margot Robbie and Will Smith's close friendship came under scrutiny this week after photographs emerged of the married father of three and the young actress getting cosy in a photo booth. In the pictures, published in Star magazine, the 23-year-old Australian actress lifts up her top to reveal her lacy white bra, as Will, 45, pulls up his own top, pressing his bare chest against her back.

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Robbie’s covers on elegant fashion magazines compared with her appearing on the covers of gossip magazines like Star.

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Introduction: feminism and contemporary celebrity culture

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Introduction: feminism and contemporary celebrity culture

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The article discusses how the 'figure of the self-professed feminist celebrity' has become a reoccurring feature of celebrity culture.
Is Robbie another example of 'celebrities who come to identify as feminist at some stage during their career, and use their public persona to articulate political positions broadly consistent with feminism.'

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Robbie as the “face” of multiple magazines.

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Robbie as the “face” of multiple magazines.

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Robbie’s beauty is again emphasised through her multiple appearances on the covers of magazines – clearly, she is someone considered to be beautiful, elegant and intriguing enough to encourage people to pick up and buy the magazines she is on the cover of.

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A Chanel advert disguised as Robbie’s everyday life?

Lounging in the pool in the sun wearing Chanel sunglasses – her casual holiday is desirable and therefore marketable.

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1.3m Likes, 3,340 Comments - @margotrobbie on Instagram: "@chanelofficial 🖤 #CHANELholidays"

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Whilst Robbie promotes Chanel, Chanel promotes Robbie – sharing photos of her to their 33.4 million followers.

This is good publicity for both Robbie and Chanel – for Robbie, she is being promoted by a luxury fashion brand, which only serves to cement her elegant star image.

For Chanel, Robbie is a popular celebrity who draws in attention from people who are influenced by her – she is additionally a star perceived as classy and beautiful – traits associated with Chanel

Their partnership is beneficial for both parties and solidifies the elegance of both Robbie and Chanel.

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Actress @MargotRobbie attended the #BAFTA Film Awards 2019 in a long dress with pleated tulle details and intricate sequin embroideries, showcasing the exceptional know-how of the #CHANELHauteCouture ateliers in Paris. #CHANELFineJewelry #CHANEL #MargotRobbie

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82.9k Likes, 267 Comments - CHANEL (@chanelofficial) on Instagram: "Actress @MargotRobbie attended the #BAFTA Film Awards 2019 in a long dress with pleated tulle..."

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After becoming Chanel’s brand ambassador, Robbie frequently shares posts of her wearing Chanel – in adverts or in her personal life (see Instagram photo of her lounging in a pool wearing Chanel sunglasses).

Robbie is promoting Chanel to her 15.3 million followers – encouraging us to invest in the products whilst establishing her own class and elegance due to her involvement in the prestigious brand.

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Coco Neige 🖤 @chanelofficial #chanelofficial #ad

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1.1m Likes, 6,462 Comments - @margotrobbie on Instagram: "Coco Neige 🖤 @chanelofficial #chanelofficial #ad"

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Shares promotional videos in which she is the star (surfing) to promote her partnership with Nissan – their new brand ambassador.

Shows even more dedication than just posting a picture - drawing on her own interests makes it personal.

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So proud of my partnership with @NissanEurope, being an ambassador for their electric sustainability program. There is a different way - the future is electric! Let's transform the way we live together. ⚡️ #ElectrifyTheWorld #NissanElectric #newLEAF #zeroemission

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263.9k Likes, 2,322 Comments - @margotrobbie on Instagram: "So proud of my partnership with @NissanEurope, being an ambassador for their electric..."

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'Go behind the scenes on Margot Robbie's first Chanel campaign'

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'Go behind the scenes on Margot Robbie's first Chanel campaign'

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Her first “big fashion contract” – Robbie now wears Chanel to major award shows, promotes the brand online and appears in adverts – all solidifying her beauty, sophistication and elegance by association to such a prestigious brand.

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Robbie becomes Chanel’s brand ambassador 

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Robbie potentially strays away from “sexy” labels and sexual attraction to sophisticatedly beautiful – becoming the brand ambassador of Chanel in 2018 – a brand widely recognised for its luxury, class and sophistication.

Yet, Robbie seems to change between the two – continuing to take on more ‘sexy’ roles, like Harley Quinn, whilst still existing as the ‘classy’ brand ambassador of Chanel.

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The actress will wear the brand for tonight's Academy Awards

Margot Robbie has been revealed as the latest Chanel ambassador. The actress - who has been nominated for Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards - will also wear the house on the Oscars red carpet tonight.

This is the first big fashion contract that Robbie - who both starred in and produced I, Tonya - has landed. The actress has worn the French fashion house on the red carpet on numerous occasions recently, including for the Oscar nominees luncheon and for the Critics' Choice Awards this year.

As well as announcing that Robbie would become an ambassador for the house, Chanel has revealed that the actress will be wearing a Chanel haute couture gown for the 2018 Oscars, designed by Karl Lagerfeld.

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The actress will wear the brand for tonight's Academy Awards Margot Robbie has been revealed as the latest Chanel ambassador. The actress - who has been nominated for Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards - will also wear the house on the Oscars red carpet tonight.

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The article explains how ‘engaging celebrities to promote social causes and non-profit organisations has become a widespread practice’. Through engaging with social issues, celebrities can ‘manage their own brand and identity’ and ‘speak out on all kinds of issues’. The article discusses the various reasons celebrities may support social causes and how ‘celebrities can demonstrate a low, medium, high, or transformational level of commitment’ to the cause they are promoting.

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Starting in soap operas, Robbie has subsequently worked on multiple genres of films. From indie films (Z for Zachariah, 2015), comedies (Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot, 2016), blockbusters (The Legend of Tarzan, 2016), period dramas (Goodbye Christopher Robin, 2017), Animated films (Peter Rabbit, 2018) and more.

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'Margot Robbie opens up about marriage, feminism and sexual harassment in Hollywood'

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'Margot Robbie opens up about marriage, feminism and sexual harassment in Hollywood'

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According to Vogue Australia: ‘Robbie, 27, encompasses everything you want from a leading lady: she is funny and feisty, a femme fatale with looks to die for and a business-savvy, brilliant attitude to boot.’

'Family and friends are obviously her primary passions, with films coming in a very close second.' - Emphasising her ‘ordinariness’ – like most “everyday” people, Robbie is someone who is close to her family and friends (despite her success and fame making her ‘extraordinary’)

Robbie on her production company and the desire to produce female-driven content: ‘I’m trying so hard to get projects up and running with an ensemble of young female characters, because that’s my life, my group of girls, we’re a gang and we roll together’ – Note: a distinct personal discourse ‘my girls’, ‘gang’ and ‘roll together’ – Robbie aligns herself with other women.

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Read the full cover story from Vogue Australia's December 2017 issue.

Margot Robbie opens the door to an enormous hacienda-style mansion in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a door lined with Halloween pumpkins of varying sizes and hilarity. "Hi, I'm Margot!" she offers with a huge grin. Suddenly a scruffy little black rescue dog the size of a feather duster leaps out, spinning in circles, and Robbie's smile turns to a frown of panic: "Oh, be careful, he might pee on you!" The pooch, named Boo Radley, jumps up and begins standing on two legs with such panache that you forget he is actually a four-legged animal.

It is a comical moment akin to a scene out of a Woody Allen comedy that morphs into Entourage: the bombshell movie star - dressed off-duty in dark denim overalls, a striped red-and-blue T-shirt and white hotel slippers - and her excitable canine named after one of literature's most famous characters, holding court in the middle of the desert. The rest of the home's residents, who come and go over the next two hours, make up the supporting cast: there is Josey McNamara, the friend and business partner who appears from another room halfway through the interview, Sophia Kerr, the childhood bestie who doubles as an assistant and pops in from behind a stairwell, and Tom Ackerley, the handsome, laconic husband who wanders into the kitchen from the gym. Only this is Robbie's real life, these are her real friends, and this is more than just a movie.

Robbie, 27, encompasses everything you want from a leading lady: she is funny and feisty, a femme fatale with looks to die for and a business-savvy, brilliant attitude to boot. She talks feminism and being a female role model as easily as discussing her favourite fashions while simultaneously crunching movie budget numbers like a seasoned accountant. Her favourite term "100 per cent" slips into conversation as easily as her other typical twentysomething saying, "like"; and her face lights up at the sight of her husband as much as it does when she discusses her absolute love for making movies. Family and friends are obviously her primary passions, with films coming in a very close second.

It has been 10 years since Robbie burst onto our TV screens in Neighbours before making the leap to Hollywood with a life-changing, scene-stealing turn in The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013. Since then her movie repertoire has run the gamut from indie films ( Suite Française, Z For Zachariah) to comedies ( Focus, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot) to blockbusters ( The Legend of Tarzan, Suicide Squad). In the coming months, she will appear in the period dramas Mary, Queen of Scots (in which she plays Queen Elizabeth I with a receding hairline and scarred skin) and Goodbye, Christopher Robin, in which she portrays Winnie-the-Pooh author AA Milne's socialite wife Daphne with perfectly British aplomb. And while her star continues to rise, Robbie, not one to just sit back and enjoy the trimmings of Hollywood success, is now venturing further and stepping up into her newest role: that of producer and self-described president of her own production company. She is taking control of her own destiny from behind the scenes, where she wants to be a female role model by example, in charge of producing female-driven content.

"I already work with a ton of female writers who are brilliant, and I want to work with female directors," she says. "I really want to work with actresses my own age. I'm trying so hard to get projects up and running with an ensemble of young female characters, because that's my life, my group of girls, we're a gang and we roll together and I'm like: 'Why is that not reflected in film?'" She adds that a matured sense of confidence from several years honing the machinations of Hollywood has propelled her to take on producing. "I feel like I've been in the business long enough now watching other people make those decisions. I've had enough experiences to have more of an opinion like: 'Actually, I wouldn't have done it like that, or I think they should have done something different right now.' So now I get to be one of those people who say: "Hey, maybe we should do it a little differently." It's nice to have that opportunity. It's enormously satisfying to build something and to be part of something and to take control of my career."

Albuquerque is the unlikeliest of places you would expect to find Australia's brightest young Hollywood starlet building her own movie empire. But yet it is here, in the high-altitude desert plains, that Robbie has set up court for the short term while her production company, LuckyChap, makes a film nearby. The idea of LuckyChap was first born in 2013 in a house Robbie shared in London with her aforementioned entourage: Kerr, McNamara and then-boyfriend Ackerley, the latter both British assistant directors whom Robbie met on the European set of Suite Française. This year they all officially relocated to LA, where newlyweds Robbie and Ackerley finally moved into a house of their own, and the collective officially opened an office on the Warner Bros. studio lot in January. But on this October day, the LuckyChap team have temporarily rented this Airbnb mansion in the High Desert area at the foot of the Albuquerque mountains, high above the city, while they film Dreamland, the third movie to be produced under their banner. They are also preparing to release I, Tonya, a dark comedy about Tonya Harding, the disgraced former ice-skating champion accused of orchestrating an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan in 1994. The film, a bizarre true story that delicately tackles domestic violence and comedy, received rave reviews after it screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and there are already whispers of Oscar buzz for Robbie's impressive turn as the perm and scrunchie-wearing ice-skating anti-hero Harding.

Here, Robbie is getting down to business while enjoying privacy away from the paparazzi that this desert sanctuary affords her. In between starring in and producing Dreamland, she is conducting meetings for her next projects - before our interview she had a script meeting, the day after she would meet with an Australian director who had flown in from LA especially to discuss a rather special project. Every other weekend, Robbie flies around the world to promote I, Tonya before returning to their little refuge nestled on a windy road lined with trees that are bursting with stunning autumnal colours and panoramic views.

"It's stunning here. I went for a walk this morning trying to tire Boo out," Robbie says as she looks out the window while putting the kettle on. As if on cue the dog reappears at my feet, doing that weird two-legged pose again. "It's like walking into the set of an old Western. Apparently, it's the cleanest air in America here, too. I think we're 5,000 feet above sea level. And the crew are just so great to work with. It's so beautiful, we're really lucky."

Ackerley walks into the kitchen just back from a workout and Robbie teases him affectionately about it being his second gym session of the day, before making him a cup of tea. The close bond between the pair, who married in an intimate ceremony in Byron Bay last December, is obvious. They briefly discuss scripts they have been reading and their plans for the evening - they are hosting a screening of I, Tonya for the cast and crew of Dreamland. Ackerley then gives his wife a quick kiss and disappears into the vortex of the house and Robbie, ever the hostess (incidentally she makes a mean cup of tea, perfected from years of living in London), offers me something to eat and reads out the contents of the fridge: watermelon, chicken, Japanese goji balls. She settles on watermelon.

Margot Robbie shot by Lachlan Bailey for Vogue Australia's December 2017 issue.

We move into the lounge, where Robbie sits in the middle of an enormous modular settee, cross-legged and by now barefooted (Boo has stolen her slipper for a chew toy), and while her conversation later meanders through to marriage, feminism and being a female role model, she begins to wax lyrical about LuckyChap. She is at pains to point out that while happy to use her star power to launch the company, it is a democratic collective of four primary members - soon to be six. They will also include TV projects on their production slate.

"I can't star in every LuckyChap project, but to get started that's how we got our traction, and so moving forward most projects I won't be in," she says. "And the goal would be to eventually have a very established production company with a varied body of work and hopefully critical acclaim and prestige connected to the name but the company would be its own entity, not 'Margot Robbie's company' because it's not, it's everyone's company and so we'd kind of like to steer away from that."

I ask whether it is a help or a hindrance working with her closest friends, and Robbie shrugs her shoulders.

"A lot of people cautioned us against starting a company with our friends, and I was actually really disappointed with how many people told us that it was a bad idea," she says. "But I guess we're one of the exceptions to the rule because we're still all the best of friends and we love working together. It's perfect, because work never feels like work to me. I'm always with my best friends, I trust them implicitly, we know each other so well, we know everyone's strengths and weaknesses and how to spread projects among ourselves so that we can be as productive and efficient as possible and it's been great so far."

Robbie's fame has grown exponentially since The Wolf of Wall Street catapulted her into the spotlight and Suicide Squad spun her further into the blockbuster Zeitgeist (Harley Quinn was one of the most popular Halloween costumes last year, even among Robbie's own friends, and has even been known to help her out when immigration officials don't recognise her). She is also the face of Calvin Klein Deep Euphoria perfume, and the attention around her surprise wedding to Ackerley was intense. The pair celebrated their big day surrounded by 50 of her closest friends and family. Her now iconic Instagram post announcing the nuptials, with her sticking her ring finger up to the camera, went viral. "It's crazy," she says. "I've seen so many other people on Instagram announce their engagement that way now. It's kind of funny, so bizarre."

I ask if being married has changed anything, especially now they are working more closely together, and Robbie looks down at her pear-shaped diamond ring. "That's the thing, we were best friends and roommates before and now we're like best friends and roommates still, so nothing's really changed at all. Other than the fact that I get to wear this on the weekends. I can't obviously wear it during the week when I'm working - I don't want to lose it on set."

While fame brings invites to the Oscars and the Met Gala, Robbie's down time is preferably spent with her nearest and dearest. Weekends at home are enjoyed visiting the local farmers' markets, barbecuing "or picking up her dog's poo", according to Kerr. She remains tight with her school friends from the Gold Coast, and even went backpacking for a month in the Philippines with the LuckyChap team last year. "She has all the same friends since before she was famous," Kerr says. "She FaceTimes her mum, siblings and nephew [who live on the Gold Coast] on a weekly basis. She's in group texts where we all make fun of one another ... she doesn't get any special treatment!"

Robbie says she misses her family enormously and is extremely keen to come back and make a movie in Australia to spend more time with them, and support the local industry: "Ever since we got the company up and running, I was like: 'We need to work with young directors, first- and second-time directors - male or female; we need to work with female writers, directors, actresses, obviously, and Aussies wherever possible. And let's shoot stuff in Australia!' That is my dream."

Being at the centre of a business comes with a lot of pressure, she admits, but being surrounded by her close friends keeps her grounded. "It's hard, I'm sure a ton of people reading this have their own business and it's so hard. Having a business is stressful and time-consuming, but it's incredibly rewarding," she says. "There are obviously a lot of times where I'll have a meltdown and go: 'I can't do it anymore.' And you miss out on a lot of things, like you rarely go on holidays, you miss everyone's weddings, everyone's birthdays. I haven't been home once this year, I haven't seen my best friends, my nephew. So there's that side to it where it kind of hurts to sacrifice those things, but it's also enormously satisfying to build something and to be part of something. It's wild to think it's been 10 years since Neighbours. It's so crazy because time has flown, but at the same time, so, so much has happened. I'm thrilled with where I'm at in my career. I've got absolutely no regrets, every experience has been incredible, character-building and career-shaping."

I first interviewed Robbie in 2014 when she was promoting Focus, riding off the back of her Wolf success and excited about future prospects. She is still wide-eyed and excited, but has matured into a whip-smart woman determined to leave a definitive mark and create her own path under her own rules, and to have fun while doing so.

"Like sunshine" is how her best friend Kerr describes her, while Wolf of Wall Street director Martin Scorsese says Robbie is "like no-one else".

"Margot has ... a unique audacity that surprises and challenges and just burns like a brand into every character she plays. She clinched her part in The Wolf of Wall Street during our first meeting - by hauling off and giving Leonardo DiCaprio a thunderclap of a slap on the face, an improvisation that stunned us all," Scorcese wrote in a tribute to Robbie when she was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People earlier this year. "Margot is stunning in all she is and all she does, and she will astonish us forever."

Margot Robbie shot by Lachlan Bailey for Vogue Australia's December 2017 issue.

I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie says being able to work with Margot "was a director's dream". "She came to set so prepared, having thoroughly done her homework, complete with three different pitches to her accent depending on the age of her character," the LA-based Australian director says. "She was so fully prepared, yet willing to improvise and take chances, and just really fearless. On top of all that, she has such a command of her craft that she makes it look effortless. She could adjust on the fly, and add nuances and colours to a performance. We had an amazing script, but Margot's talent to improvise and react to her acting partners took it to another level."

"Margot has that rare ability to be able to play drama and humour simultaneously. It's a formidable combination. She is effortless with her humour, her timing is perfect. Yet she can turn on a dime and be so vulnerable and sympathetic. It's so difficult to walk that tightrope: one misstep and you lose the audience, and Margot never did."

Robbie, who is an avid ice hockey fan but had never actually skated before I, Tonya, trained for months, sometimes skating up to four hours a day on the ice. When production started (while being the star in almost every scene, "it was actually my first lead role"), Robbie had the added task of being producer.

"Her ability to multi-task was extremely impressive," says Gillespie. "She had a very intense schedule, yet she could step out of character at a moment's notice, discuss a production issue, then get right back to it."

Says Kerr: "It has come so instinctively to her, I often question if she is a better producer or actress. On I, Tonya she was skating off the ice and in between takes talking about the music budget or comparing prices of upcoming locations. She'd then skate back onto the ice again and she was back in character as Tonya Harding. The only thing that has changed is her workload and she's handling it all like a boss."

Rather pertinently, we meet while Hollywood is in the grip of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, with daily accusations being revealed, as more women find strength to speak out and take a stand against sexual harassment. The week before, Robbie had given an inspiring speech at a Women in Film awards night in the form of a "letter to Hollywood" in which she addressed how women "have to fight through degrading situations and will be offered chauvinistic roles by men who think that that's all anybody wants to see us play. We are all just women, all facing the inequalities that being a women brings with it. And ... though we are unique and powerful as individuals, we are invincible when we come together," she said in her speech.

Back on the couch in Albuquerque, when I bring up the speech, Robbie's smile turns defiant: "To me, when I think of women, I think the word that sums up women so well but isn't used as often as it should be is 'resilient'," she says. "Women are so resilient and I think the response to the whole Weinstein situation kind of proved that. Because it's astounding how quickly everyone pivoted from being heartbroken about the news to, how do we move forward? How can we move forward? What good can come out of this? Everyone was so supportive immediately and then automatically looking to the future, which made me even more proud to be a woman.

"Like at the awards the other night, [producer] Kathleen Kennedy was speaking about starting a fund so that there can be a support network if you're ever put in a situation like this and there's money behind it and there's the resources, and there's the people to turn to and there's a solution. It's not just like: 'Let's talk about it,' it's like: 'What's the actual solution?' and everyone on that night was like: 'I would firmly stand behind this.' I think there's also the fact that everyone kept coming forward, so I think that proves there's going to be positive change out of it. People have come forward before and people will keep coming forward in the future, I hope. And if they're not comfortable to do that, then let's make it even easier to do. Let's set up a fund, let's set up some kind of support network system that works and people have a place to turn to. I think that would be the ideal."

I ask if she considers herself a feminist, and she does not hesitate in her response. "I do, I do. But a couple of years ago I was almost scared to say I was because it had so many negative connotations, like: 'If you're a feminist, you hate men.' I've been listening to a lot of TED Talks lately on new-wave feminism and it's not about hating men, and men can be feminists too. My favourite definition of a feminist is 'any person who believes in gender equality in a social, emotional, financial respect', and that means Tom's a feminist, I'm a feminist."

She adds that she plans to harness her celebrity into being a role model for young girls, and wants to visit schoolgirls on her next trip to Australia. "I just want to say to young people that [success] is not as far away as it seems. I didn't know anyone in the industry; it can totally happen," she says. "I would like to do something like that to say something to the younger generation. To say: 'You do have to work really hard, you have to work really, really, really hard, but if you want it badly enough, you can totally make it happen.'"

The light begins to fade as the sun sets on the mountains behind the property, changing from yellow to orange to red before fading to black. It is a stunning backdrop as Robbie discusses her passion for movies, which began as a kid on the Gold Coast, when she would sit on the steps of the cinema at Pacific Fair and watch movie trailers on repeat, enticed by the romanticism of the smell of popcorn and patterned cinema carpet.

"I still get that thrill; I guess it's like escapism at its finest," she says with a grin, her eyes literally twinkling. "On the acting side, my favourite thing is when I truly lose myself in a scene, when I forget that I'm on a set. It's only truly happened a few times in my whole career, where I've genuinely forgotten I was on a set, forgotten that I'm not that character, forgot that it wasn't that time, or that place. That's the best feeling in the world. Better than skydiving; it's like the most exhilarating thing to experience."

I remark she suddenly looks like a child at Christmas talking about the movies. "Oh, it's true!" she sparkles. Being on a film set, she adds, is "100 per cent the greatest place to be". "I have some friends who come visit on set and they hate it and they can't wait to leave, but I love it. Being on a film set is my favourite place, there's nothing better. And I don't care if I've got three lines in the film or if I've got one of the lead roles. I don't care at all. When you're on a set, it's the best thing ever."

Asked what her favourite memory is of making a movie and she nominates the final take of Terminal, the first film LuckyChap completed as a collective, which is yet to be released."The last take wrapped and I remember the crew gave the four of us the clapper board at the end," she says. "And when we knew that we'd just made a movie, that was a really amazing feeling. And we did it together, which was the best part. None of this stuff would be fun if you were doing it on your own. I get to do it with my best friends in the world, it's just awesome."

This article was originally published in Vogue Australia's December 2017 issue.

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Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers

The actor plays the late Fred Rogers in the 2019 movie You Are My Friend.

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Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg

After Natalie Portman dropped out, Jones stepped in to play the Supreme Court Justice in On the Basis of Sex, a biopic directed by Mimi Leder.

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Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding

Robbie will produce and star in, based on the disgraced figure skater's life.

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Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford

The Oscar winner will star as the late movie legend in Feud, Ryan Murphy's FX series about the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis

The Dead Man Walking star plays the acting legend in Feud.

HBO Films; KPA/ZUMA

Anthony Mackie as Martin Luther King Jr.

The actor plays the civil rights leader opposite Bryan Cranston as Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson in HBO's All the Way.

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Jennifer Lawrence as Marita Lorenz

The Oscar winner will play Fidel Castro's former lover in .

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Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams

The British actor stars as the late country singer in I Saw the Light.

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Selma Blair as Kris Jenner

The Kardashians are heading to TV in a very different way this fall in Ryan Murphy's American Crime Story: The People V O.J. Simpson. Selma Blair will play Kris Jenner, who was married to Simpson's attorney Robert Kardashian.

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Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe

The Oscar winner plays the transgender pioneer in The Danish Girl.

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing

In The Imitation Game, the Sherlock star takes on the role of the English mathematician who helped crack the German Enigma code during World War II.

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Daniel Radcliffe as Sebastian Coe

The Harry Potter star is set to play Sebastian Coe in a film drama about his rivalry with fellow Olympian Steve Ovett.

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Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking

The Les Misérables heartthrob is set to play the celebrated physicist. The biopic, titled Theory of Everything, will follow Hawking in his early years before his diagnosis with motor neuron disease.

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Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor

In Lifetime's biopic titled Liz and Dick, the former Disney star channels Taylor during her intoxicating relationship with Richard Burton.

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis

The actor channels the iconic Las Vegas performer from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.

Hulton Archive/Getty Images; TNT

James Franco as James Dean

The Springbreakers star played the late film star in a 2001 TV movie.

ZUMA; HBO

Antonio Banderas as Pancho Villa

The actor travels back to 1914 for a cable-TV reenactment of a little-known chapter in the life of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images; HBO

Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Kevorkian

The actor follows the life and work of the doctor-assisted suicide advocate.

Art Rickerby/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; Reelz Channel

Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy

In The Kennedys miniseries, Mrs. Tom Cruise takes on the roll of one of America's most fashionable first ladies.

MGM; Bauer-Griffin

Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly

The 45-year-old steps into the regal shoes of the Hollywood legend turned princess for Grace of Monaco.

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Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh

The 27-year-old star plays Jamie Lee Curtis' mama in Hitchcock, which focuses on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

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A ‘rhetoric of sincerity or authenticity’:

Dyer discusses how there are key moments in films, such as close ups, that disclose ‘the star’s face, the intimate, transparent window to the soul’. We may see ‘the star as he or she really is’ when they are ‘caught in unmediated moments’.

So, in this intimate mirror scene with Robbie as Tonya Harding – a scene Robbie declared was ‘improvised in the moment’ after an ‘overwhelming day anyway’– are we witnessing Robbie ‘beneath the surface’ and ‘beyond the image’ of both the character of Tonya Harding and her own public star image?

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'Prosthetics! Reverse Contouring! How Margot Robbie Transformed Into Tonya Harding for I, Tonya'

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'Prosthetics! Reverse Contouring! How Margot Robbie Transformed Into Tonya Harding for I, Tonya'

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In an article listing the ways in which Robbie was transformed into Tonya Harding, Vogue reported how Robbie was ‘unrecognisable’ in her role. This again reiterating Robbie’s beauty and the effort it took to make her look less beautiful.

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The newest trailer for I, Tonya is proof: Margot Robbie is the ultimate on-screen chameleon. With decidedly '80s feathered fringe, lids swept lavishly with indigo shadow, and cheeks draped with bright red blush, the Australian actress is practically unrecognizable in her role as Tonya Harding, the professional figure skater who infamously fell from grace when she helped orchestrate the attack of competitor Nancy Kerrigan in 1994. But as one can imagine, it took a village to help Robbie, with her undeniably superlative features, shape-shift into the biopic's blonde anti-hero.

"Our biggest obstacle was how classically beautiful Margot is," explains the film's makeup department head Deborah La Mia Denaver, who in collaboration with lead hair designer Adruitha Lee, helped oversee Robbie's daily transformation on set, which, depending on the day, took anywhere from one to three hours. For the scenes in the trailer, which show a wigged Robbie sporting Harding's de facto '80s makeup, La Mia Denaver used a "reverse contouring" method, which consisted of an old-time favorite, William Tuttle Hi-Light, to highlight (as opposed to shading) Robbie's facial features for an all-over broader, plumper effect. This was crucial for creating the illusion of Harding's wider, more curved nose, as well as her less pronounced jawline, says La Mia Denaver. "Tonya's face had a lot of stress showing--there was a lot of frowning I [needed to] convey with makeup."

For the eye area, she filled in Robbie's arches with featherlight strokes of Kate Super Sharp Liner and brushed up the hairs to make them fuller and less tamed, and then used adhesive glue on the sides of her eyes to make them drop down so they appear less open, "less sparkly." For Harding's tell-tale thin lips, La Mia Denaver used color corrective, flesh-toned concealer around the edge of Robbie's lips and then redrew the shape to make her mouth more narrow, only adding a pop of color-usually in a dark berry-to the inner area of the lips. Another hurdle was downplaying Robbie's supernaturally glowing skin. "When Tonya performed, her skin was very dewy and rosy," says La Mia Denaver, who used very little foundation before stippling three different pinky shades of Stila Convertible Color cream blush with a textured sponge to mimic ruddiness.

But it's when Robbie portrays Harding in her later years that her beauty metamorphosis is most drastic. According to La Mia Denaver and prosthetic designer Vincent Van Dyke, she wears wrap-around body prosthetics, as well as pieces near her nasolabial folds and on her nose, cheeks, and chin. In other words, Robbie's commitment to transforming for a role knows no bounds.

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The Jaw-Dropping Secrets Behind Margot Robbie's Transformation Into Tonya Harding

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The newest trailer for I, Tonya is proof: Margot Robbie is the ultimate on-screen chameleon. With decidedly '80s feathered fringe, lids swept lavishly with indigo shadow, and cheeks draped with bright red blush, the Australian actress is practically unrecognizable in her role as Tonya Harding, the professional figure skater who infamously fell from grace when she helped orchestrate the attack of competitor Nancy Kerrigan in 1994.

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Much of the discourse surrounding I, Tonya focused on Robbie’s transformation into Tonya Harding

These roles and the discourse surrounding them only serve to highlight Robbie’s own attractiveness.

Firstly, Robbie has to undergo significant ‘transformation’, including prosthetics and hours of makeup, to be considered ugly or less attractive.

Secondly, the idea of Robbie being considered ugly is both noteworthy and shocking. In itself this reiterates her beauty as we are taken-aback at the thought/sight of her looking ‘unattractive’.

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'Why Margot Robbie Was Excited to Be Ugly for the First Time Ever'

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As with I, Tonya, much of the conversation around Robbie in Mary Queen of Scots focused on her transformation into a less attractive woman.

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'Inside Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding Transformation in I, Tonya'

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Vanity Fair, another well-known popular culture magazine, also reported on Robbie’s transformation into Tonya Harding. This exemplifies the large scope of discourse focusing on one transformation.

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The challenge of wasn't just in transforming Australian beauty Margot Robbie into five-foot-one figure skater Tonya Harding, or even in portraying her from ages 4 to 44, with many, many bad hairstyles in between. With an $11 million budget and a 31-day shooting schedule, I, Tonya was never going to be an eight-hours-a-day-in-the-makeup-chair kind of movie. Some days Robbie would shoot eight or nine scenes, swapping out wigs and wardrobe in 20 minutes between setups. Makeup-department head Deborah LaMia Denaver, a previous Oscar nominee for her work on Ghosts of Mississippi, was, for the most part, unable to equip her star with expensive prosthetics or age makeup. So, she got creative.

"Margot's eyes smile, they're built that way," Denaver said of the 27-year-old star, who also produced the film. "I took the corners of her eyes and used lash adhesive and just pulled them down to give them a little bit of a droop like Tonya had. Same thing with her mouth. I not only made her lips narrower but I dragged down the corners of her mouth."

The majority of Robbie's makeup transformation is in subtle details like that, with freckles or braces or Tonya's signature black eyeliner complementing the actress's committed, fierce performance. The wigs, created by hairstylist Adruitha Lee, who won an Oscar for another small-budget film, Dallas Buyers Club, completed the effect. Robbie is not a dead ringer for Harding-"It's not a look-alike film, that's not what it's about," as Denaver put it. "We wanted to make it feel like we were telling that true story. I really think we got the essence of Tonya."

Denaver's only splurge was on the prosthetics that Robbie primarily wears in the present-day interview scenes woven throughout the film, in which a 44-year-old, chain-smoking Tonya narrates her wild life story. Robbie wears prosthetics on her chin, cheeks, nose, under her eyes, and around her neck. It took time, according to director Craig Gillespie, to figure out how to make room for the performance underneath all of that.

"We did several molds to see how many wrinkles, how much thickness [to have]," he said of those interview scenes. "We actually re-did the prosthetics and went with [something] with less density to it, and thought that was a better compromise. A little bit goes a long way."

Partial prosthetics were incorporated in other scenes-such as a sequence in which Tonya, fresh off a fourth-place finish at the 1992 Olympics, spends a little too much time drinking away her sorrows and gains weight. But prosthetics were really put to work in the 12-hour shoot for an interview scene. Denaver remembered she and her team members were "on our knees, constantly touching up because of the conditions," which included both near-100-degree heat and, on the last day of filming, torrential rain on the Atlanta set.

On days that included multiple scenes, Denaver and her team would rush to swap out wigs and aging makeup, often precisely matching the video footage from a real-life skating competition or interview. "There were days that we did seven or eight changes. It was crazy," she said. "Especially when we're doing all the competitive stuff on the ice, all those looks we tried to copy-the colors of the lipstick, the colors of the eye shadow, right down to the nails."

Though Tonya Harding is the most famous face in I, Tonya, the most memorable may belong to her acid-tongued mother, LaVona Golden, played by Allison Janney, who underwent her own remarkable transformation.

"We needed to make her look younger because we needed a place to go," Denaver said of the earliest scenes in the film, which depict LaVona 40 years younger than she is by the end. Janney had what is, essentially, a temporary face-lift-with tape applied to her temples and neck-masked with a gunmetal-gray wig that is, like nearly everything else in the film, so terrible because it is drawn precisely from real life. As LaVona aged and, in Denaver's words, "got more miserable . . . we kind of went with that and made her look more stern." Janney's eyebrows became more severe, and the color was drained from her face. "I really wanted to convey that stress and pain in her face as she got older," Denaver said.

For the present-day interview scenes, Janney is accompanied by an oxygen tank, a nip-happy parakeet, and an even harsher bowl-cut wig. But no prosthetics-there was no room left in the budget for it.

"We did all stretch and stipple because we didn't have any more money for prosthetics," Denaver said, referring to the common process of stretching the skin and holding it while applying liquid latex, powder, and paint-in multiple layers to Janney's entire face, hands, and neck-to create wrinkles. "I'm so pleased with that makeup. We accomplished it with so little."

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Inside Margot Robbie's Tonya Harding Transformation in I, Tonya

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The challenge of wasn't just in transforming Australian beauty Margot Robbie into five-foot-one figure skater Tonya Harding, or even in portraying her from ages 4 to 44, with many, many bad hairstyles in between. With an $11 million budget and a 31-day shooting schedule, I, Tonya was never going to be an eight-hours-a-day-in-the-makeup-chair kind of movie.

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Two years after The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus (2015) is released. In the film, Robbie plays a seductive fatale character – yet another example of her taking on roles of women who are unavoidably beautiful or enticing.

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Cosplay Culture:  The Development of Interactive and Living Art through Play'

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This research paper describes cosplay as: 'a type of performance art in which an individual is costumed as a fictional character'.
Cosplay is used to describe 'costume fandom'  - where 'avid enthusiasts' can dress as their favourite characters in support of them.
If we recognise cosplayers as 'avid enthusiasts' of certain characters, and look at the large number of people who dressed as Robbie's Harley Quinn, it is clear that her character (whatever people felt she brought to the role) made a mark on numerous viewers.

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Likewise, this article refers to cosplaying as people being 'dressed as fictional characters they loved' and when 'fans produce their own costumes inspired by fictional characters' - again, the number of people who dressed as Robbie's Harley Quinn following Suicide Squad's release highlights the influence her character made.

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Robbie’s Harley Quinn inspired multiple cosplays across the globe - perhaps a sign of fans appreciation of Robbie’s character.

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Look hue's back! Dazzling Margot Robbie returns as motley supervillain Harley Quinn and instantly stops traffic by holding up...a sandwich.

The Aussie actress, 28, was a riot of colour in frayed pinstripe hotpants, pink croptop, shredded waste paper sleeves, mismatched blinging ankle boots and fake thigh tattoos - and with her pink, green and blonde hair in bunches.

Oscar-nominated for I, Tonya and Mary Queen of Scots, Margot was filming new blockbuster Suicide Squad spin-off Birds of Prey in downtown Los Angeles.

Sadly, the script called for Harley to throw her lunch in the gutter - a crime in California.

Maybe she'll end up in prism.

Eagle-eyed fans were also quick to speculate on the meaning of Harley's tattoos after seeing the photographs.

Her leg tattoo shows 'Puddin' - Harley's pet name for The Joker - crossed out.

At the end of the first Suicide Squad film the pair were shown still very much in love, with The Joke breaking Harley out of prison.

But the ink hints that the couple could have parted ways in Birds of Prey.

This would fit with the Harley of the comics, which depict the relationship between the pair as abusive, with Quinn eventually breaking free.

But fans will have to find out what really happens when the film is released next year.

Birds of Prey also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as The Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, and Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya.

Quinn and the heroines are set to take on the villainous crime lord Black Mask (Ewan McGregor) and his ally Victor Zsasz (Chris Messina).

It has been rumoured that the film will be the first in a new Harley Quinn trilogy, that will continue with a Gotham City Sirens film featuring the characters of Catwoman and Poison Ivy.

Robbie is also expected to star in a Suicide Squad sequel and a Joker/Harley Quinn film alongside Jared Leto.

The film is directed by Cathy Yan, director of Dead Pigs, and is also produced by Robbie herself.

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is released in cinemas on February 7, 2020.

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Look hue's back! Dazzling Margot Robbie returns as motley supervillain Harley Quinn and instantly stops traffic by holding up...a sandwich. The Aussie actress, 28, was a riot of colour in frayed pinstripe hotpants, pink croptop, shredded waste paper sleeves, mismatched blinging ankle boots and fake thigh tattoos - and with her pink, green and blonde hair in bunches.

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Again, comments from fans reveal Robbie’s appeal and how they watch films due to her appearances, and would watch films ‘sooner’ knowing she starred in them.

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This clip from the film documents Tim bumping into Charlotte (Robbie) after many years apart and subsequently fantasising about her.

In the clip, Rory remarks “God she is beautiful. She’s so beautiful if you had sex with her you’d die, you’d die”.

It is evident how the character is sexualised by Rory and is the subject of multiple male gazes. Therefore, Robbie’s own sex appeal and attractiveness are captured through her minor character, Charlotte.

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One of Robbie’s first roles in a major film.

Even in films she plays a minor role, she is still considered attractive – Robbie’s character, Charlotte, is often the subject of Tim Lake’s gaze.

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Tweets praising Robbie in The Wolf of Wall Street massed over one thousand favourites – with people clearly agreeing with Robbie’s appeal.

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Over six thousand people liked a tweet labelling Robbie as “HOT” in The Wolf of Wall Street – again her attractiveness becomes an unavoidable conversation topic.

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Robbie’s star appeal transcends her films, with fans noting they were watching just for her.

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Perhaps Robbie’s second ‘best-known’ role.

Whilst not as explicitly sexual as her role as Lapaglia, Robbie’s role as Harley Quinn may also posit her as somewhat of a sex symbol through her notorious costume: a tight shirt and tight hot pants.

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A Google search of Robbie’s name and the film’s title reveals how unavoidable the conversations surrounding ‘sex’, ‘naked’, ‘seduction’, ‘beauty’, and the ‘X-rated scene’.

This potentially posits Robbie as a sex symbol.

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Articles surrounding the film discuss sex scenes, refer to Robbie as ‘a hottie’ and declare that the film ‘cemented her as one of the most drooled-over babes of 2013’.

Discourse around Robbie in the film very rarely doesn’t include discussion of her looks or sex appeal.

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Robbie’s role as Naomi Lapaglia in Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is one which is credited as skyrocketing Robbie to international stardom.

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Much of the discourse around the film exemplifies how the film is notorious for its sex scenes – ones in which Robbie stars completely naked alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.

For many viewers, Robbie’s appeal likely stemmed from the film’s attention to its sex scenes – positing Robbie as an unapologetically sexual woman.

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Though, subsequently, Deborah Tate met with Tarantino and is reportedly ‘more comfortable’ with the film.

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Debra Tate says her family tragedy has long been exploited for the sake of entertainment.

Author Debra Tate, the sister of late actress and model Sharon Tate, was initially against Quentin Tarantino incorporating Sharon's murder into " Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." TMZ reports that Tarantino arranged a meeting with Debra Tate to discuss her reservations, and she is now feeling better about the project. Part of her newfound optimism is the result of Sony's decision last week to move up the release date so the film no longer hits theaters on the crime's 50th's anniversary.

"This movie is not what people would expect it to be when you combine the Tarantino and Manson names," Debra Tate told the website. Four years ago, she published "Sharon Tate: Recollection" in her sister's memory. The forward was written by Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, who was married to Sharon Tate when - in August 1969 - she and four others were killed in their home by followers of Charles Manson. At the time, Sharon Tate was two weeks away from delivering a son.

Read More:'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' First Look: Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt Are Your 1969 Acting Dreamboats

Debra Tate called Sony's original release date "tacky and exploitative," and said she will sit down with Tarantino again to read his script. Shooting is underway on the feature, which stars more than a dozen household names. Leonardo DiCaprio plays TV actor Rick Dalton, the next door neighbor of Margot Robbie's Sharon Tate.

IndieWire has reached out to Tarantino's rep for comment.

Speaking to Deadline in March, Debra Tate blamed the the press and entertainment industry for "perpetuat[ing] mistruths" about true crimes, "making things even more salacious" than the actual events that occurred. She continued, "To celebrate the killers and the darkest portion of society as being sexy or acceptable in any way, shape or form is just perpetuating the worst of our society. I am vehemently opposed to anything that does that. I've been dealing with this for 50 years now."

An exception, she believes, is "Tate," a competing project staring Kate Bosworth and directed by her husband, Michael Polish. Bosworth, Polish, and Debra Tate will all serve as producers. Hilary Duff will also portray the slain actress in this year's "The Haunting of Sharon Tate," a film from writer-director Daniel Farrands.

Sony brings "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" to theaters on July 26, 2019.

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Sharon Tate's Sister Met With Quentin Tarantino, Is Now More Comfortable with 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'

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Debra Tate says her family tragedy has long been exploited for the sake of entertainment. Author Debra Tate, the sister of late actress and model Sharon Tate, was initially against Quentin Tarantino incorporating Sharon's murder into " Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

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Sharon Tate’s sister, Deborah, initially spoke out against Tarantino’s film and against its actors  it is ‘exploiting the crime’ for the sake of entertainment.

This again furthers the controversy surrounding both the film itself and Robbie taking on the role.

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EXCLUSIVE: In death, a murder victim has no rights, but the victim's family often fights behind the scenes - and sometimes loudly out front - to make sure that their murdered family member is properly portrayed. That has been the case with Debra Tate, sister of actress Sharon Tate whose brutal torture and murder at the hands of the Manson Family is one of the most heinous crimes of the last century.

Debra Tate has spoken out against Quentin Tartantino's Manson project and against actors Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio for not addressing the victim's family's wishes and for exploiting the crime. Another competing project in the mix is the Hillary Duff starring The Haunting of Sharon Tate, which Debra Tate also called "tasteless" as Hollywood looks to exploit the 50th year mark of the crime.

Tate has now thrown her support behind the competing Sharon Tate project Tate. Kate Bosworth is starring and her husband/filmmaker Michael Polish is directing the story about the last day of her life. Nick Phillips is producing. And now so is Tate who is not only supporting the project but is on as a co-producer in what is seen as a true partnership. Bosworth and Polish are co-producing through their Make Pictures.

After the grisly crime, the Tate family tirelessly devoted themselves to helping other victims of crime. And it is because of their voice for Sharon, who was one of six silenced that night (we are including her unborn child, and more would follow), crime victims were given the opportunity to speak at the sentencing of perpetrators as well as at their parole hearings. Hollywood or filmmakers looking to make a name or career for themselves often look to high-profile murder cases to exploit into TV and film projects while families of the victims struggle against opportunists trying to make a buck at the expense of their suffering.

"It's been exploitative since day one. It's been the case since the media went crazy and has perpetuated mistruths making things even more salacious. It's now morphed into something that is more fictionalized than truth at this point. To celebrate the killers and the darkest portion of society as being sexy or acceptable in any way, shape or form is just perpetuating the worst of our society. I am vehemently opposed to anything that does that. I've been dealing with this for 50 years now. We need to stop this, and I intend to help the family behind the NoNotoriety anyway I can to help make this a national movement."

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Debra Tate is not the only one who has objected to Tarantino's take on the murders as I personally have spoken to another. Over the past year and a half, Bosworth, Polish and Phillips have been carefully crafting a film intending to honor Sharon's life: to give personal and poetic insight into her and her life.

Actress Sharon Tate poses for a portrait in 1968
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"At long last I have found filmmakers who are interested in the life story of my sister Sharon. Other projects have been a real source of pain in their insensitivity and gross exploitation of my sister. I am proud to join this very accomplished team to bring the story of the profoundly unique woman known as Sharon Tate," she said.

Tate was the beautiful model-actress who was married to filmmaker Roman Polanski. She was pregnant with his child when members of the Manson family broke into her home and stabbed her 16 times, slaughtering her and four houseguests on August 9, 1969. Tate, a petite blonde, was only 26 and two weeks away from giving birth to her first baby (a boy).

"From the very beginning, it has always been our intention to honor Sharon's life," said Bosworth. "She was a beautiful and complex woman: A sister, a daughter, a wife, a lover. Human. Her life has for too long been overshadowed by the tragedy orchestrated by a raging psychopath. Now, more than ever, we feel it is important to focus on the woman - to reaffirm the voice of Sharon Tate - and to take away the megaphone from the maniac."

"As a father and a filmmaker, I am not interested in portraying violence on screen with this particular project. It has no place in the Tate's life any longer," said Polish. "I'm honored that Debra has been generous with her life in sharing details that will make this movie one-of-a-kind ... just like Sharon."

Make Pictures' upcoming feature film Nona is about a young girl from Central America who is sold into the sex trafficking industry. Polish wrote, directed and photographed that feature film, while Bosworth produced.

Bosworth is repped by CAA & Management 360. Polish by ICM Partners.

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EXCLUSIVE: In death, a murder victim has no rights, but the victim's family often fights behind the scenes - and sometimes loudly out front - to make sure that their murdered family member is properly portrayed.

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'Margot Robbie Didn’t Consult Roman Polanski for Her Portrayal of Sharon Tate'

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'Margot Robbie Didn’t Consult Roman Polanski for Her Portrayal of Sharon Tate'

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An article that seems rather condemning through its headline – perhaps an example of clickbait as the article may have been an attempt to latch on to the controversy surrounding the film.

Though, instead of condemning Robbie, the article simply suggests she did not consult Roman Polanski as he wrote a lot of content in his book and she therefore did not need to – the anticlimactic content of the article perhaps solidifies the suggestion that the title was merely clickbait.

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She also says of the new Tarantino film that she barely worked on-set with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.

Margot Robbie next stars as Queen Elizabeth I in historical period drama "Mary, Queen of Scots," in theaters this month, but many fans are already looking to what the Oscar-nominated actress has planned for 2019: A starring role as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino's " Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." The actress previously told IndieWire working with Tarantino was high on her list of dream collaborations since the start of her career, and she recently explained to Net-a-Porter the filmmaker has exceeded her expectations on set.

"Everyone asks me: 'How is it? How is he on set?'" Robbie said. "I've been on sets for pretty much the last 10 years and I still walk on and think, 'This is soooooooo coooool! Look at that! That's amazing! Oh my gosh!' I'm like a kid in a candy shop and then Tarantino walks on and he's got the same, if not more, enthusiasm and he's so excited. It's his film set and he's not jaded at all - he's just so happy to be there."

Read More:'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood': Margot Robbie Shares First Look As Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino's New Film

Following her roles in "I, Tonya" and "Mary, Queen of Scots," Robbie is once again taking on a real historical figure in "Hollywood." Sharon Tate was a famous actress and model who was murdered by members of the Manson Family cult on August 9, 1969. To prep for the character, Robbie revealed she read Roman Polanski's 1985 autobiography "Roman by Polanski." One thing she did not do is reach out to Polanski himself. Polanski and Tate were married at the time of her death.

"No, I didn't," Robbie answered when asked about consulting with Polanski about Tate. "But he wrote a book and there's so much detail in there that I actually didn't need to."

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Robbie also revealed she originally questioned if she had the right physicality to pull off the part of Tate in accurate fashion. "I'm very flat-chested," Robbie said, "and Sharon Tate was not. So I asked [Tarantino]: 'Any fake-boob situation?' and he said, 'No, it does not change the character.'"

A minor nugget about "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" dropped in Robbie's Net-a-Porter interview is when the actress mentions, "I'm barely on set with them," referring to cast members Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. Tarantino's script focuses on a television star (DiCaprio) and his stuntman (Pitt) attempting to break into Hollywood in 1969. The actors' characters live next door to Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski, and Tate's death at the hands of the Manson Family somehow factor into the plot. "Hollywood" has been described as being similar to the overlapping short story approach of "Pulp Fiction," which Tate's "barely on set" line seemingly confirms. The tip suggests Robbie/Tate will have her own chapter in "Hollywood" as opposed to being directly involved in DiCaprio and Pitt's sections.

Sony Pictures is releasing "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" in theaters July 26, shortly before the 50th anniversary of Tate's death. Head over to Net-a-Porter to read Robbie's interview in full.

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Margot Robbie Didn't Consult Roman Polanski for Her Portrayal of Sharon Tate

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She also says of the new Tarantino film that she barely worked on-set with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. Margot Robbie next stars as Queen Elizabeth I in historical period drama "Mary, Queen of Scots," in theaters this month, but many fans are already looking to what the Oscar-nominated actress has planned for 2019: A starring role as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino's " Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

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'Here's your first look at Margot Robbie in the controversial role of Sharon Tate'

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'Here's your first look at Margot Robbie in the controversial role of Sharon Tate'

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Last year, Quentin Tarantino's latest project - which is based on the Manson Family murders, specifically the killing of Hollywood beauty Sharon Tate - became the subject of debate when it was revealed who could play the lead role of Tate.

Jennifer Lawrence was initially tipped to portray Tate, who was brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family on 9 August 1969.

But Tate's sister Debra was not impressed, saying: "I don't think as much about Jennifer Lawrence. Not that I have anything against her. But she just, I don't know, she's not pretty enough to play Sharon."

Which is ridiculous because Jennifer Lawrence is beautiful!

The first trailer for 'A Star Is Born' has been released - and Bradley Cooper can totally sing!
* Australia has had their first look at Delta Goodrem as Olivia Newton-John - and they are NOT impressed...

The role eventually went to Margot Robbie and now we've finally had our first look at her in costume on the set of the film, ' Once Upon A Time In Hollywood'.

Prepare to get chills because Margot is the spitting image of Tate!

The film - which received a blessing from Debra to tell the actress' story - also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Dakota Fanning and Al Pacino.

Tarantino previously revealed the film will take place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood.

"The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognize anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbour... Sharon Tate," he shared.

The film is set to hit cinemas in 2019.

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Discourse around the film seems focused on the similarities between Robbie and Tate – their shared beauty.

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Robbie will play Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ (2019).

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The upcoming role has been described as ‘controversial’ as Tate was notoriously murdered by the Manson Family.

Adding to the list of Robbie’s potentially controversial roles, the film is another example of how Robbie does not shy away from playing difficult roles retelling the lives of notorious and/or powerful women.

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Margot Robbie wins gold as the controversial subject of subversive 'I, Tonya'

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'I, Tonya' retells the notorious scandal surrounding Tonya Harding in real life. The film therefore depicts another controversial role for Robbie.

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With punk-rock flair and no four-letter word left behind, the exuberantly rebellious I, Tonya takes a club to the biopic genre.

In director Craig Gillespie's darkly hilarious tragicomedy (***½ out of four; rated R; in theaters Friday New York and Los Angeles, expands through January), Margot Robbie gloriously portrays every aspect of disgraced skating wunderkind Tonya Harding - good, bad and ugly - in the years before and after "The Incident." (You know the one, where rival Nancy Kerrigan 's knee was bashed at a practice session by a mystery assailant two days before the Olympic trials.) The sneakily insightful movie also explores the beginnings of tabloid culture, tackles domestic abuse head on, and challenges the very definition of truth.

More: Margot Robbie aims to be a force on skates as Tonya Harding in 'I, Tonya'

Also: Margot Robbie hangs with Tonya Harding at 'I, Tonya' premiere

As much as I, Tonya is Robbie's project - and she owns every bit of this thing - Allison Janney makes her mark early as Harding's domineering mom LaVona, a renegade who chain-smokes clove cigarettes and chews up scenery like she does fellow skating moms who give her side eye. LaVona talks local coach Diane Rawlinson (Julianne Nicholson) into training 4-year-old Tonya when Diane sees what a natural she is on the ice. As the young athlete grows from rabbit-hunting tyke (Mckenna Grace) to brace-faced teen (Robbie), she also finds her love life blossoming when she meets (and too quickly marries) mustached goof Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan).

In faux documentary-style, present-day versions of Tonya, Jeff and LaVona - plus a few other personalities, including a snarky, spray-tanned Hard Copy producer played by Bobby Cannavale - chronicle the figure skater's fast rise through the ranks, much to the chagrin of judges who prefer that competitors embrace their girlier side. (Which is, suffice it to say, not Tonya's jam.)

I, Tonya covers Tonya and Jeff's up-and-down relationship - which involves them beating each other up - as well as each one's involvement in the Kerrigan affair, which leads to a very public fall from grace for Harding and an epic fail at the 1994 Olympics before getting booted out of skating forever.

Allison Janney plays Tonya Harding's caustic mom LaVona in 'I, Tonya.' (Photo11: Neon)

Robbie is fearless in a career-best performance playing a polarizing cult celebrity and "the Charles Barkley of figure skating," who stood out from the pack because of her brusque manner and triple axel. In one scene with Tonya getting ready backstage for her Olympic skate, Robbie wears a stark, world-weary expression in front of a mirror and forces a smile before a single tear streams down her face - a singular moment that shows the toll that life has taken on her even at age 23.

And Janney is brilliantly caustic as the antagonistic LaVona. She swears up a storm, throws a knife at her daughter and still tries to convince Tonya (unsuccessfully) that her heart was in the right place: "I didn't stay home making apple Brown Bettys, no. I made you a champion."

Earlier: Margot Robbie's Tonya Harding movie is officially the darling of Toronto

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The beauty of Steven Rogers' screenplay is encapsulated when Tonya says, "Everyone has their own truth." Often breaking the fourth wall, the story is told through a series of unreliable narrators explaining their sides of the insane plot line, leaving what really happened lying murkily somewhere in their combined narrative. It gives lines like "What kind of frigging person bashes in their friend's knee?" a knowing and funny subtext, especially with Robbie's on-point delivery.

I, Tonya stumbles when it switches the focus to the two hapless thugs who go after Kerrigan, a momentum-killing subplot that's thankfully brief. "The Incident," the thing most of us remember about Harding, is the least interesting aspect of an often genius, always subversive film about an outsider who isn't easy to love yet at the same time hard to hate.

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CLOSE With punk-rock flair and no four-letter word left behind, the exuberantly rebellious I, Tonya takes a club to the biopic genre. In director Craig Gillespie's darkly hilarious tragicomedy (***½ out of four; rated R; in theaters Friday New York and Los Angeles, expands through January), Margot Robbie gloriously portrays every aspect of disgraced skating wunderkind Tonya Harding - good, bad and ugly - in the years before and after "The Incident."

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Historian Dr Estelle Paranque declared Mary Queen of Scots to be “problematic” in its depiction of Mary’s Scottish accent and the meeting between Mary and Elizabeth

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Historian Dr Estelle Paranque declared Mary Queen of Scots to be “problematic” in its depiction of Mary’s Scottish accent and the meeting between Mary and Elizabeth

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Whilst not Robbie’s fault, this adds to the discourse of Robbie taking on potentially problematic or controversial roles, such as Tonya Harding and Sharon Tate.

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A new film that shows Mary, Queen of Scots meeting rival English queen Elizabeth I has been criticised for its historical inaccuracies.

Dr Estelle Paranque said the meeting between the two queens never happened.

The historian said the film, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, was "problematic" and could mislead viewers about their relationship.

Dr Paranque also said that Mary, who was raised in France, did not have a Scottish accent.

Irish actress Ronan, who was Oscar nominated for her roles in Atonement and Brooklyn, plays Mary while Australian actress Margot Robbie appears as Elizabeth I.

The Universal Pictures feature is expected to be released in cinemas later in the year and a preview trailer is currently being shown to audiences.

It shows Mary meeting her cousin Elizabeth, who eventually signed the Scots queen's death warrant.

Dr Paranque told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme the meeting never happened.

"We have proof of that," she said.

"We have letters of frustration of Mary and we have letters of Elizabeth not knowing what she should do or not do in that case," she said.

Linlithgow Palace

The historian, who specialises in Elizabeth I, said not only did they not meet but they were rivals from the start, with Mary seeing Elizabeth as her inferior.

Dr Paranque said the initial friendship depicted in the trailer never existed.

Mary was born at Linlithgow Palace in 1542 and became queen when her father died soon after her birth.

However, Mary was taken to France in 1548 and Scotland was ruled by regents.

She returned in 1561 to begin her reign as Queen of Scots but was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son James after six tumultuous years.

After an unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne, Mary fled to England seeking the protection of her cousin .

Mary had once claimed Elizabeth's throne as her own and was considered the legitimate sovereign by many English Catholics.

Warrior queen

The Scots queen was held in captivity for 18 years before she was executed at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587, at the age of 44.

Dr Paranque said there were three main problems with the film trailer.

She said the women never met, they were not friends and the Scottish warrior queen depicted in the film would not have had a Scots accent.

"She was raised in France and she was a de Guise sometimes more than she was a Stuart, I have to say," Dr Paranque said.

She said: "An historical fiction does not have to be 100% accurate, however, I think when we know things that happened we have to keep it because otherwise where do we draw the line?

"Why not have Mary kill Elizabeth? Why not change history? It is not an historical movie any more, it is just fiction."

Scottish film critic Eddie Harrison said the historical accuracy would not bother cinema-goers if the film was exciting.

He said: "It has got two very prominent actresses in it, neither of whom are Scottish. They have dramatic licence.

"We can't dramatise letter-writing, we have to find another way of doing it.

"The primary purpose of the film is to make money and to entertain. If it sends people back to history books that's great but a history book and a film are two very different things."

Mr Harrison said films like Braveheart and Rob Roy proved to be very popular despite not having a totally accurate portrayal of history.

He said: "As long as we allow Americans to tell our stories we are always going to get a distorted view of history, entertaining as that may be."

However, Dr Paranque said using history to create false images was risky and Scotland has enough rich history that it did not need this false one.

She said: "How many people will have a wrong version of their own history and the history of Europe? I think that is problematic."

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A new film that shows Mary, Queen of Scots meeting rival English queen Elizabeth I is criticised.

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Cara Delevigne and Margot Robbie’s friendship

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Cara Delevigne and Margot Robbie’s friendship

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Successful women banding together as friends – wearing matching tracksuits to emphasise their bond and demonstrating “Girl Power” through their friendship.

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This chick @caradelevingne 😎 thank you @chaos #skwad

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1.2m Likes, 18.5k Comments - @margotrobbie on Instagram: "This chick @caradelevingne 😎 thank you @chaos #skwad"

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Robbie stars in Mary Queen of Scots (2018) in which she plays Queen Elizabeth – another strong female role she has taken on.

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Charisma: In interviews, Robbie comes across as funny and entertaining with a bubbly personality – something which her fans comment upon and perhaps why they are drawn to her.

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Charisma: In interviews, Robbie comes across as funny and entertaining with a bubbly personality – something which her fans comment upon and perhaps why they are drawn to her.

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Producing films with strong female leads...

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A Luckychap production starring Robbie

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A Luckychap production starring Robbie

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In the article, Robbie discusses her identification as a feminist, her reasoning for starting a film production company and her desire to be a positive role model for younger girls – Robbie also praises women who have come forward against Weinstein and those who have come up with solutions.

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Actress Margot Robbie has opened up about identifying as a feminist, starting a company and being a positive role model for girls.

The Suicide Squad star also said she started her own company in order to 'produce nothing but badass female-driven content'.

Speaking to Vogue Australia, Robbie said starting her own production company, LuckyChap, was about making decisions and sharing her opinion.

"I feel like I've been in the business long enough now watching other people make those decisions.

It's enormously satisfying to build something and to be part of something and to take control of my career."

When asked if she considers herself to be a feminist, the Focus actress said that whilst she identifies as a feminist, a couple of years ago she admitted to being 'almost scared to say it'.

"I was almost scared to say I was because it had so many negative connotations, like: 'If you're a feminist, you hate men.'

I've been listening to a lot of TED Talks lately on new-wave feminism and it's not about hating men, and men can be feminists too.

My favourite definition of a feminist is 'any person who believes in gender equality in a social, emotional, financial respect',

...and that means Tom's a feminist, I'm a feminist."

Robbie continued to give advice to young girls, and said she wanted to visit schoolgirls on her next visit to Australia. "I just want to say to young people that [success] is not as far away as it seems.

I didn't know anyone in the industry; it can totally happen," she stated.

"I would like to do something like that to say something to the younger generation.

To say: 'You do have to work really hard, you have to work really, really, really hard, but if you want it badly enough, you can totally make it happen.'"

Touching on the sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the actress praised the women who came forward and others for coming up with solutions.

"To me, when I think of women, I think the word that sums up women so well but isn't used as often as it should be is 'resilient'," she explained.

"Women are so resilient and I think the response to the whole Weinstein situation kind of proved that."

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Robbie uses her voice to stand up for women on multiple occasions:

For female refugees (both male and female)
For victims of sexual assault: supporting and raising money for the TIME’S UP movement

For girl’s rights to education

To raise money for female gynae cancer

Her film production company is no exception…

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Robbie joins GGA that believes in standing up for girl's education - much, but certainly not all, of her activism is female-orientated.

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"We only have one [world] and I want to keep on enjoying what it has to offer….but we need to protect it, live more sustainably and cleaner"

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"We only have one [world] and I want to keep on enjoying what it has to offer….but we need to protect it, live more sustainably and cleaner"

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Robbie emphasises her desire to protect the planet, and how her partnership with Nissan is helping – perhaps quite self-righteous considering their partnership is likely a paid one? If every ordinary person could afford an emission-free Nissan, or be in a position to be paid to own one, protecting the planet would be easier.

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We only have one 🌏 and I want to keep on enjoying what it has to offer....but we need to protect it, live more sustainably and cleaner. Remember, it's the power of the many not the few that will make a difference. That's just one of the reasons I went electric @nissaneurope #electrifytheworld #zeroemission #ad

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Emphasises her own "ordinariness"

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“Listen up ladies ‘cause this shit matters! Educate yourselves, help raise awareness, donate…”

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Robbie uses her platform to draw attention to serious issues that are often overlooked – in particular, issues that affect women – an additional example of Robbie using her voice to assist women.

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Margot Robbie Tells the Story of a Syrian Refugee's Law Degree - Vanity Fair

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Robbie uses her acting talents to perform a monologue retelling the story of a Syrian Refugee – are we only listening now because an A-list star is telling us?

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Subsequently partnered with Nissan for their zero emissions Nissan Leaf

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Although likely a paid partnership, the partnership suggests a thoughtfulness and concern for the environment on Robbie’s behalf.

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Urging followers to sign the TIME’S UP solidarity letter and donate to the legal defence funds

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'Surprising trick Margot Robbie uses to stay in shape'

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'Surprising trick Margot Robbie uses to stay in shape'

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Her figure is remarked as one of the nicest in Hollywood – something others should aim to be like

The website is giving meal prep advice and exercise advise with no background in nutrition and/or personal training

Encouraging people to eat less to fast and binge eat then starve themselves when they need to – then they might look like Robbie – unhealthy and problematic

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Australian actress Margot Robie has one of the best figures in the business, and now her personal trainer has revealed how she maintains that incredible bikini bod.

David Higgins has come out and said that despite the common phrase 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day', it's actually highly overrated. Higgins reveals that Robbie follows in intermittent fasting diet, and only eats for an eight hour window everyday.

Higgins told Insider: "Sometimes you don't need to have breakfast."

David, whose other celeb clients include supermodels Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, continued: "The whole 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day' thing is a 1940s marketing campaign to sell eggs. That's what we've all been raised to believe."

Intermittent fasting is centred around not eating 16 hours of the day, which means skipping breakfast, eating lunch at noon and having your last meal by 8 pm.

David said: "You're not going to be consuming as much because you don't have the time to consume it. But then you also do allow your body that time to recover and digest and not have to overwork with your metabolism."

Margot Robbie, 28, has previously spoken about her relaxed approach to dieting, admitting that when she's not prepping for a part, she's a burger and wine kind of girl.

The Suicide Squad actress told Emirates Woman: "I get miserable if I don't eat. I can't just have a salad every day and a half a glass of wine every second day. I can't do it,"

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Australian actress Margot Robie has one of the best figures in the business, and now her personal trainer has revealed how she maintains that incredible bikini bod.David Higgins has come out and said that despite the common phrase 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day'.

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Unhealthy webpage promoting Robbie’s eating habits

One’s that 1. We can’t determine are legitimate or not

2. are extremely unhealthy to be promoting

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After watching The Wolf of Wall Street we all wanted to look like her. Her jaw-dropping body puts her at the top of our figure lust list and summer body inspiration. Here we reveal how Margot Robbie gets in shape...#EWGetsFit

The 24-year-old has returned to our radar after recently promoting her latest film, Focus, alongside her co-star, Will Smith, looking more fabulous than ever.

At 1.68m (5ft 6in) and weighing 57kg, the former Neighbours star combines running, surfing and ice-hockey to achieve her stunning figure. Here at we give you her deepest diet and health secrets to help you achieve the Aussie babe's hot body.
MARGOT'S DIET
Admittedly, Margot loves to indulge in her favourite comfort food and the occasional glass of wine. But like all women, as soon as there is an event or premiere she's back to clean eating and regularly working out.

Not at fan of moderation, Margot makes sure her diet covers all the food groups and includes some treats to ensure motivation for working out.
FOODS BANNED FROM MARGOT'S DIET MARGOT'S DIET ADVICE
"I'm not good at doing moderation. I get miserable if I don't eat. I can't just have a salad every day and a half a glass of wine every second day. I can't do it."
Breakfast

Porridge with blackberries

'Green machine' smoothie with kale and apple

Lunch

Skinny lemon chicken with brown rice

Mackerel salad with tomatoes and cucumber

Dinner

Tuna steaks with sweet potato

Vegetable hot pot with rice noodles

MARGOT'S WORKOUT
The Aussie star loves intense cardio workouts. She combines running and one of her hobbies ice hockey.

The sport is a fantastic aerobic exercise, perfect for weight loss without bulking up muscles. Why not try this ice-hockey style workout:
ICE-HOCKEY STYLE WORKOUT

Warm-up: Jogging or skipping for 10 minutes

Lateral lunges: 8-12 reps each side

Rear-foot elevated squat: 8-12 reps each side

Goblet squat: 8-12 reps each side

MARGOT ROBBIE ON HEALTH AND FITNESS
"I don't have a very good diet. I love beer, fries, burgers, but if I have to get in a bikini then I'll eat carrot sticks for three days. I'm one extreme or the other."

"Chocolate, waffles and fries which are the main food groups that make up my diet."
Words: Nancy Campopiano

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After watching The Wolf of Wall Street we all wanted to look like her. Her jaw-dropping body puts her at the top of our figure lust list and summer body inspiration. Here we reveal how Margot Robbie gets in shape...#EWGetsFit The 24-year-old has returned to our radar after recently promoting her latest film, Focus, alongside her co-star, Will Smith, looking more fabulous than ever.

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The article, perhaps subtly misogynistically, suggests that Robbie must be chilled, fun and laid back as she isn’t afraid to drink beer whilst other ‘celebrities go to extreme lengths to keep their bodies in the utmost health and fitness’.

Yet clearly, Robbie cares about her health and fitness as she is in good shape. It is the attention to Robbie’s body that inspires problematic articles such as ones that encourage people to “get shape like Margot Robbie”.

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Titled ‘hottie Margot Robbie’, the article draws attention to Robbie’s star image as one of beauty.

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When it comes to beloved female actresses in Hollywood, it can be extremely difficult for fresh meat to make their way onto the scene. Actresses like Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz have already solidified their place in Hollywood but their increasing age has allowed room for new up-and-coming actresses to help fill the void on the big screen. Yet, not all new actresses are able to get an immediate spot in the Hollywood elite, even if they've had more than a few successful films. A great example of this is Megan Fox since she started off as Hollywood's new "It" girl but quickly became blackballed after some poorly chosen words comparing Michael Bay to Hitler. Many felt that she was voicing anti-Semitic statements, including the legendary filmmaker, Steven Spielberg. Nowadays, Megan Fox would be lucky to get a TV commercial, even though she was once the Transformers darling.

Another star that is quickly on the rise is Margot Robbie and many people have high hopes that she will become part of the next generation of favorite Hollywood starlets. When she first started out as an American film actress, not much was known about this Aussie beauty. However, she's since had a series of successful roles under her belt and people are starting to learn more about her. With a string of hit films and some ultra-memorable characters, audiences have high expectations of what the future might bring. Check out our list of the 15 reasons to love Margot Robbie and see why she is worthy of being the next big thing on the silver screen.

15 Friends With Everyone, Including Prince Harry

One thing that fans are most surprised to hear about Margot Robbie is her fun-loving personality and the fact that she is able to make friends so easily. While one would expect that someone as beautiful as Robbie would be a bit standoffish, she is actually extremely open and personable to all who have met her. In December 2015, Robbie attended a housewarming party for Suki Waterhouse. The party was filled with a number of A-listers, including Prince Harry. Photos from the party were leaked to the public and it only made Robbie even more likable. Even though it was a star-studded event, Robbie was extremely toned down in her look. With tousled hair, minimal makeup and a worn out Harley-Davidson shirt, Robbie looked like she was there to have fun and celebrate with her friend, rather than try and hobnob with the elite. The most interesting part of the photos was the fact that she appeared alongside Prince Harry. They apparently became fast friends, even though she said she thought he was Ed Sheeran for quite a bit of time during the party.

14 First Proper Sex Scene Wasn't Until The Wolf Of Wall Street

Oftentimes, an actress that is struggling to get onto the big screen has made the mistake of taking roles that exploit their sexuality and have an excessive amount of nudity. There are a number of A-list celebrities that have a myriad of embarrassing B-flick films from early on in their careers. Because a struggling actress doesn't always have the best choices in roles, they can tend to take roles just for the paycheck or to add a credit to their resume. In the case of Margot Robbie, she saved her first real nude and sex scene for her role in The Wolf of Wall Street. While she definitely didn't hold back in the film, she made the right decision in choosing her first proper sex scene to be a Martin Scorsese film. In a 2016 issue of Vanity Fair, Robbie opened up about how she waited until this Scorsese film before ever partaking in a true nude or sex scene. In the interview, she stated, "I'd done scenes where it's leading into sex or sex has just finished, but I hadn't done a start-to-finish sex scene like I did in Wolf. That was my first."

13 Knows How To Dispel Rumors

Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have fought off divorce rumors for years and have always maintained that their marriage is stronger than ever. However, because Margot Robbie has starred alongside Will Smith in films where they got a little close, rumors also began swirling that perhaps he was cheating on his wife with the blonde beauty. In one case, photos of Robbie and Smith were released in a tabloid, making it appear as though the two were getting far too friendly onset. Yet, Robbie knew just how to shut this rumor down before it ever gained any sort of validity. First of all, Robbie's behavior onset has never appeared secretive, which has allowed for cast and crew members to come out in her defense at every turn. In the case of the tabloid photos, insiders immediately went to magazine and gave a statement saying, "The photo booth was on set. The whole cast and crew were there and everyone was sharing all the photos being taken. They are just friends and were just being silly." On top of the reports from those that were there, Robbie made sure to turn to Twitter and state, "Been working non-stop, just catching my breath. There's absolutely no truth to the ridiculous rumor."

12 Above And Beyond For Film Auditions

Oftentimes, when an actor has achieved critical acclaim in their careers, they tend to feel that they no longer need to audition for a prospective role. If they are being considered one of the hottest actors in Hollywood and get a call about a movie role, there are some that would feel offended about being asked to audition. Yet, that isn't the case for Margot Robbie. She had received critical acclaim for her ultra-provocative role in the 2013 hit film, The Wolf of Wall Street, but then was told about an audition for the 2015 film, Focus. At the time she heard about the audition, she was on a backpacking vacation with her brother on an island off of Croatia. In a 2015 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Robbie spoke about that nerve-racking 24-hour period to get her to the audition. The trip took multiple stops and airports and her final flight to New York had a lost luggage situation. In the interview, she talked about her arrival to the audition and stated, "My shoes are wet, my denim shorts are damp, I've got no makeup, no clothes, and I'd calculated that in the last 50-something hours I had six hours sleep in total, and I walk into the audition and it turns out Will was running late."

11 Stands With Refugees

While other celebrities are using their social media sites to get into Twitter feuds or post nude photos, Margot Robbie has chosen a different path for her feed. She has taken the time out to bring awareness to the plight of refugees and has encouraged her followers to sign petitions and donate to UNICEF. On top of posting links to donation sites for helping refugees, she's also posted encouraging messages to use her celebrity status to create more awareness. In one post, she tweeted, "Refugees are not 'other.' They are you and me. Stand #WithRefugees. Pls sign the petition." It isn't a new concept for a celebrity to use their fame status to release their own political message. However, Robbie isn't preaching about change in leadership or encouraging her followers to "bomb the White House." Instead, she chooses to use her celebrity status to encourage her followers to help in a peaceful way like donating to organizations or signing petitions for change.

10 Advocate For Elephants

In the 2016 film, The Legend of Tarzan, Margot Robbie starred as the legendary character, Jane Porter. The film was a major blockbuster hit and starred Alexander Skarsgård as the leading male in the role of Tarzan. While there was a great deal of attention on the film because of the star-studded cast of characters, Robbie chose to promote more than just her scantily-clad moments onscreen when getting the word out about her upcoming release. Warner Bros. Pictures teamed up with the NGO Stop Ivory organization to bring awareness to the plight of African elephants. Margot personally campaigned for this cause and even taped a Public Service Announcement with her costar. One of the campaigns involved an encouragement to retweet a PSA and then Warner Bros. Pictures would donate $2 for every retweet. The funds went to Stop Ivory for the elephant protection initiative and Robbie made sure to retweet and encourage her followers to do the same.

9 Humble TV Roots

When Margot Robbie appeared in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film, The Wolf of Wall Street, there were a number of people in the audience that thought she was a beautiful blonde actress that seemingly came out of nowhere. With a face like that and a body like that, Robbie would have definitely been remembered if she had been in anything else. However, Robbie had actually been in a number of films prior to her role as Naomi Lapaglia. Her career actually began with far more humble beginnings since she had appeared on the Australian soap opera, Neighbours. With the series dating back to 1985, Neighbours is pretty much the Australian equivalent to the American soap opera, Days of Our Lives. This only makes Robbie even more appealing because she's not an actress that was shot into superstardom based on one lucky pick by a famed director. Instead, she is an actress that has put in her dues and is finally starting to get the recognition she deserves.

8 Up For The Task

It can be a daunting task to portray a comic book character on the big screen, especially since the fans can be brutal in their opinions. While some actors have been heralded for their portrayals of certain comic book characters, others were deeply criticized and it even hurt their brand. George Clooney may be one of Hollywood's elite but he sure took some flack about his portrayal as Batman and Halle Berry may have looked pretty hot in her Catwoman suit but she got hammered by the critics. Yet, when Margot Robbie was being considered for the role of Harley Quinn in the 2016 film, Suicide Squad, she went all in to make her character as authentic as possible. While other actresses might worry that they would hurt their brand by playing such a delusional character with off-the-wall makeup, Robbie embraced the character's psychotic side and made sure to leave all her former character portrayals by the wayside.

7 Rooting For A Harley Quinn Spin-Off

There is no doubt about it that the true breakout star in Suicide Squad was the Harley Quinn character portrayed by Margot Robbie. Fans actually rooted for the bad guy due to her character and the following Halloween holiday was filled with a plethora of girls dressed as her version of Harley Quinn. The release of the film caused millions of people to start hoping and wishing for a Harley Quinn spin-off film. Instead of taking the stance of "been there, done that," Robbie has been a huge champion for partaking in a spin-off film based solely on Harley Quinn. In an interview with HelloGiggles, Robbie spoke about all the different costume considerations for when the Harley Quinn character was being developed. She said that she tried on numerous different ensembles before they settled on the outfit seen in the film. She then stated, "I really love where we ended up. And who knows, maybe in the sequels we'll go with the court jester one. I think there's a world of possibilities."

6 Same Insecurities As Everyone Else

For a woman that appeared completely nude in The Wolf of Wall Street, you'd think that she'd have the confidence of Wonder Woman when it comes to her physique. Yet, it turns out that she is just like the rest of the world when it comes to little body insecurities. In an interview with the New York Times, Robbie addressed the skimpy bottom piece she wore throughout the majority of the film. The interview, she stated, "[Harley is] wearing hot pants because they're sparkly and fun, not because she wanted guys to look at her ass. As Margot, no, I don't like wearing that. I'm eating burgers at lunchtime, and then you go do a scene where you're hosed down and soaking wet in a white T-shirt, it's so clingy and you're self-conscious about it." Every woman knows what it is to have the look of a "food baby" after finishing a particularly delicious meal and this only makes Margot Robbie even more relatable to her fans.

5 Refused To Lose Weight For A Role

It isn't a new concept for film executives to ask their actresses to go on a particular diet or to lose weight for a film role. In fact, that is actually considered quite common in Hollywood. When Margot Robbie was cast in the 2016 film, The Legend of Tarzan, it was reported that the film executives expected her to undergo a strict diet for her role as Jane Porter. To be fair, Alexander Skarsgård was also asked to shape up his physique for the role of Tarzan but presumably, he was asked to do so since he would be shirtless for the majority of the film. In the case of Robbie, she gave an interview with Australia's TV Week and said that she flat out refused to lose weight for the character. She said she convinced the film executives by saying, "It's the 19th century (in the film) - if she's got a bit of weight on her, it's probably a good thing. I'm not going to look thin just for the sake of it."

4 She Travels With Enthusiasm

It's already been established that Margot Robbie isn't just taking the easy sort of vacations that involve hanging out poolside or lounging around the lobby. She took a backpacking vacation off an island of Croatia and enjoyed swimming and adventures that involved being completely free from her electronics. Yet, that isn't the only type of adventure-seeking that Robbie is known for when she vacations. While filming The Legend of Tarzan, Robbie was asked to lose weight for the role but refused to do so. In an interview with Australia's TV Week, she reportedly said that the reason why she was so adamant about not wanting to adhere to the strict diet was because, "It was my first time in London properly and I wanted to try every pub." True to form, the paparazzi caught Robbie enjoying a few beers at a London pub and this is just another reason why Robbie is beloved by fans.

3 Not Over-The-Top With The Ring

Typically, when a celebrity gets engaged, there is a huge workup over the ring, venue and ultimate nuptials. In fact, celebrities have been known to post photos of their engagement rings on their social media sites and gush over how much they're in love with their new piece of giant jewelry. Yet, Margot Robbie isn't like other celebrities in that way and made sure to keep everything closely guarded regarding the engagement to Tom Ackerley. She even managed to keep the entire wedding a secret event and never allowed the media frenzy to occur. At the 2017 Marie Claire's Image Maker Awards, Robbie finally gave the world a view of her engagement ring and it was quite surprising at how simple it was in comparison to some other celebrity rings. With a few accent diamonds on a simple gold band and a pear-shaped center stone, this isn't the ring that is the typical over-the-top celebrity engagement piece. This is just a simple and classic ring, worn by a woman in love.

2 She Drinks Beer

Typically, celebrities go to extreme lengths to keep their bodies in the utmost health and fitness. Celebrity diets are constantly published in magazines, from vegan recipes to the latest celebrity food trends. Yet, Margot Robbie doesn't seem to be bothered by all the same food and drink limitations commonly found in the celebrity world. When she was photographed in London frequenting a number of pubs while filming The Legend of Tarzan, she quickly gained a reputation for being a celebrity that indulges in the occasional beer. This isn't exactly the stereotypical drink for a blonde beauty in Hollywood but she has embraced her beer-loving ways and even showcased her enthusiasm for the drink on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. During the segment, Flip Cup, she showed true talent by flipping each cup over and gulping down the six cups of beer with ease. While Jimmy looked a tad worried, Robbie looked like it wasn't her first rodeo and appeared to be truly enjoying each red cup.

1 Isn't Afraid To Appear Ugly On Film

When Charlize Theron transformed her stellar looks to appear in the film, Monster, audiences were amazed at how the beautiful actress could appear so ugly on the big screen. The risk paid off because Theron ultimately won an Oscar for her role as Aileen Wuornos. Not every actress would take that same gamble, especially if it could cause audiences to change their perception of their looks on film. Yet, Margot Robbie has agreed to take on the role of Tonya Harding in the biopic film, I, Tonya. It was difficult for people to fathom how Robbie would be able to convince the audience that she could be Tonya Harding, especially since their looks were on opposite ends of the spectrum. Yet, photos of Robbie while filming have been released and expectations are much higher about this true story being told on screen. From the spiral-curled hair to the '90s bangs and wardrobe, Robbie even wore padding underneath her clothing to make her appear more physically similar to Harding. The resemblance is uncanny and fans are respecting Robbie even more for her devotion to her craft.

Sources: Stop Ivory, People

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15 Reasons Why Everyone Loves Hottie Margot Robbie

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When it comes to beloved female actresses in Hollywood, it can be extremely difficult for fresh meat to make their way onto the scene. Actresses like Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz have already solidified their place in Hollywood but their increasing age has allowed room for new up-and-coming actresses to help fill the void on the big screen.

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In the trailer, Robbie is captured chanting “Free beer! Free beer!”. This is interesting as magazine articles often praise Robbie for being laid back and drinking beers instead of obsessing over her figure.