Margot Robbie refused to move ‘Barbie’ premiere date when ‘Oppenheimer’ producer asked
nypost.comMargot Robbie revealed Tuesday that one of the producers for the film “Oppenheimer” once tried to convince her to push the release date of ‘Barbie” back. “One of your producers, Chuck Roven, called me, because we worked together on some other projects.
And he was like, ‘I think you guys should move your date,’ ” Robbie, 33, told Cillian Murphy during their chat on Variety’s Actors on Actors. “And I was like, ‘We’re not moving our date.
If you’re scared to be up against us, then you move your date,’ ” Robbie told Murphy. “And he’s like, ‘We’re not moving our date.
I just think it’d be better for you to move.’ ” “And I was like, ‘We’re not moving,’ ” the “Barbie” co-producer said. According to the “Suicide Squad” actress, she believed that the two movies — which were later dubbed “Barbenheimer” due to their simultaneous launches — were the “perfect double billing.” “Clearly the world agreed.
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