“How’s that not assault?”: Margot Robbie Gets Blasted By Fans For Forcibly Kissing Brad Pitt in Babylon After Getting Reputation of Working With Abusive Directors
The forthcoming three-hour stunning drama movie Babylon, starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, is set for release on 23 December 2022. This movie is written and directed by Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle, who is known for his films Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), and First Man (2018). During an interview with E! News, Margot Robbie reveals that she pitched the idea herself for a kiss scene with Brad Pitt in Babylon, which was totally unscripted.
In the upcoming film, Margot Robbie plays an aspiring actress of the 1920s who recruits Hollywood hotshot Jack (Brad Pitt) to help to accomplish her dream. Both actors also starred in The Big Short (2015) and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), winning Brad Pitt the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. However, it was the first time they had been in a scene together in any movie, and according to the Suicide Squad actress, it was a fabulous experience.
Fans Slammed Margot Robbie Over Sneaking A Kiss With Brad Pitt
In response to her impromptu scene, social media users slammed the Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie as the scene would be considered assault if she were a male actor. The actress revealed in an E! News interview that the kiss between her and Brad Pitt‘s characters didn’t initially exist in the script, but she pushed for it during filming for a personal reason. Fortunately, it also suited her character and story perfectly.
Robbie said, “ You know that was improvised? It wasn’t in the script. But I thought, ‘When else am I gonna get the chance to kiss Brad Pitt? I’m just gonna go for it.'”
She said that the director also liked it and continued, “He was like, ‘No, do it again. That works.’ I was like, ‘Oh, great.'”
Despite Robbie’s explanation, fans did not let his unscripted kiss go unnoticed. They immediately began criticizing her after her interview was released. Take a look at what fans have to say:
Is that not assault? pic.twitter.com/X1oduSFmnv
— D (@ctrlxrowe) December 8, 2022
Now, imagine if it was "Brad Pitt snuck in an unscripted kiss with Margot Robbie"?
Just imagine… https://t.co/X3eiyO2VQ9
— Princess Consuela Bhammock 🪐 (@PrinConsuella__) December 9, 2022
The reactions to the news reports weren’t that welcoming on Twitter:
Margot Robbie snuck in the kiss with Brad Pitt while filming 'Babylon'
“That wasn’t in the script. But I thought, when else am I gonna get the chance to kiss Brad Pitt? I’m just gonna go for it" pic.twitter.com/poeFvMPYay
— Film Facts 🎬 (@Factsonfilm) December 9, 2022
A man tries this and he's getting dragged by the woman for sexual harassment. Next thing , he is getting blacklisted by every movie company and brands.
— Emmang (@Emmangng) December 9, 2022
Now imagine if this was the other way around
— Vic (@VicTheQuiet) December 8, 2022
Man would get cancelled for the same thing
— Alter5Star (@Alter5Star) December 8, 2022
So she sexually assaulted him
— Honest Sports Takes (@honestsportsz) December 8, 2022
The script is clearly the most essential part of making a movie, without it, this creative process would be unstructured. There are, however, times when improvised/quickly thought-of moments turn out to be highlights of the final product. Margot Robbie brought this to the Director’s attention, and he realized that it made sense within the story context.
Babylon Star Margot Robbie’s Experience Of Acting Opposite Brad Pitt
Actress Margot Robbie has been a key player in Hollywood for many years. One of the most influential artists in the industry due to her amusing portrayal in the movies, she has won various awards and accolades. Her career began on the television series Neighbours, and she is now one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. In 2013, she got her breakthrough with a black comedy film called The Wolf of Wall Street, and in 2016, she became well-known in Hollywood thanks to the action-adventure movie Suicide Squad.
Babylon, the upcoming old Hollywood epic directed by Damien Chazelle, marks Robbie’s third collaboration with Brad Pitt but their first-ever on-screen collaboration. The actress said,
“I love playing characters who have very extreme reactions to things, who are very reactionary. Nellie is extremely reactionary, like, if you come at her with a bit of heat, she’ll come back with fire.”
The film centers on Jack Conrad, one of the world’s biggest movie stars of the 1920s, while Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy, a young up-and-coming actress trying to make it big.
Source: E! NEWS