Margot Robbie, who shared the lead role with Brad Pitt in the movie Babylon, became the agenda with the statement that she had the kissing scene, which was not actually in the script, later added to the movie in order to kiss Pitt.
This act of Robbie, which was interpreted as sexual harassment by some, opened the background of the sexually explicit scenes in the movies to the discussion.
Saying that she had this scene added, which was not in the original script, Robbie said, "When else would I get the chance to kiss Brad Pitt?' I thought, and I did it."
Sharing that this is an important step on her to-do list, the actress shared that she convinced the director of the movie, Damien Chazelle, for this scene and that Chazell understood that she only wanted to kiss Brad Pitt, but accepted because the kissing scene fit the character.
Her co-star Pitt said, "There's always room for character interpretation in cinema," about the later addition of this scene to the movie.
Robbie's confession about the movie caused what she did to be interpreted as a form of sexual harassment. Many users of the statement, which was shared widely on social media, said, “If Brad Pitt did the same, she could be condemned by the masses. The gender of the perpetrator is not important, this is sexual harassment."
Users, who saw Robbie's action as hypocrisy, also reminded him of the accusations about Pitt that he used physical violence against his ex-wife Angelina Jolie and their children. Users who criticized Robbie for both adding the kissing scene to the script and working with Pitt, who was accused of domestic violence, argued that Pitt should be blacklisted.
SUPPORTED THE #METOO MOVEMENT
All these discussions brought into question the sincerity of Robbie, who defended "#MeToo", a movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault in Hollywood.
Sharing that she has been subjected to various levels of sexual harassment throughout her life, Robbie shared the lead roles with Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman in the movie Bombshell, about the sexual assaults against women on Fox News in 2019.
Robbie played the fictional journalist Kayla Pospisil in the film, which is based on real events about the struggle after years of sexual harassment against female employees using the position of Fox News founder Roger Ailes.
BABYLON IS NOT THE FIRST MOVIE WITH ROBBIE AND PITT
Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt were involved in two more projects before Babylon, which focused on the transition from silent to sound films in 1920s Hollywood. The duo shared the same set in 2016's The Big Short and 2019's Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood".
From independent films to Hollywood stardom: Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie, who started her career with Australian independent films in the late 2000s and made her debut with The Wolf of Wall Street, is celebrating her 32nd birthday on July 2, 2022.
Academy and Golden Globe-nominated Australian actress and producer Margot Robbie; began her career in Australian independent films in the late 2000s. She later appeared on the soap opera Neighbors (2008–2011) and was nominated for a Logie Award twice for her performance.
US CAREER STARTED WITH SERIES
After settling in the United States, she appeared in the TV series Pan Am (2011–2012), which aired for one season on ABC. She made her big break in 2013 with Richard Curtis' romantic comedy-drama Love in Time and Martin Scorsese's biographical drama The Money Hunter.
NOMINATED FOR OSCAR
After appearing in films such as In Love (2015), Z for Zachariah (2015), The Big Short (2015), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), and Suicide Squad: True Villains (2016), Tonya Harding in the movie I, Tonya, which was finally released in 2017. revived it. She was nominated for an Academy (Oscar) Award for her role as Tonya Harding in the movie I Tonya.