Margot Robbie has opened up on her decision to take a break from acting following the record-breaking success of her latest film Barbie.
The Australian actress, who both produced the movie and played its titular character, is now looking to focus on more of a behind the camera role for the time being.Originally finding fame on the small screen in Aussie soap Neighbours, Margot's breakout role was in the 2013 film Wolf of Wall Street.
She then set up her own production company LuckyChap in 2014, which has produced Emerald Fennell films Saltburn and Promising Young Woman as well the Suicide Squad spin-off Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
“Everyone’s like, ‘Are you having a break?’ And I’m like, ‘You do know I’m a producer, right? We don’t get a break,’” she told US news outlet Deadline.
She also thinks that having had her face plastered all over billboards and buses last summer as the pink-loving heroine might have made people sick of the sight of her.
“I also think everyone’s probably sick of the sight of me for now. I should probably disappear from screens for a while.”
Robbie continued: “Honestly, if I did another movie too soon, people would say, ‘Her again? We just did a whole summer with her. We’re over it.’ I don’t know what I’ll do next, but I hope it’s a little while away.”
Before then however, Robbie is sure to be front and centre as Barbie mania continues through the awards season.
At the Golden Globes on Sunday night (7 January), Barbie was awarded the inaugural Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, a category created to recognise films that both “garnered extensive global audience support and attained cinematic excellence”.
Barbie, which was the highest-grossing film of 2023, received nine nominations at the Globes, but only took home one other nod, which was for Billie Eilish's song, What Was I Made For? from the chart-topping soundtrack.
