Margot Robbie delivers her fourth cover story for Vogue Australia [IG] with a special format that pairs writer Hannah-Rose Yee with Barbie star Robbie and the film’s director and screenwriter Greta Gerwig.

The spectacular cover red print dress is a top, skirt and boots from Balenciaga styled by EIC Christine Centenera. Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Miu Miu, Paco Rabanne, Saint Laurent and more.

Master photographer Mario Sorrenti [IG] is behind the lens as Vogue Australia — like M Le Magazine du Monde — takes Robbie off pink style patrol./ Hair by Shay Ashual; makeup by Pati Dubroff

Read on at Vogue Australia: “Margot Robbie in conversation with Greta Gerwig on the Seismic success of Barbie”.

Barbie Movie Is Like a Lobster Roll

When Margot Robbie showed up for the Vogue Australia interview in Sydney — pre-labor strike — she was wearing pink one of three Versace pink outfits on her Barbi runway bingo card that day.

For her part, Barbi director Greta Gerwig was also wearing a “perfectly pink” blazer and eating a lobster roll. Pandemonium broke out:

Barbie is “seriously fun”, as Gerwig puts it. “It’s dessert,” suggests Robbie, “but so much more than dessert.” Gerwig pipes in: “It’s a steak ice-cream sandwich!” Robbie adds: “It’s a feast of all your favourite things!” Gerwig’s face lights up. The eureka moment is before her. “It’s a lobster roll!” Robbie yelps with delight. “It’s a lobster roll!” Some ways that Barbie is like a lobster roll: “It’s cheeky,” per Robbie. “It’s a naughty thing,” per Gerwig. “It’s expensive,” also per Gerwig. “It’s pink,” per me. “It is a lobster roll,” Gerwig concludes, satisfied. “That’s such a good metaphor for the movie.”

The self-depracating Robbie described their first meeting: “I was like, ‘Oh, she’s queen of the indie scene and I’m just like a Colgate toothpaste model.”

This episode of Margot Robbie self-doubt was probably connected to one of the most sexist interviews conducted in recent years by a male writer who fell into the pit of “she has absolutely no talent, but she’s damn f*ckable.”

AOC was among the websites who rained digital hail stones over the smug writer’s sexist head. Funny, that his Wiki page doesn’t mention the fiasco.

To be clear, the dude cleaned up his act after that epic episode — probably never writing about an accomplished woman again. Never underestimate hot women with brains.

10 Years of LuckyChap Entertainment

LuckyChap is the LA-based entertainment company founded in 2014 by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr.

Their focus has always been female-focused film and television productions including ‘I, Tanya’ [2018], ‘Dollface’, ‘Birds of Prey and ‘Promising Young Woman’ [both 2020] and now ‘Barbie’.

The Box Office Is Just In and It’s BIG!!!

Yes, it will be a big awards-season battle with ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’— a rivalry ka ‘Barbenheimer’. The box office is in, according to The Hollywood Reporter — the fourth biggest three-day weekend of all time domestically with ‘Barbie’ at $155M and ‘Oppenheimer’ at a stunning ‘$80.5M for a historical, documentary type film.

Greta Gerwig has taken the biggest domestic weekend by a female director. And the international box office is also very good. After ‘The Little Mermaid’ box office falter, many people were very nervous.