Margot Robbie: If You Love “Babylon,” I Love You

According to CinemaDrame News Agency, Margot Robbie defended Babylon, directed by Damien Chazelle, in a new interview with Letterboxd, saying its value will be recognized “twenty years later.” With a $100 million budget, the 2022 film grossed around $65 million, causing nearly $87 million in losses for Paramount.

Robbie called Babylon “an amazing movie” and said she was “very proud” to have starred in it. Addressing the film’s fans, she jokingly added: “I always wondered if you existed, because when it was released, I was confused by both the critics’ reactions and the box office, since I thought it was such a good movie—one I’m incredibly proud of. I always thought maybe it would be one of those films that, twenty years later, people would say: ‘Oh my God, Babylon wasn’t appreciated in its time? That’s unbelievable.’ I didn’t even have to wait that long. So if you love Babylon, I love you, and our cinematic taste is the same.”

Babylon, starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Tobey Maguire, and Li Jun Li, depicted the rise and fall of various characters during Hollywood’s transition from silent films to talkies.

Stephen King had previously said the film might be appreciated two decades later: “I thought Babylon was absolutely brilliant—excessive, unusual, ridiculous, and thought-provoking. It may be one of those films that get bad reviews but are considered classics twenty years later.”

The La La Land director admitted that after Babylon’s commercial failure, he does not expect to receive medium- or big-budget opportunities again: “Babylon was undoubtedly a commercial flop. When you create a work of art, you try to prevent that kind of impact, but on some level, you can’t. Still, maybe it won’t be a problem. I have very contradictory feelings about it. Who knows? Maybe I won’t be able to make this one. I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see.”

Robbie will soon appear in A Big Bold Beautiful Journey in theaters. The film, made on a $50 million budget and acquired by Sony for $60 million, is, like Babylon, shaping up to be a commercial flop and has received many negative reviews.

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