Margot Robbie Discovered a Surprising Connection Between Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, and Winston Churchill
Like a captain is to the ship, a director is to a movie. Making hundreds of decisions in a day, putting out metaphorical and sometimes literal fires on set, or even giving their valuable inputs in a short period, directors do it all to see their vision come to life on the big screen. In conversation with Cillian Murphy, Margot Robbie figured out a unique detail that puts great directors like Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan in the same space as Winston Churchill.
Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy Talk Acting, Directors, and Barbenheimer
On the inaugural episode of Variety’s Actors on Actors talk show, Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy appeared together to talk about their respective movies and the global phenomenon it gave birth to – Barbenheimer. Instead of fighting for a top stop as their movies were released on the same day, the actors supported each other.
Oppenheimer and Barbie did come out on the same day, but the aesthetics of the movies were so different that the entire world came together to celebrate the movies and everything they stood for. On the talk show, Robbie and Murphy talk about their movie’s respective directors and their experiences on set. She asks him why Christopher Nolan prefers to work with him frequently. To this, Murphy gets shy and says,
“With Chris, it’s just the work. He’s not interested in anything else other than the work and the filmmaking. And he’s incredibly focused, and it’s incredibly rigorous.”
Intrigued to know more about Nolan, Robbie asks Murphy if the director wears a suit every day to set. He replies in the affirmative as Nolan wears a similar outfit every day. Murphy further explains that he believes it is so because as a director, one has to make so many decisions during the day, so a redundant choice of what to wear gets eliminated. It shaves off precious time from their schedule and even frees them to make more important decisions.
Robbie agrees with him and explains even Barbie’s director Greta Gerwig adopted a similar practice and wore boiler suits to set daily. This was more advantageous since her attire had pockets to keep her notebook and pen. “It’s a decision I don’t have to make and I have to make thousands today,” Robbie conveys Gerwig’s thoughts.
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Connection Between Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig and Winston Churchill
Robbie revealed that when she visited the Churchill War Museum, she noticed that even Winston Churchill did the same thing. He wore a similar attire every day to have one less decision to make. Like the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, even company CEOs and presidents including Steve Jobs adopt a minimal wardrobe to keep their outfit choices to a minimum. They see it as a uniform they put on that gets them into work mode. More people to adopt this practice include Saatchi & Saatchi art director Matilda Kahl and J.Crew men’s design director Frank Muytjens. When their outfits and basic choices are pre-decided, they are free to focus on more pressing matters.
While filming Lady Bird, Gerwig adopted a similar practice where she wore clothes that aligned with the time and the personal emotions of the characters. She wore a ball gown while filming the prom scene to make everyone on set feel included and make an experience out of the whole scene.
